CHARLOTTE-The ownership of Two LakePointe Plaza here report it has signed leases with two tenants totaling nearly 37,000 square feet of retail space.

CHARLOTTE-Locally-based Spectrum Properties hopes to begin construction by year's-end on a new seven-story, 177-unit apartment project that will be adjacent to the new BB&T Ballpark in uptown Charlotte.

GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, OH-The joint venture of JSDI Celemark Ltd. hopes to begin construction in July on the new “View on Fifth” apartment complex here.

PHILADELPHIA-Dranoff Properties is seeking to build a new 21-story residential tower in Center City here.

HAWTHORNE, NJ-Borough officials say they are meeting regularly with the current and former owners of the distressed 1 Washington Ave. building here to improve conditions there.

NEW YORK CITY-Four distressed buildings in the University Heights section of the Bronx will be the beneficiary of much needed improvements. The properties will undergo a $28.6-million rehabilitation program financed by the city.

NEW YORK CITY-City records indicate that closed sales and median prices of cooperative and condominiums in New York City were just about the same as last year.

ATLANTA-Women's apparel company Spanx is relocating its corporate headquarters from the 3344 Peachtree tower to the Buckhead Atlanta office property in November 2014.