BETHESDA, MD-Host Marriott Corp. has not owned the lease rights to its own portfolio of hotels, but is in the middle of a deal now to buy them, according to company officials.

NEW YORK CITY-Last night in the posh Metropolitan Club, speakers invited by Cushman & Wakefield to speak on the future face of the commercial real estate market pronounced this city's future the brightest of all.

AUSTIN-The stars are shining on a 20-acre tract of the 709-acre former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport. Austin Studios has sealed a 10-year lease with the city, just months after the filming of Sandra Bullock's "Miss Congeniality" at the developing multi-media complex.

DALLAS-Kellen & Chandler LP is the new owner of 14775 Midway in Addison in a recent acquisition from Midway Enterprises LLC. That and two other Grubb & Ellis deals - industrial and office - have been closed in the past week.