ATLANTA-The two real estate services companies are merging their third-party management portfolios to form Spectrum Cauble Management Co. The new entity will manage a combined six million sf of office, retail and industrial.

STEVENSON, WA-Commissioners of the 90% publicly-owned county in Southern Washington State voted this week to opt out of the Washington Growth Management Act again.

MCKINNEY, TX-The Sterling Cos. of McKinney, TX, is spearheading developments in Ft. Worth and Houston of a combined 826 units under a fee development agreement with ARL, a regional REIT. Construction is scheduled to begin in four to six months.

BOSTON-Solid market fundamentals have not been enough to get several proposed hotels underway, including a $267-million convention center planned by Starwood.