HOUSTON-EastGroup Properties and Insight Realty plan to break ground in two months on 198,000-sf industrial project near the George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The development partners own 63 acres and this will be just the beginning stage.

WHITE PLAINS-The average rental costs for two- and three-bedroom units in Westchester County skyrocketed last year, according to a report released by Westchester Residential Opportunities Inc., a not-for-profit housing organization.

ORLANDO-Despite a hiring freeze and planned layoffs of 1,400 from its 56,000-person work force here, the theme park operator is going ahead with the scheduled April 16 debut of the six-story, $194 million Animal Kingdom Lodge, its 18th resort at the 30,000-acre Lake Buena Vista, FL enclave.

EMERYVILLE, CA-The decision paves the way for other redevelopment projects on contaminated sites in urban core areas by validating the use of eminent domain in property acquisition and by allowing the city Superfund-style cleanup authority, according to an attorney representing Emeryville.