CHICAGO- Prolific near-north condo developer JDL Development says a deal to buy the Blake-Lamb Funeral Home property is imminent. Due to last month's down zoning ordinances, the purchase price may have been cut in half as JDL's plans for a 21-story building on the site are scaled down to 15-stories.

CARLSBAD, CAGenesys Telecommunications signs a $4.1 million lease at

CHICAGO-The nation's largest office REIT has sold a Massachusetts business center for $24 million. Analysts say this could be this first of many dispositions in the wake of the trust's merger with Beacon Properties.

PLANO-Advanced Cable Technologies Manufacturing Inc., a global electronics producer, is making plans for its sixth US manufacturing site, ticketing Plano for a 100,000-sf, build-to-suit structure on seven acres in Plano Industrial Park. The site is being developed by Industrial Developments International of Dallas