CHICAGO-"Affordable housing as well as education is at the very top of the mayor's agenda," Chicago housing commissioner John G. Markowski tells this week's National Housing Conference's symposium.

SAN FRANCISCO-In a sublease deal with the Internet consulting firm, the noted provider of next generation Internet portal solutions is relocating its headquarters to 75,000-sf in Martin Group Partners' historic "Landmark" building in downtown San Francisco.

ORLANDO-R. W. Cuthill will be asking U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Arthur B. Briskman next week to order the public disclosure of offshore account owners who claim to have lost about $120 million or 56% of the total $214 million allegedly scammed by New Vernon, NJ resident William J. Zylka, owner of 10-year-old, Orlando-based Evergreen Security Ltd.

DALLAS-Car Toys is forging ahead on an expansion strategy that calls for about 20 retail sites by the end of 2002. The latest signings are for a lease site in Arlington and a land buy in Plano. The auto electronics retailer has seven DFW locations in place.