This week's People of Note includes the following markets: Atlanta, Boston, Houston, National, Sacramento and San Diego. BOSTON, NATIONAL Cresa Names Leslie as CEO By Laurie Forbes Cresa appointed former Staubach president Jim Leslie as chief executive officer, effective May 1. Leslie co-founded Cresa’s Capital Markets Group and has been an advisor to its board since 2002. He is a 25-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry...

This week's People of Note includes the following markets: Atlanta, Boston, Houston, National, Sacramento and San Diego. BOSTON, NATIONAL Cresa Names Leslie as CEO By Laurie Forbes Cresa appointed former Staubach president Jim Leslie as chief executive officer, effective May 1. Leslie co-founded Cresa’s Capital Markets Group and has been an advisor to its board since 2002. He is a 25-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry...

The Portland Industrial market ended the first quarter 2012 with a vacancy rate of 7.7%. The vacancy rate was down over the previous quarter, with net absorption totaling positive 708,634 square feet in the first quarter. Vacant sublease space decreased in the quarter, ending the quarter at 248,830 square feet. Tenants moving into large blocks of space in 2012 include: Solopower, Inc moving into 225,250 square feet at Marine Drive Distribution...

Investors Capital Group, a Seattle-based boutique real estate investment firm specializing in multifamily project investments, purchased the Cedar West Apartments at 825 NE Watt Way in Bend, OR from American Capital Group, a Washington-based, full-service real estate company, for $6.151 million, or about $51,000 per unit. The complex, delivered on 1998, is composed of 11 two-story buildings and totals 104,016 rentable square feet on 5.95 acres...

The following is an account of the Portland market’s select top five office lease transactions for the first quarter of 2012. Clear Channel leased 25,859 square feet in the Triangle Pointe Building at 1333 SW 68th Parkway in Tigard. Kevin VandenBrink and Joe Kappler represented the landlord in the 10-year lease. U.S.F. Reddaway leased 24,113 square feet in South Center Building H at 7720 SW Mohawk St in Tualatin. Lana Baldock and Dan Swift...

The following is an account of the Portland market’s select top five office lease transactions for the first quarter of 2012. Clear Channel leased 25,859 square feet in the Triangle Pointe Building at 1333 SW 68th Parkway in Tigard. Kevin VandenBrink and Joe Kappler represented the landlord in the 10-year lease. U.S.F. Reddaway leased 24,113 square feet in South Center Building H at 7720 SW Mohawk St in Tualatin. Lana Baldock and Dan Swift...

This week's People of Note includes the following markets: Atlanta, Birmingham, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Denver, Houston, National, New York City and San Diego. NATIONAL, NEW YORK CITY Avison Young Taps Former C&W CEO Mirante to Head Its New York Metro Office By CoStar Research Making its biggest splash yet in its aggressive national expansion, Avison Young, Canada’s largest independently owned commerc

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