• Diners Club Stays in Colorado, Inks 161,000-SF Lease

    DENVER-Diners Club has decided to remain in Colorado, where it's had a presence for more than 30 years. The decision is mortared with a 161,000-sf lease in the city's southeast corridor. Diners Club's staff will share office space with another Citigroup subsidiary.

  • Hyatt Negotiating Purchase of The Elliott

    SEATTLE, WA-Having been selected while still in development as one of the "Leading Hotels of the World," the $140 million super-luxury hotel would give Hyatt a smashing entrance into the Seattle market.

  • Opponents to Best Buy $160-Mil HQ Project Rejected by City Council

    RICHFIELD, MN-Opus Northwest hopes to begin construction this spring on a complex near the intersection of Interstate 494 and Penn Avenue South. The city has begun condemnation proceedings against one holdout property owner.

  • Austin Lands First-Run Role for RadioShack, Blockbuster Alliance

    AUSTIN-Thirty-seven Blockbuster stores in Austin are part of an initial 130-location premiere to put RadioShack kiosks into the video retailer's outlets. Coming soon: Blockbuster services in RadioShack stores. The alliance isn't expected to drive store closings.

  • Standards Create Level Playing Field in Real Estate, for the Most Part

    NEW YORK CITY-Two brokers share their personal experiences and observations with regard to the relation between women and minorities and the real estate industry. Both look at whether the mostly white male environment is by chance or by design.

  • Industrial Market Absorbs Record 13.9 Mil SF

    ATLANTA-Grubb & Ellis Co. reports the area's 368 million-sf inventory improved its vacancy rate to 8.6% from 9%, but expects vacancies will jump by 1% in the first half of this year due to a mix of economic and market factors.

  • Newmark Signs Leases Totaling Nearly 40,000 SF

    RUTHERFORD, NJ-Four separate transactions, signed in a three-week period, include a network hosting service and a software development and training companies. The transactions range over the northern and central part of the state.

  • Aslan Buys 25 West 43rd St.

    NEW YORK CITY-This is the company's second Manhattan acquisition in a year in the Grand Central District. The company plans to establish an even greater presence here.

  • StorageNetworks Finds New HQ Close to Home

    WALTHAM, MA-StorageNetworks, the data storage company, moves its headquarters here to 225 Wyman St., a few miles away from its old location. The company needs space to accommodate its growth.

  • Prime Source Preps for World Headquarters Move

    CARROLLTON, TX-A 160,451-sf pact has been sealed with $600,000 in improvements to an office-warehouse to accommodate the world headquarters for Prime Source Building Products. The Carrollton-based company will relocate its operation in March.