LOS ANGELES-An insurance firm will occupy the entire 7,040-sf office component at Studio Plaza, in a lease deal valued at $1.4 million.

SAN ANTONIO-Federal Realty and the Valencia Group are hard at work on a 12-story, 214-unit boutique hotel in the city's historic Houston Street. The partnership also is planning another hotel project in San Jose.

NEW YORK CITY-The capital and the interest are there, a Sonnenblick-Goldman director tells GlobeSt.com. A solid sale might now make so-far hesitant Japanese sellers a bit more confident.

HOUSTON-The developer for the historic Commerce Towers has secured $38 million in funding from Chicago-based Corus Bank. After looking at the market and the project, the financing had been OK'd without any presales, says a VP.