BALTIMORE—Kao Corp. will relocate a subsidiaries' corporate headquarters from Hanover, MD to more than 14,000 square feet of leased space at the downtown One Charles Center office building.

WASHINGTON, DC—A host of dignitaries, including Washington, DC Mayor Vincent Gray and Marriott Board Chairman Bill Marriott are expected to be on hand today to dedicate the largest hotel facility in the city—The Marriott Marquis Washington, D.C. hotel.

BOSTON—Locally-based Pyramid Hotel Group reports that John Green has left Wyndham Hotel Group Management's employ to rejoin the company as senior vice president, asset management.

NEW YORK CITY—In a deal arranged by Greystone, the Centers for Specialty Care Group, the owner of the Holliswood Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Jamaica, Queens, has refinanced the 314-bed skill nursing facility via a $36.7-million HUD loan.

BAYONNE, NJ—The 2010 purchase of 131 acres of waterfront land here by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, hailed at the time as a means for expansion of regional port facilities, was in fact a fiscal bailout for the City of Bayonne, according to a published report.

TRENTON, NJ—A bill that would have a direct impact on the controversial LG Electronics headquarters project in Englewood Cliffs passed the Senate Environment and Energy Committee late last week by a 3-2 margin.

RALEIGH, NC—Commercial real estate services firm Newmark Grubb Knight Frank reports it has opened a regional office here. The new office will be headed by former DTZ executive Brad Armstrong.

ATLANTA—Multifamily management company Pinnacle reports it has added two key executives to its growing Southeastern US operations.