National

CHAMPAIGN, IL-The 12-building portfolio has a total of 241,198 sf adjacent to the University of Illinois and is currently 100% leased.

NEW ORLEANS-Building sustainable projects and stores can save costs in the long run, but the industry also faces challenges, ICSC speakers say.

PHOENIX-Now that it's won the deed, Baron Properties plans to pump another $2.7 million into upgrading its newest investment, the Alegria Apartments.

PHOENIX-The local firm will develop part of the land with office, industrial and retail and flip tracts to users.

HOUSTON-After owning the trophy since the 1980s, MetLife is selling the 1.7-million-sf trophy. The prize is predicted to top the $275-per-sf going rate of its CBD peers.

LUBBOCK, TX-Garfield Traub begins work on the 304-key Overton Hotel and 45,000-sf conference center, a critical and long-awaited anchor for the area's re-gentrification.

FRISCO, TX-Westwood pencils a November start for its part of Centre at Preston Ridge's phase two. With hotels rising and residential ready to go, Oakridge will add more retail.

LOS ANGELES-With market-rate housing at a stand-still, work force housing advocates and developers prepare for a plan that will keep their industry afloat.