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WOODBRIDGE, NJ-The locally based firm also secured three retail leases in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

NEW YORK CITY-The new company will subsume assets from Coalco New York and will focus mainly on multifamily properties.

SAN DIEGO-Locally based Excel Trust acquires and signs contracts for $157 million in properties in five states, while BioMed signs deals for $132.9 million of San Diego properties.

SANTA ANA, CA-The new strategic alliance will enable Grubb & Ellis to offer Kettler's residential property management services to its clients nationwide.

WHITTIER, CA-Phoenix-based Cole Real Estate Investments buys Whittwood Town Center from the Prime Property Fund of Morgan Stanley.

RIVERSIDE, CA-While the Inland Empire market has been hit hard by the downturn, this apartment asset, according to Raintree, holds a strong occupancy rate.

MIAMI-Publix-anchored shopping centers are selling fast in Central Miami, where land is scarce and population is dense.

SILVER SPRING, MD-Trigild, a San Diego-based company, is the receiver for the Enclave, a high-end property here.

MIAMI-Centergate at Gratigny is getting new life, leasing 275,000 square feet this year in a recovering industrial market.

LISLE, IL-The company is going to invest $110 million in the 1.2-million-square-foot former Alcatel-Lucent East campus, and another $95 million in other development.

LOS ANGELES-The financial services giant refinances 10 apartment complexes in a deal engineered by a team from Southern California offices of CB Richard Ellis Capital Markets.

HOUSTON-The engineering and construction firm is relocating its North American office headquarters to Pinnacle Westchase in this western submarket.

LONDON-New hotel planning and development is strong in Europe, the Middle East and Africa during the next two years, but expected growth then dwindles for the EMEA region.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-The retail developer will terminate its relationship with Wolff Co. and Vanguard on the $250 million Scottsdale Quarter project, now about half completed.

DALLAS-T. Boone Pickens, a Dallas philanthropist, is contributing $18 million to construct the estimated $48 million hospice center in Dallas.

MIAMI-Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC has expanded its lease agreement for 14,434 square feet of space at SBS Tower in Coconut Grove.

HOUSTON-The Federal Housing Administration has started a new scheme which helps homeowners in danger of foreclosure receive refinanced loans from lenders that are guaranteed by the government.

WASHINGTON, DC-According to CoreLogic, a mortgage analytics company, subprime delinquencies were showing a downward trend, while the prime mortgage market was also not performing well.

BUFFALO, NY-Shatter I.T. has inked a lease agreement for 3,600 square feet of space in the Main Place Tower's, with a choice of adding more space if need arises.

CHICAGO-General Growth Properties Inc. has announced that its CEO and COO will depart after the completion of its restructuring, which is anticipated in October 2011.