BURSA MALAYSIA SCOREBOARD: AUG 18 (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
BURSA MALAYSIA SCOREBOARD: AUG 18 . UP DOWN UNCHANGED TRADED CONSUMER 16 25 20 61 INDUSTRIALS 17 72 28 117 CONSTRUCTION 3 20 12 35 TRADING/SERVICES 19 63 37 119 TECHNOLOGY 1 5 5 11 FINANCE 4 20 12 36 HOTELS 1 1 2 4 PROPERTIES 11 43 10 64 PLANTATIONS 5 22 6 33 MINING 0 0 0 0 REITS 1 4 5 10 LOAN STOCK 6 37 7 50 P4CONDITION 0 0 0 0 SECOND BOARD 22 50 43 115 CLOSED/FUND 0 1 0 1 ETF 0 0 0 0 ...

SECOND BOARD, REITS (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
SECOND BOARD CONSTRUCTION ARK ( 0.19 B, 0.30 S) BGYEAR ( 0.77 B, 0.88 S) 0.885(120).

Bond would pay for office space, classrooms at police-fire facility (The Arizona Republic)
What the place needs most right now, both departments say, is classroom and office space, to the tune of $3.75 million.

FW seeks to make neglected property owners pay up (WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth)
FORT WORTH - There are more than 32,000 vacant homes in the city of Fort Worth and there are more than 7,700 empty commercial properties. While the city says it doesn't have the money to fix them all up, they have come up with a plan to make property owners pay.

Energy Corridor Class A building moves from one REIT to another (BizJournals)
The Enclave on the Lake office building, a six-story Class A building in a campus setting in Houston’s Energy Corridor, was sold for $37.3 million by Dallas-based Behringer Harvard REIT I Inc. to CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust, according to Jeff Torto, senior director of acquisitions for CBRE Investors.

Cardiff property market likely to weather the economic storm, claims agency (icWales)
THE commercial property market in Cardiff is in a good position to weather the economic storm, says an agency.

Downtown office workers terrorized (ABC 13 Houston)
A man caught on tape is accused of burglaries in downtown office buildings

Pittsfield firm designs Conn. college buildings (Berkshire Eagle)
Wednesday, August 20 PITTSFIELD — A city firm that served as the local architect on the restoration of The Colonial Theatre has designed three new buildings for a Connecticut college's expansion.

Firm buys Rock Spring office buildings (Gazette.Net)
Piedmont Office Realty Trust of Atlanta said it bought complete ownership of Rock Spring Park in Bethesda, wrapping up a deal worth $153.5 million, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings.