DENVER-It's the American dream ... and Equity Residential Properties Trust says that is why it is helping tenants buy homes with select builders. The program is under way in Denver and Phoenix, with plans to launch it in Nashville.

AUSTIN-The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, a nonprofit organization, is leasing a 45,000 sf structure, currently under construction in a 193-acre development. The developer is slated to have the shell completed later this year, with finishing out falling to the tenant.

SEATTLE-The building covers the entire block bounded by Sixth, Seventh, Stewart and Olive, except for the Tower Building.