ROUND ROCK, TX-Academy Sports signs up for its first Round Rock location, selecting Mays Crossing. The 30-acre retail undertaking also has sold a pad site to the Austin Area Teachers Federal Credit Union.

LONDON-Property as an asset class should play a larger role in institutional portfolios in troubled times, claims GVA Grimley's Rob Bould, Chairman of the Investment Property Forum.

CHICAGO-Economic clouds--and major competition from rival Walgreen's--aren't stopping CVS from making its play in the Chicago-area market. The drug-store chain is in the midst of redeveloping three stores for its expansion.

LONDON-The shockwaves still reverberating after 11 September are likely to create a more cautious market in Europe. But even before the attacks vacancy rates were rising and rental growth slowing across Europe, reports Catella.