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The higher cost of debt combined with falling property values could see forced sales of office and retail properties across europe as their owners struggle to refinance acquisitions made at the top of the market.

C I Host signed a lease to occupy a total of 60,156 square feet in two buildings in Dallas. The data center firm will occupy 30,000 square feet at 7505 John Carpenter Freeway and 30,156 square feet at 7410 Ambassador Row. The single-story flex building...

RALEIGH – A newly formed joint venture aims to jolt the Triangle and Charlotte real estate markets with a $100 million infusion to spur residential and mixed-use land development.

Baylor Health Care System, based in Dallas, added an additional 23,431 square feet of second-story office space to total 254,000 square feet leased in the Bryan Tower at 2001 Bryan St. in Dallas. Baylor Health will move into the new space during the early...

Intertek Group, PLC a testing, inspection and certification products company, signed a long-term office/warehouse lease at 1809 10th St. in Plano, TX. The total building size is 245,980 square feet, with approximately 50,000 square feet available...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (MARKET WIRE) Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (AMEX: UVE), a vertically integrated insurance holding company, announced that its subsidiary Universal Property and Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC), has received approval from North Carolina's Department of Insurance to write property and casualty insurance in the state of North Carolina. UPCIC intends to file for the approval of its rates and forms by the North Carolina Department of Insurance by the first quarter of 2009, with anticipation of writing new business in North Carolina promptly following approval of its rates and forms.

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Allied Properties REIT (TSX: AP.UN) announced today that the Trustees of the REIT have declared a distribution of $0.11 per unit for the month of October, 2008, representing $1.32 per unit on an annualized basis. The distribution will be payable on november 17, 2008, to unitholders of record as at October 31, 2008. The REIT has 31,161,378 units issued and outstanding.

This week in the Retail Roundup, CoStar reports on expansions or new concepts at Best Buy Mobile, Pizza Inn, Flip Flop Shops; new retail developments in FL, CA, TX, and NY; acquisition, merger, loan or sale activity at Equity One; closings, cutbacks...

Milliman Inc., an actuarial and consulting firm, signed a lease for 15,299 square feet on the second floor of 10000 N. Central Expressway in Dallas. It will now occupy a total of 69,953 square feet in the building. The 15-story, 282,950-square...

TeleRep LLC signed a lease to occupy 14,555 square feet on the seventh floor of 5400 LBJ Freeway in Dallas. The 15-story, 424,400-square-foot, Class A office building was constructed in 1981 within the Lincoln Centre business park. It features on-site...