CRANBERRY, PA—A former Four Points by Sheraton opened on Friday under a new flag—the DoubleTree by Hilton Pittsburgh-Cranberry.

ATHENS, GA—Locally-based Landmark Properties reports it has broken ground on The Mark, a 928-bed student housing project here with 38,400 square feet of retail and 41,000 square feet of class A office space.

JACKSONVILLE, FL—Reven Housing REIT, Inc. of La Jolla, CA has acquired 74 single-family homes here and two others in Memphis, TN in 15 separate transactions. The aggregate purchase price on the home purchases was $5.16 million.

NEW CARROLLTON, MD—Metro's real estate committee approved on Thursday an outline of a 2.7-million-square-foot mixed-use project to be developed on land surrounding the New Carrollton station here.

WASHINGTON, DC—Takoma Park, MD City Manager Brian Kenner has been appointed deputy mayor for planning and development by DC Mayor Muriel E. Bowser.

BLUE BELL, PA—Corporate Office Properties Trust is on the cusp of beginning the final stage of the redevelopment of the former Unisys campus here now called Arborcest.

JERSEY CITY, NJ—Barnabas Health has paid $24 million for a 2.4-acre city-owned vacant parcel adjacent to the Jersey City Medical Center that it will use to expand the hospital.

BOSTON—LCB Senior Living has secured $49.6 million in construction financing for senior housing projects it is developing in New Hampshire and Vermont.