ATLANTA-After impressive demand during the first three quarters of 2000, the metro market showed signs of slowing in the last three months of the year, according to M/PF Research Inc., a Dallas-based firm. Rents climbed by 3.4% with the average quoted rent at $798 per month.

BOSTON-Planners for the proposed Convention Center are considering reducing or eliminating its indoor parking garage. The Convention Center is reportedly $100 million over budget and so ways are being sought to cut costs.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-The South Florida chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties bestows four of 13 annual awards to the Coral Gables, FL-based developer-realty firm. Codina Realty's Jack Lowell is Broker of the Year.

SAN ANTONIO-Trammell Crow is now a neighbor of the San Antonio Airport, buying adjacent business parks in the high-traffic corridor. The parks consist of 10 buildings with an aggregate 199,060 sf. It's the first buy in a year for Trammell Crow in San Antonio.