LONDON-The availability of offices in London's West End increased during July and August 2001, according to the latest market commentary from Lambert Smith Hampton. New space is coming to the market although take-up has continued to decline.

MERRIMAC, MA-Two brothers propose building this town's largest-ever residential project on part of a 76-acre farm that's been in their family for six generations. The developers applying for a comprehensive permit under 6the state's affordable housing law.

ANN ARBOR, MI-University of Michigan students will benefit from both complexes, which will have residential space at one and research facilities at the other. Students will work with residents, studying the effects of aging.

MIAMI LAKES, FL-The retail toy company signs a lease valued at an estimated $1.4 million a year for 4,500 sf in this master-planned community 18 miles northeast of Downtown Miami.