NOTTINGHAM, UK-A new joint venture formed by Stainton, along with a group of investors from Middle East, has purchased Chapel Quarter Nottingham, a mixed-use island development in Nottingham's CBD for GBP 20 million.

WASHINGTON, DC-The Rockefeller Group has acquired 1100 First St. NE in Washington, DC's NoMa district from a Tishman Speyer affiliate.

PIKESVILLE, MD-Signature Collision LLC, an auto repair company based in Washington, DC, has signed a lease for 10 years to occupy the old Seven Mile Market site in Pikesville.

DENVER-Crow Holdings of Dallas, trading as CH Realty V/1755 Blake LLC, has purchased the 112,724-square-foot office building at 1755 Blake St. for $40.6 million.

FORT WORTH-Alcon Laboratories, owned by Novartis, will start moving nearly 400 employees from Atlanta to Fort Worth in spring.

BOCA RATON, FL-An affiliate of Archstone has acquired Vinings at Town Center, a 252-unit apartment community at 5881 Town Bay Drive in Boca Raton for approximately $42 million.

WOODLAND HILLS, CA-Kennedy Wilson, a Beverly Hills-based real property investment and services firm, and its equity partners have acquired Warner Atrium, an office building measuring 126,000 square feet at 6400 Canoga Ave. in Woodland Hills, for approximately $19 million.

TAMPA, FL-EastGroup Properties has purchased 16 industrial buildings totaling 1,147,000 square feet in the Tampa area for more than $55 million.