LOS ANGELES-Insurance and consulting giant Aon Corp. signs 94,101-sf office pact, nearly doubling the size of its regional headquarters in 707 Wilshire Building. Deal is the latest in a string of transactions to benefit the CBD.

NEWTON, MA- Newton Centre Realty becomes the first local real estate firm to conduct its transactions online. Legislation passed last June allows the firm to use a digital signature service for all its online documents.

TINLEY PARK, IL-Hotels, commercial development and jobs would flow into the Peotone area if a third Chicago area airport is built, but opposition is as fierce there as it is in the northwest suburbs against O'Hare expansion.

SAN FRANCISCO-Despite soaring vacancy rates in SOMA, Rosenberg SOMA Investments manages to find a 27,000-sf tenant for its building at 5th and Townsend. lease term is for three years at a rate of $26.40 per sf, annually, triple net.