AUSTIN, TX-American Campus Communities Inc. has closed the $627-million acquisition of Illinois-based Campus Acquisitions LLC's student housing properties.

BALTIMORE-Chesapeake Compost Works Benefit LLC is planning to open an organic waste compost facility in Baltimore, Maryland.

FRANKFURT-Centerscape has purchased a portfolio of six retail properties in Germany for more than EUR 20 million from The Miller Group.

NEW YORK CITY-Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners has signed a lease for its first New York City office.

LONDON-Circle Express Ltd. has signed a long-term lease for 122,398 square feet of space at Unit 1 in Polar Park, Heathrow.

CHICAGO-Overland Park, Kansas-based Intouch Solutions Inc. has signed a lease for 22,000 square feet at Michigan Plaza at 205 N. Michigan Ave.

NEW YORK CITY-Bamboo Tori will replace Sausage Inc., an Italian meat grinder, in a University Place building situated between East 13th and East 12th streets.

ST. PAUL, MN-Minneapolis-based First & First will start a redevelopment project at the old Chrysler dealership in St. Paul.