NEW YORK CITY-Today's trend favors multifamily. New York's Cushman & Wakefield declares the multifamily housing sector the leader in development and Lend Lease exemplifies the feverish pursuit on the transaction side.

ALEXANDRIA, VA-Next month will see the beginning of development of a government office building here on Richmond Highway. At the end of the lease the county will have the option of buying the land.

ATLANTA-The continuing demand for Midtown shelter is indicated in the lofty $30 million price Crescent Heights Development paid for the Legacy, a three-building package sold by two-year-old Wood Partners.

HACKENSACK, NJ-Hampshire 99 has raised more than $22 million in capital from investors and leveraged it into a major portfolio around the Garden State and beyond. Norman Feinstein and Jon Hanson recently created the fund.