NEW YORK CITY-The Dow is up by 2% for the year, the S&P 500 is off by more than 5% and the Nasdaq has dropped by over 14%. The Morgan Stanley Real Estate Index, however, is up 4.3% for the year, down just 2.13 points from its all-time high last week.

DALLAS-Sixty days is all it took to structure a $160-million refinancing for a joint venture partnership. It's all part of positioning the sale of a 1.8 million-sf, two-state portfolio in the upcoming 18 to 24 months, GlobeSt.com is told.

DENVER-The $32-million project on 19 acres at 2901 S. Sheridan Blvd. will include 260 one- and two-bedroom units, along with another building with 53 senior independent living units and 11,500 sf of retail.

SOUTHBOROUGH, MA-NSI Software makes its first foray into the Boston area by opening an office here. The company has relationships with a number of local companies and hopes to recruit local technical talent.