NEW YORK CITY-Synapse Capital closed on the purchase of a vacant lot in Harlem on Wednesday that will be the site of tie city's first residential building that will employ green guidelines and solar energy to fuel a potential 90% reduction in heating costs.

UNION CITY, GA-Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble has reportedly struck a deal to occupy a more than 1-million-square-foot industrial building in the Atlanta suburb of Union City.

RALEIGH, NC-The first dirt was turned on Wednesday on the 23-story SkyHouse Raleigh apartment tower here.

ST. LOUIS, MO-Discount home furnishing chain Ikea confirmed that it will open its first store here at a site on Vandeventer and Forest Park avenues.

HOUSTON-Locally based real estate firm Hines has been hired by Silver Peak and Cameron Real Estate as property manager for its 1001 McKinney office building in downtown Houston.

CHANDLER, AZ-Wells Fargo & Co. will break ground on Dec. 11 on its $125-million expansion project at its corporate campus here.

HOUSTON-Condominium sales and prices have risen significantly in 2013 in the city of Houston.

FLORENCE, AZ-Curis Resources of Vancouver has filed a notice of claim against the town of Florence in connection with the company's copper mining project.