PHILADELPHIA-Developers will start construction on the first-of-its-kind LGBT-friendly affordable senior housing complex in Philadelphia on October 29, 2012.

AUSTIN, TX-Velocis Fund LP based in Dallas has paid $60 million to acquire two retail centers totaling over 350,000 square feet in Austin.

WASHINGTON, DC-The Washington Post reported that CNN's headquarters at 820 First St. NE in Washington, DC has been bought for a price of $106 million.

HOUSTON-Market forces played a major role in the scaling back of original plans proposed by OliverMcMillan LLC for the River Oaks District project, according to sources familiar to the project.

CHICAGO- Havi Group L.P's subsidiary, The Marketing Store Worldwide LLC has leased a 31,348-square-foot space at 55 W. Monroe Street for 10 years.

WESTBOROUGH, MA-Joyce & Partners' Richards Barry has negotiated six leases at Westboro Executive Park in Westborough on behalf of the landlord, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC.

NEW YORK CITY-According to sources, UBS is negotiating a lease renewal for its approximately 700,000-square-foot office space at 1285 Sixth Avenue for another five years.

WASHINGTON, DC-Vida Fitness, a local sports club, will become a tenant of Twelve12 at The Yards, a mixed-use development of Forest City Washington.