DALLAS-Mack-Cali's planned Texas disposition has wrought its third office building sale in less than two months. The New Jersey-based REIT collects $9.1 million for the 95,509-sf Preston Centre Plaza in Dallas.

SPOKANE, WA-Avista Corp. intends to ask regulators in Washington and Idaho to OK an energy surcharge to electricity customers in both states. The surcharge is intended to offset the costs of a severe shortage of hydropower generation and volatile energy market prices.

EL SEGUNDO, CA-In another sign of this LA submarket's strength, all 55,000 sf of space in an empty building originally designed as a tech incubator is instead scooped up by TRW Inc.

WASHINGTON, DC-Through its $100-million Consortium Capital equity fund, the Bernstein Cos. of Washington, DC has purchased 1990 K. St. NW. The building is a nine-story office complex with 60,000 sf of retail space.