SEATTLE, WA-As its first step in building a portfolio in a new target market, the community shopping center owner has spent $40.05 million for two properties in the greater Seattle area.

AUSTIN-Trammell Crow is on a hiring binge, picking up a Georgia newcomer. The new hire has been assigned as a tenant rep associate in the firm's Brokerage Services Division.

PHOENIX-A local developer who has built more than 200,000-sf of office condominiums in north Scottsdale is now bringing a $5.4-million mixed-use development to Tempe.

CHICAGO-The red-, rose- and gray-granite building will be home to Meckler, Bulger & Tilson, now located three blocks south of the Class A building, beginning in 2002. Prentiss has additional commitments for at least 37,000 sf.