BARRINGTON, IL-Advocate Health Care is moving forward with a $247-million plan to renovate the 169-bed Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital here.

WASHINGTON-The Obama administration is seeking to persuade banks to provide financing to prospective homebuyers with weaker credit in exchange for assurances they will not face legal recriminations if they engage in such a policy.

CHESTER, WV-MTR Gaming President and CEO Jeffrey Dahl announced yesterday his plans to resign in order to pursue other business opportunities. Among the company's holdings include the Presque Isle Downs & Casino in Erie, PA.

NUTLEY, NJ-Officials with pharmaceutical firm Roche, as well as representatives from Nutley and Clifton have selected master plan architectural firm EE&K to come up with ideas for the redevelopment of the Roche campus.

NEW YORK CITY-New York State officials announced today that the popular NBC television show “America's Got Talent” is relocating its production facilities from Newark to Radio City Music Hall here with its upcoming eighth season. The relocation of the television program from the Performing Arts Center in Newark to Rockefeller Center is estimated to create more than 500 jobs and result in more than $100 million in economic activity each broadcast season. America's Got Talent…

NEW YORK CITY-Malkin Holdings LLC's plan to include the Empire State Building in a real estate investment trust and take it public is inching closer to receiving the support it requires to move forward with the proposal.

NEW YORK CITY-Related Cos. is in contract to sell its 521-unit Monterey apartment building on East 96th St. with real estate investor Rubin Schron's Cammeby's International Group.

HILTON HEAD, SC-Kroger Real Estate and joint venture partner Blanchard & Calhoun Commercial began construction today on the Shelter Cove Towne Center, a $74-million mixed-use project here.