WASHINGTON, DC-The Senate has passed a bill that would free landowners from having to clean up mildly contaminated sites that they did not pollute. The measure now goes to the House of Representatives.

QUINCY, MA-Grossman's plan to improve a building here and erect a luxury apartment house have locals hoping that the addition of residential units as well as additional retail will revitalize Downtown.

HOUSTON-Yancey-Hausman has filled one office building at Northwest Crossing as construction continues on another 112,000-sf structure. Tenant Fircroft Inc. has doubled its lease to occupy a total 7,902 sf.

THE WOODLANDS, TX-A series of land buys will add to the retail line-up at the College Park Shopping Center. The eight new retailers are coming to a high-traffic market that big boxes say is producing strong sales.