ATLANTA—Among CORFAC International's top commercial transactions in April was its work representing the buyer of the shuttered Shannon Mall in the Atlanta suburb of Union City, GA.

RALEIGH, NC—Real estate investment firm Grubb Properties of Charlotte, NC and development partner The Kalikow Group of Westbury, NY report they have commenced construction on its Link Apartments Glenwood South apartment development here.

NEW YORK CITY—General Growth Properties is marketing the top floor of its 200 Lafayette St. building leased to struggling retailer JC Penney.

MCLEAN, VA—Later this year Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. will introduce its 11th and 12th hotel brands.

WASHINGTON, DC—The development team of the Peebles Co. and the Walker Group has been chosen by DC Mayor Vincent Gray to build a new 200-room hotel and 60 housing units at 5th and Eye streets.

MIAMI—New York City-based Greystone has closed on the purchase of a 1.04-acre parcel of land in the Edgewater district of Miami where it plans to build a mixed-use development with locally-based joint venture partners Alta Developers and Strategic Properties.

BOSTON—Avison Young's office here reports it has added two commercial brokers from NAI Hunneman—Dan Collins and Greg Tanner.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL—Locally-based The Sembler Co., which has more than 2.8 million square feet of retail space in various stages of ground-up development, says it will be discussing its latest projects as well as its leasing and acquisition activity at the International Council of Shopping Centers' Las Vegas RECON on May 18-20.