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NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL-The Houston REIT negotiates a standstill agreement with Southwest Securities Inc. until Equity One of North Miami Beach, FL completes a proposed $155 million buyout of United Investors Realty Trust.

SAN FRANCISCO-The locally based Congress for the New Urbanism will release later this week the second phase of an extensive study focused on the revitalization of dying shopping malls.

BELLEVUE, WA-Ben Conwell, a 14-year veteran of the Weyerhaeuser subsidiary, is the new head of acquisitions that will target properties in the 30,000-120,000 sf range. Most of the properties will be mixed-use developments in established neighborhoods.

TETERBORO, NJ-Forsgate Industrial Partners will reposition the 48-year-old former warehouse building as a state-of-the art speculative property with 34-foot ceilings. It was originally constructed as a warehouse facility for Bigelow Carpets.

SEATTLE-After two years of planning and negotiations, The Red Door Alehouse in the popular Fremont district was shoved one block west of its present site this past weekend, making way for a new, mixed-use development.

IRVINE, CA-Pepper Construction, a Chicago-based general contracting firm, has signed a renewal lease for 18,000 sf of industrial space. The local property houses the company's West Coast regional headquarters.

CHICAGO-Investors and developers looking to finance suburban office buildings or fashion retail projects beware: Lenders are casting a cautious eye at financing those deals despite the current environment of low cost capital.

DALLAS-Money is still there to be had for Texas projects, say commercial real estate professionals. It's a little tighter than last year, but it's just caution on the part of lenders, who are keeping the state in check for the future to avoid reliving the past.