STAMFORD, CT-Cendant Membership Services, which will eventually be spun off from Cendant Corp., is in the market for a large block of space in the Norwalk area. The company will relocate from space in downtown Stamford.

SAN JOSE-The Los-Angeles-based mall REIT, reporting a healthy quarter, says two new parking structures are open and the new 225,000-sf Nordstrom is under construction for an opening in spring 2001.

MINNEAPOLIS-Urban planners see Downtown condos as a way to fight sprawl and traffic snarls. Permits to build multifamily housing in the Twin Cities have soared to 1,038 last year, up from just 60 a decade ago.

HOUSTON-Extrusion Technology inks a deal for 142,000 sf of industrial space for a manufacturing site in the 80-acre Continental Emsco facility. The company is a supplier of titanium and other specialty steels.