LONDON-A new survey of RICS members points to a significant fall in occupier demand for commercial property, with a majority of members reporting a decline. The office and retail markets, particularly in London, have been hardest hit.

ORLANDO-Although occupancy is up by four percentage points from year end 2000 to 93.6% and demand remains strong, only seven apartment properties were sold in the first half, six of them class B assets, a new analysis by the Orlando office of CB Richard Ellis shows.

WOODRIDGE, IL-The multifamily REIT and union pension fund will build AMLI at Seven Bridges, a development worth $158,000 per unit, in a 405-acre master-planned community in this I-55 Corridor suburb.

DALLAS-Cafe Brazil, Interstate Battery and Dollar Tree have selected new locations in Ft. Worth, Carrollton and Duncanville. Meanwhile, Rooms to Go, which is in the midst of a Texas expansion, has relinquished a site in Mesquite to Bally's Total Fitness.