FREMONT, CA-Asyst Technologies, a Silicon Valley tech firm, has closed on the purchase of a 27-acre parcel slated to house its 1,000 employees.

AUSTIN-Popular home builder, Centex, is joining in Austin's land rush, buying 62 acres to construct more than 200 homes in the city's northeast sector. The city's tight housing market has triggered a building surge in the state's capital.

VERO BEACH, FL---When baseball's Dodgers left Brooklyn in the 1950s and moved to Los Angeles, they kept their spring training facility in South Florida. A newly-arranged deal is keeping Dem Bums there.<p>

ORLANDO-Vacancies in a niche 5.5 million-sf industrial market category shrink to 10% from 11.6% as tenants average 13,000 sf in new leases, up from an average 5,000 sf per lease in past years