SILVER SPRING, MD-The closing of the store should not threaten efforts to revitalize the central business district of this Washington suburb, government and retail players say.

LONDON-Scotland has seen one of the biggest industrial investment sales of the year with Ashtenne acquiring Helical Bar's entire portfolio of industrial properties north of the border

NEWBERG, OR-Currently filbert orchards and pastureland, the industrial-zoned riverfront parcel is being re-zoned for open space, riverfront-oriented retail, restaurants, small bed-and-breakfasts and medium and low-density housing.

INDIANAPOLIS-Funds from operations increase 9.8% per share, ending Duke Realty Corp.'s string of consecutive quarters of double-digit earnings growth at 22. Softness in suburban office markets are one reason.