CARLSBAD-Three buildings totaling 175,000 sf are under construction in this North County coastal suburb.

HOUSTON-Southwest Bancorporation of Texas Inc. is agreeing to purchase Citizens Bankers Inc. of Houston for approximately $130 million. The merger, if approved by regulators and shareholders, will close in the fourth quarter or early 2001.

SAN FRANCISCO-According to published reports, the recently merged companies have signed a lease for more than 230,000 sf in SOMA. Move-in is expected in the spring of 2001. Recent reports by Cushman & Wakefield put rents in the neighborhood at about $77 per sf.

EAST WINDSOR, NJ-Warehouse and distribution facilities are located at two sites in this Princeton-area community.