AUSTIN-State capital building managers today are delivering assurances to tenants that all's well inside their buildings. BOMA Austin says everything possible is being done locally to guarantee safety despite the impossibility of such a feat.

PLANO, TX-It was a high-profile appointment that under normal business conditions would have caught everyone's attention. Shortly before Tuesday's terrorists' attacks, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak was named adviser to EDS' chairman and CEO.

PORTLAND-Port commissioners alter the agreement in part to give buyer Riverscape LLC -- an Oregon company consisting of Portland's Thomas Kemper and Seattle-based investors Stan Harrelson and John Goodman -- more time to complete the purchase.

SOUTHFIELD, MI-Retail, multifamily and office projects benefit from Bernard Financial Group's arranging loans for projects in Michigan and Indiana. The largest is $20 million for a 297,889-sf shopping center in Madison Heights, MI.