MINNEAPOLIS-Patrick Borgman comes to Welsh Cos. from Kraus-Anderson, where had won the top producer award last year. He will specialize in office tenant representation and corporate real estate services.

CARY, NC-Credit Suisse First Boston is advising the 18-year-old REIT on how to better evaluate its 98-property portfolio for shareholders.

ANN ARBOR, MI-The civil engineering company will help design the ArvinMeritor facility, which will include 15,000 sf of office space and 155,000 sf of manufacturing space, at Fort Street and Crawford Avenue in Detroit.

HOUSTON-The Beltway Southwest Business Park in the city's northwest corridor has reached 84% occupancy. The industrial project's third phase, finished in fourth quarter 2000, is 50% leased, thanks to a new signing.