ORANGE COUNTY, CA-Near-record level of local employment should help keep office demand, retail spending strong.

CHARLOTTE-The developer is bucking a sluggish six-month trend in speculative development with its warehouse/distribution project under way at Northpark Business Park, a north Charlotte submarket where second-quarter vacancies have climbed to 10.4% from 8.9%.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-A judge allows theater chain to continue spending proceeds from inventory sales. The money originally was pledged as collateral for bank loans.

AUSTIN-Retailers are hustling to keep pace with the city's feeding frenzy for residential and commercial space. Where there's that kind of activity, there's customers - a rainbow of opportunity that has more than 500,000 sf of retail space under construction or in the works.