BOSTON—Bringing a combined more than 35 years of real estate experience, Mitchell Jacoby and Leeanne Rizzo have joined the Boston office of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank as senior managing directors.

NEW YORK CITY—Following the recent appointment of John Santora to CEO for North America, Cushman & Wakefield has appointed three of its executives to its Global Occupier Services leadership team.

LEXINGTON, MA—Biopharmaceutical company Shire has signed a long-term lease for 202,492 square feet of space at the two Ledgemont Center building here.

MIAMI—Luxury housing developer ALTA Developers recently completed a brand new home in partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami for a low-income family in Liberty City.

TAMPA, FL—Philadelphia-based Arden Group has acquired the InterContinental Hotel Tampa Westshore here and plans to undertake a $7-million renovation at the property.

BALTIMORE—The city's Urban Design and Architectural Review Panel approved the design of the Point Street Apartments project in Harbor Point on Thursday.

LEESBURG, VA—A dispute over four historic buildings on the site of a proposed General District Courthouse could doom the venture here.

BOSTON—The Peebles Corp. reports it has been selected to develop Turnpike Air Rights Parcel 13, where it plans to build a mixed-use development called “The Viola Back Bay.”