NEW YORK CITY-PricewaterhouseCoopers expects room demand to increase only 1.9% for the year and average daily rates to move up 3.8%, the worst performance since 1993. Prospects look better for 2002.

LENEXA, KS-US Central Credit Union is buying 13 acres and will occupy 75,000 sf of a new structure in the Renner Ridge Corporate Center. Community America Credit Union also was lured by industrial revenue bonds.

DURHAM, NC-The I-40 corridor is still the hottest thing around, but Downtown Durham is getting a lot of attention as multi renovations begin turning the area into a 24-hour city 90 miles northeast of Charlotte.

NEW YORK CITY-To get on REALTOR.com and expand, Marilyn Harra Kaye's MLB Kaye International Realty has joined NAR. Also, 100 other residential firms are looking to start a Manhattan branch of NAR to get an MLS off the ground.