NEW YORK CITY-The YMCA Retirement Fund has signed a 52,000-square-foot lease at the Equitable Building at 120 Broadway.

NEW YORK CITY-Family-operated Cookie's The Kids Department Store filed a notice with the New York State Department of Labor earlier this week that it will be closing its location at 2543 Webster. Ave. on June 20.

CHARLOTTE-Locally-based real estate investment firm Beacon Partners has acquired two industrial buildings in Charlotte from companies managed by Clarion Partners of New York City for $8.5 million.

CHARLOTTE-Locally-based Tara Investments has acquired land in the Toringdon Circle development in South Charlotte and has begun site work on a new Homewood Suites by Hilton Hotel there.

ST, LOUIS, MI-The new owner of the Millennium Center office building here is planning to convert offices on the top floors of the 20-story building into apartments and hopes to have the project completed by next year.

HARLEYSVILLE, PA-A ceremony was held on Thursday to officially launch the start of the $20-million renovation of the Harleysville Insurance headquarters building in Montgomery County.

WASHINGTON, DC-Developer Donald Trump says that after a year of negotiations with the General Services Administration, his real estate firm is “weeks away” from finalizing a lease agreement that would allow him to move forward with the Old Post Office Pavilion redevelopment project.

PHILADELPHIA-The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board held the first of its two-day public hearings for Philadelphia's second casino license today.