Globest Sectors

NEW ORLEANS-It's been two years since the twin hurricanes and affordable housing has yet to be fully addressed. Now, affordable housing activists go face to face with Congress.

MESA, AZ-The Irving, TX company, paying $14.75 million for the dirt, will break ground in early 2008 on its first micro-mill in the US. Completion is set for mid- to late 2009.

DALLAS-Experts say the sector will make unprecedented gains despite the financial markets' turmoil. Deals will take longer to close, but qualified buyers will cross finish lines.

RENO, NV-The private company from Birmingham, AL is shopping a new 335,875-sf regional shopping center in nearby Sparks that is still in lease up.

SANTA CLARA, CA-The Los Angeles-based data center investor turns a tidy profit after extending the lease of the building's sole tenant.

ENGLEWOOD, CO-The 478,000-sf (net rentable) complex here, constructed over the past five years, is leased to CH2M Hill Cos. for the next 10 years.

DENVER-A joint venture of Callahan Capital Partners and Morgan Stanley's Special Situations Fund III syndicates the 2.8-million-sf portfolio it acquired earlier this year for $770 million.

TORONTO-GE Real Estate buys the Midtown office buildings, but flips one immediately for more than $26 million.