SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO-Genentech will build an additional 288,000 sf of research and development buildings at its current site here on DNA Way thanks to a just signed deal with a New York-based pharmaceutical company.

NEW YORK CITY-The owners of Brown Harris Stevens and Feathered Nest have purchased the Halstead Property Co. Born for this acquisition is BHS Halstead LLC, now the second largest residential real estate brokerage firm in Manhattan.

ROUND ROCK, TX-A California-based developer is introducing purchase and lease-to-buy options in the Austin area's commercial real estate market. Chandler Creek Business Park, which has broken ground, will serve as the pilot project.

RICHFIELD, MN-Plans for a 1.5-million-sf complex have met community resistance and a business owner holdout. The Minneapolis Foundation will interview a number of civic officials and nonprofit leaders.