ORLANDO-GFS Stores LLC, doing business as GFS Marketplace, has inked a deal to lease 17,000 square feet at Circuit City Plaza for five years.

PORTLAND, OR-REACH Community Development Inc. and the Portland Housing Bureau have started construction of an affordable housing project on Block 49.

PLANO, TX-Lincoln Property Co.'s Rackhouse Data Center division has bought a data processing center spanning 150,000 square feet in the Legacy business park for an undisclosed amount.

NEW YORK CITY-Edison Properties, a developer based in New Jersey, is planning to construct a residential tower consisting of 407 units at 249 West 28th Street situated south of Penn Station.

NEW YORK CITY-The United Nations Women will lease 71,204 square feet of space at 220 E. 42nd St., also known as the News Building, to set up a new shop there.

GILBERT, AZ-Rochelle Vedres and Keith and Ava Ungar, private investors based in California, have purchased Gilbert Commerce Center, a three-story office property at 459 N. Gilbert Road in Gilbert, from Trident Pacific Real Estate Group for $3.1 million.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-NAI Rauch Weaver Norfleet Kurtz & Co. has closed four lease deals totaling 3,878 square feet at the 2425 Office Plaza building in Q1 2011.

NEW YORK CITY-Ken Smith Landscape Architects has bought an 11,800-square-foot office co-op situated on the fifth floor of the building at 450 W. 31st Street, between Tenth and Ninth Avenues, for $2.6 million.