ATLANTIC CITY, NJ-Tony Rodio, CEO of the Tropicana Casino and Resort here sees gaming competitors from surrounding states as merely “Walmarts with slot machines.”

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ-On Tuesday, a troubled casino was able to get a fresh start, while plans for a large observation wheel at The Steel Pier got an infusion of cash.

NEW YORK CITY-Although Toys R Us can still decide to renew its flagship store space in Times Square, the owner of the property has Cushman & Wakefield marketing the space for lease at a retail convention in Las Vegas.

SARASOTA, FL-The Sarasota Association of Realtors held a ribbon cutting on Tuesday for its new 15,000-square-foot offices at 2320 Cattlemen Road here.

MIAMI-The Internal Revenue Service has hit the Miccosukee Indians with a $170-million tax lien in connection with the tribe's alleged failure to report and withhold taxes from its distribution of gaming profits from its casino off the Tamiami Trail to members of the tribe.

BLOOMINGTON, MN-The planned expansion of the Mall of America here, valued at $1.5 billion, will receive as much as $250 million in tax breaks thanks to the Minnesota Legislature.

ORANGETOWN, NY-The Rockland Industrial Development Agency approved a package of sales and mortgage recording tax incentives earlier today for the largest development project in its history—the Bloomberg LP data center—valued at $845.6 million in total investment.

SAVAGE, MD- Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. has renewed its nearly 100,000-square-foot lease at 8730 Bollman Place here. The deal, reported by Cushman & Wakefield, means that the food service distribution firm will continue to occupy the entire building.