SAN DIEGO COUNTY-Bath and bedding retailer Strouds Inc. announces plans to close stores in La Mesa, Oceanside and San Ysidro over the next three months.

SCHAUMBURG, IL-Major purchase launches East Coast-based firm into Chicago area office market.

HOUSTON-Home Depot's subsidiary, Maintenance Warehouse, is taking 66,752 sf in West Port after inking a buyout deal for NEthing Supply, which has operations in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. The buyout establishes an instant presence in the Texas market.

LOS ANGELES-Mayor Riordan and other officials unveil controversial plan to form neighborhood-based advisory groups. Some developers and other businesses fear it would create new layers of bureaucracy.