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PORTLAND- Tom Usher, a senior director with Cushman & Wakefield, tells GlobeSt.com that he sees vacancy holding flat through mid-year. He also sees activity picking up, reiterating what many brokers around town have been telling GlobeSt.com since late January.

RICHMOND, VA-Multifamily REIT United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc. closes on a $72 million Freddie Mac revolving credit facility, and then sells 3 million shares for a $42.3 million profit.

ATLANTA-Stacey Corso, editor of Real Estate New York, a monthly Real Estate Media Inc. publication, will handle all aspects of commercial real estate in Atlanta's eight-county market, along with breaking major industry news in other Southeast areas. Corso may be reached at 212-929-6900 or [email protected].

NEW YORK CITY-Integra Realty Resources, in its latest investment survey, says that most markets--except for hotels--are recovering nicely, thank you. But owners' over-inflated view of building value isn't helping the capital pipeline to flow again.

LONDON- Ealing Gateway on 26-30 Uxbridge Road, is HBG Properties' vision of a seven-storey West London office building. It will be the largest office scheme to be developed in Ealing for more than a decade.

DALLAS-The Morse Co. is accorded the William C. Jennings Award from the Texas Association of Realtors for a lease enabling Flextronics International to expand and consolidate in North Texas. WorkPlaceUSA wins again for its Mount Vernon project.

LOS ANGELES-The publishing house giant Hachette Filipacchi Media has expanded its Los Angeles office across from the Wilshire Courtyard office complex. The company has signed a five-year, $1.6-million agreement for 12,500 sf.

AUSTIN-Dana Friis-Hansen steps into the lead role for the Austin Museum of Art after serving for some time as interim executive director. With the job comes the task of pushing a 145,000-sf project that has hit roadblocks with the down economy.