RALEIGH, NC-The owners of Emporium Plaza, a 111,000-square-foot retail center in Raleigh, have secured new tenants to fill the former Babies"R"Us space in the center.

PORTLAND, OR-Portland State University has opened University Pointe at College Station, a 283-unit student residence in Portland.

LAUREL, MD-Hampshire Properties has bought the Laurel Square Apartments in Laurel for $102 million.

SAN FRANCISCO-Boston Properties Inc., a real estate investment trust based in Boston, has raised roughly $79 million to help finance its acquisition of an office and retail project in the South of Market Street (SoMa) neighborhood of San Francisco.

ROCKVILLE, MD-An affordable housing apartment complex situated in Germantown has found a new owner.

FORT WORTH-Chesapeake Energy is planning to sell its 460,000-square foot office tower in downtown Fort Worth.

LONDON-Hansteen Holdings has acquired Horndon Industrial Park, an estate consisting of 586,848 square feet of older industrial units and 21,344 square feet of new industrial units as well as 19,219 square feet of office space in Essex, from the Joint Administrators of Easter Investments Three Limited and concluded the acquisition of three German industrial units for a combined GBP 26.2 million.

MANCHESTER, UK-Zolfo Cooper LLP's Alastair Beveridge, Anne O'Keefe and Simon Appell, the Joint Administrators of Dania Properties Manchester Ltd. have put 4 Star Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel in Manchester up for sale.