WINSTON-SALEM, NC-Brokers say a planned beltway and not the parcel carrier's facility is driving prices up to $2.30 per sf. Larger parcels can still be bought for 57 cents per sf to 69c per sf--a developer's fantasy. Winston-Salem is 150 miles northeast of Downtown Charlotte

DENVER-It's a transitional year for Denver-based AmeriVest, which had its FFO drop but net income increase for 2000. Overall, the REIT's leaders are pleased in the changeover from a diversified portfolio to strictly office.

BREA, CA-Bonin Investments plans to hold the asset, a building leased to a roofing company, in its portfolio. Swap is valued at $3.1 million.

BOSTON-The city is considering having designers compete on how to best plan part of the Surface Artery, the 30-acre parcel that will be created here once the Big Dig finishes putting the highway underground.