DENVER-The direct vacancy rate remains strong at 9.32%, but when subleased space is included in the equation, it rises to 11.93%, according to a first quarter report by the Denver office of Jones Lang LaSalle.

LOS ANGELES-Inland Paperboard and Packaging signs a 10-year lease to keep 121,000 sf of manufacturing and distribution space at its longtime home in Santa Fe Springs. The building, at 11500 Los Nietos Rd., holds the company's Crocket Container Crop. subsidiary.

WASHINGTON, DC-While REITS report a 7.5% increase in funds from operations, the S&P 500 showed a 6.5% drop in earnings per share, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.

GLENDALE, CA-Los Angeles-based CommonWealth Partners acquires three office buildings here totaling 410,000 sf from New York-based Westbrook Partners. The transaction includes a 50% ownership in a 1,600-stall parking garage that sits between the buildings.