A Charlotte-area real estate group is investing big in a shopping center an hour north of Raleigh.

Projects in Newport, Providence, Cranston and Pawtucket were approved for site support under a state economic development program.

Industrial real estate firm Capital Partners has already fully leased one of its three speculative industrial developments under construction in the north and northwestern metro, with a 248,000-square-foot deal with electrical company nVent Electric.

The project would mark the second corporate office project to select a site in the campus this year.

Select businesses will get pro bono assistance from Booz Allen staff volunteers.

Urban Innovations has completed a number of leases in the River North area over the last few months, an indication that there's at least some activity in Chicago's office market.

A series of investments in amenity upgrades at Clayton office buildings have prompted building owners elsewhere in the St. Louis region to embark upon a similar strategy in the hope that, as Clayton continues to fill up, companies in search of premium office space might begin casting their eye elsewhere.

A new-to-market Independence, Ohio, developer that focuses on single-story, two-bedroom apartment neighborhoods says it potentially could build several thousand Kansas City units over time. The first such project could break ground in the Tiffany Springs area soon.

Those looking to buy a home locally and nationally are having to navigate higher mortgage rates and tight inventory.