Office

Traditional leases alone aren't enough to serve today's corporate occupiers, say the folks of CBRE. Agility in its approach to space serves the tenant (and their employees) best--which means it serves the landlord as well.

The $800-million will be spent over the next seven years to expand its laboratory space, manufacturing capacity and warehouse facilities at the company's Rensselaer County campus.

Circle Towers in Merrifield, Va., are said to be trading for $165 milion.

THOR, a local firm, has just completed a sparkling new HQ, which will also function as a community resource for the once-neglected neighborhood.

Last year, the property underwent a $7 million capital improvement program.

In the first half of the year, Skanska purchased a 77,000 square-foot land parcel at the corner of 108th Avenue NE and NE 8th Street in downtown Bellevue with plans to develop a class-A office property.

Canadian investors have long been active in the Phoenix market, but market growth is attracting new foreign capital players to the market.

The management consulting and expert services firm has extended its footprint in the SL Green building to 60,000 square feet.