Office

CHICAGO-Trizec Properties Inc. president and CEO Timothy H. Callahan says the company is not ready to put the 110-story building on the market after it assumes ownership this quarter. "That doesn't mean we won't do so at some point in time," he adds.

DALLAS-Bob Bradshaw joins the team as vice president of business development. The veterans in town know his history: four decades of Dallas-Fort Worth deals, mostly spent developing the Great Southwest and Las Colinas.

WASHINGTON, DC-After having joined forces to survey disclosure practices in mortgage-backed securities markets, the US Department of the Treasury, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight release a study with suggestions for improvements.

HOUSTON-Infometrics Market Center, eight years in development, is introduced to Houston by Moody Rambin Interests. The Web-based tool delivers real time data for leasing, marketing and property management.

STAMFORD, CT-Ending an office search that lasted more than two years, international global information solutions firm Thomson Corp. will significantly expand its corporate presence here with its signed leases at Metro Center and First Stamford Place totaling more than 130,000 sf of office space.

SAN DIEGO-According to research by Burnham Real Estate Services, San Diego County's office market posted a steady fourth quarter for 2002, with 627,000 sf of net absorption. The 2002 net office absorption at 1.6 million sf outpaced the previous year's figure of one million sf.