ROCKVILLE, MD—Locally-based Federal Realty Investment Trust reports that Hilton Worldwide's new lifestyle brand “Canopy” will be part of its mixed-use Pike & Rose development here.

PHILADELPHIA—Shorenstein Properties is reportedly in talks to acquire the 1818 Market St. office tower here. If the deal closes, it would mark the return of the San Francisco-based real estate investment firm.

WEST NYACK, NY—The 100 Brook Hill Drive industrial building here, which was formerly the headquarters of Cambridge University Press, has been sold in a $36-milion deal to Diamond Properties of Mount Kisco, NY in a 1031 exchange transaction.

NASHVILLE, TN—The ownership of multifamily properties in Nashville and Clarksville, TN have secured a total of $23.5 million in Freddie Mac loans for the garden apartment communities.

NEW YORK CITY—CBRE Group Inc. reports that the Manhattan office and retail markets showed continued strength in the third quarter. Leasing activity increased in the Midtown, Midtown South and Downtown office markets, while the city's retail sector saw a number of major department stores announce their planned entrance into the Manhattan marketplace.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ—The ownership of the Trump Taj Mahal could decide as soon as next Monday to close without needed concessions from Local 54 of UNITE HERE, representatives of Trump Entertainment Resorts told a federal bankruptcy court judge on Tuesday.

TRENTON, NJ—While the state's Economic Development Authority approved more than 10 projects for a total of $180 million in incentives, the buzz at the session centered on a project that never made the agency's final agenda.

BALTIMORE—The Bozzuto Group and H&S Properties are partnering on a new apartment project in Harbor East that could have a price tag in the neighborhood of $100 million.