CARROLLTON, TX-On Nov. 15, Hitachi America Ltd. will get the keys to a 72,000-sf headquarters and distribution center being built in the Free Trade Zone of the Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport. The project teams with a 100,000-sf expansion in Japan.

ORLANDO-Cap rates are creeping upward and pension funds are over-allocating office product, but a panel of investment experts are undecided if the slowdown is short-term or permanent. They spoke at the annual convention of the National Association of Office and Industrial Properties here.

HOUSTON-New York-based W.P. Carey & Co. LLC has finalized a $7.3-million sale-leaseback deal for the Houston corporate headquarters of US Home Corp. on behalf of Corporate Property Associates 14 Inc., a public, non-traded REIT.

CHICAGO-The area's largest industrial developer reports 3Q FFO jumped 13%, slightly beating expectations. Analysts expect CenterPoint will continue to report FFO growth double that of the average industrial REIT. Size does not matter, the CEO says.