GEORGETOWN, TX-Fairchild Corp. is shuttering a Georgetown aircraft repair and maintenance operation. The Virginia-based owner is hawking Banner Aerospace real estate and the business. Blame it on the economy, says the broker.

NEW YORK CITY-National lobbying efforts help a woefully decentralized industry, but the legislative cards--especially in terms of environmental issues--are still stacked against commercial real estate.

LONDON-Pizza Hut, the restaurant chain half-owned by Whitbread, plans to open well over 100 outlets over the next year in a multi million spending spree. The news comes hard on the heels of a rationalisation in Whitbread when many market analysts expected a cut-back in restaurants in favour of fitness centres.

AURORA, CO-The Lexington, MA-based high-tech company moves into a two-building, 175,000-sf complex in the CentreTech Business Park here. The company signs a 10-year lease on the property built by Panattoni Development.