LONDON-The withdrawal of US companies from the market has slashed take-up in the UK's Western Corridor. According to CB Hillier Parker, take-up in the first half of 2001 was only half the level seen during the preceding six months.

MINNETONKA, MN-The partners plan to add 10 hotels and three resorts in Brazil over the next three years, with the first Radisson hotels set to open this summer. Radisson hopes to expand throughout Latin America.

LANSING, MI-A bill aimed at redeveloping "blighted" commercial and residential properties, with the threat of municipal condemnation as the hammer, goes to the state Senate this fall.

ORLANDO-With one million acres to play with in sparsely-populated northwest Florida, the locally based commercial real estate arm of publicly traded St. Joe Co., plans to enter the retail arena for the first time and develop eight high-traffic sites that could house a maximum 800,000 sf of new product.