FORT LAUDERDALE, FL—Nicole Messer, a veteran of 14 years in the real estate business, has joined Stiles Realty's Retail Brokerage Group here as a senior retail associate.

NEW YORK CITY—An analysis of the city's (Superstorm) Sandy Funding Tracker by the trade group the New York Building Congress shows that only a small portion of the $10.6 billion in anticipated federal money has actually flowed north from Washington, DC to New York City.

PHILADELPHIA—Mayor Michael Nutter, speaking at a meeting of the International Association of Gaming Regulators on Tuesday, pressed the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to select the city's second casino licensee.

SADDLE BROOK, NJ—The former Holiday Inn hotel here that was to open soon as a Crowne Plaza, is being sold in connection with a $72.8-million lawsuit filed against the property owner, who also faces criminal fraud charges.

BETHESDA, MD—Donohoe Co. has decided that its third property to be developed at the Gallery Bethesda in Woodmont Central will be built as a residential rather than office use.

GEORGETOWN, MD—Eastbanc Technologies, a software development firm, has leased space on three floors of the historic Georgetown Post Office here.

ATLANTA—The 27,057-square-foot Lindbergh Crossing shopping center here has been sold for $7.06 million.

ALBANY, NY—Three environmental advocacy groups have filed suit in New York State Supreme Court here in an attempt to block $511 million in federal environmental funds New York State is seeking in connection with the construction of the new $3.9-billion Tappan Zee Bridge.