FREMONT, CA-Alameda County is taking advantage of soaring Silicon Valley rental rates by raising rental rates on area veterans' buildings starting Sept. 1.

BOCA RATON, FL-The plan to sell locally based Crocker Realty Trust's entire 6.1 million-sf portfolio for $500 million ($81.97 psf) is off. The holdings will likely be sold piecemeal.

FISHER ISLAND, FL-It wasn't only the temperature that was hot during August at this 216-acre high-end condominium-and-club complex just south of Miami Beach. Total sales are approaching $175 million.

SEATTLE- The Chicago-based real estate investment trust agreed in July 1998 to buy the World Trade Center building from Seattle's Wright Runstad & Co., with which it has a standing arrangement