ORLANDO-A July 27 Massachusetts Superior Court decision that appears to favor property owners on the unlimited-access-to-buildings issue is boiling up again as BOMA and ALTS gear up for a new round of litigation.

DALLAS-Unlimited access legislation was an unnecessary market regulation, concur Texas executives. Building owners would have opened doors regardless simply to meet tenant needs. And, it's a "Don't Mess with Texas" attitude that keeps out fly-by-nights.

PORTLAND-The Portland Development Commission approves terms of a purchase and development offer made by developer Homer Williams' RiverPlace Partners LLC, which plans a luxury hotel and 170 condominiums on 2.5-acres on the southeast corner of Southwest River Parkway and Moody Avenue.

ATLANTA-The chemical-products firm with 10,000 global employees and 30 manufacturing sites is leasing 18,000 sf for five years at an estimated $22 per sf at a four-story, 93,849-sf, class A building in Town Point business park in Kennesaw, GA.