AUSTIN, TX-Indiana-based White Lodging Services Corp. has announced the groundbreaking of its new hotel in downtown Austin on Wednesday.

ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL-Continental Realty Corporation has acquired a 30,500-square-foot retail center in Royal Palm Beach for an amount of $5.05 million.

FRANKFURT-LaSalle Investment Management, on behalf of E-REGI special fund, has acquired two office buildings in Germany.

ARVADA, CO-JP Arbor Village LLC has purchased a recently renovated shopping center in Arvada for $7.4 million.

MASCOUTAH, IL-Traverse City, Michigan-based North Bay Produce Inc. is planning construct a $5.7-million refrigerated warehouse measuring 36,448 square feet at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah.

MEMPHIS-Memphis Daily News reported that a company based in Hollywood, Florida, has purchased an apartment complex having 496 units in Oakhaven for $1.1 million, which translates into $2,200 per apartment.

WICHITA, KS-Carter's, a shop that specializes in infant, toddler and children's clothing, has leased 4,000 square feet of space at NewMarket Square.

WOODLAND HILLS, CA-The City Planning Commission has approved a projected $450-million mixed-use development in Woodland Hills.