NEW YORK CITY-A Bronx property purchased from the state in July and earmarked for redevelopment as a biotech facility announces that it will switch to a general-office design to accommodate firms displaced by the World Trade Center attacks.

HOUSTON-Office towers in Salt Lake City, Austin and San Francisco are accorded EPA Energy Stars. The class A lineup now take the Houston-based REIT's total to an aggregate 28 million sf with the rating.

One of the most prominent figures in the local real estate community, the chairman of the Association for a Better New York was a tireless spokesman for the city.

LOS ANGELES-The redevelopment agency approves $31.7 million in loans and grants for partnership to build giant mixed-use project in blighted area of North Hollywood. Construction could begin next May.