DENVER-American Furniture Warehouse has opened the doors to a 635,000-sf facility in ComPark. Furniture king Jake Jabs has done it up big time, saying he's bested IKEA and the Great Indoors with a facility of this size.

SAN DIEGO-Burnham Pacific Properties Inc. will declare and make a partial liquidating distribution of 10 cents per share following the expected closing of a 19-property portfolio.

HOUSTON-There's new twist on an old game to use the sealed bid process for property dispositions. Cushman & Wakefield of Texas' Houston office has added the process to its client services' lineup, dedicating 10 employees.

SAN FRANCISCO-Downtown class A rents are down 3.77% to $69.19 per sf and class B rents are down 5.66% to $55.41 per sf. Vacancy is 17% higher and rents are nearly 30% lower in the dot-com heavy area south of Market Street.