LONDON-Hackett has signed a lease to open a new store at Old Spitalfields Market in London.

MUNICH-Catalyst Capital has purchased 30 retail properties totaling nearly 1,345,488 square feet in Germany for more than EUR 150 million.

LONDON-Aramco Overseas Company UK Ltd., a UK subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian oil company, has agreed to lease 24,392 square feet of office space at 10 Portman Square in London's West End from British Land.

HOUSTON-Chair King Backyard Store, based in Houston, will open a new location in the old Glick Fabrics site on Southwest Freeway in Houston.

MINNEAPOLIS-An insurance company owned by labor unions kicks in money to support construction of a 354-unit multifamily property in the Loring Park neighborhood.

RALEIGH, NC-A Toronto-based real estate investment fund has made its first acquisition in the Triangle region.

BALTIMORE-Harris Teeter has inked a lease to become the anchor tenant of Clarksburg Village Center, a neighborhood retail center in Clarksburg.

WASHINGTON, DC-Citybizlist.com reported that Artisan Partners Construction Services has completed the $2.5-million build out at the Farmers Fishers Bakers eatery in Georgetown.