NEW YORK CITY-Retailer Gap will continue to occupy the whole block on Fifth Avenue.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL-Sunstar Paramedics has signed a lease with Compass USA, Ltd. for 12,500 square feet of warehouse space in St. Petersburg at 2155 14th Circle North for an undisclosed amount.

PORTLAND, OR-On Thursday, a Bethesda, MD-based realty investment trust, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, disclosed that it has agreed to acquire a full-service hotel in the metropolitan area of Portland, OR.

CHICAGO-Earlier this month, an apartment realty investment trust based in suburban Dallas made an agreement to pay $189 million for a 75% interest in the apartment portion of the 82-floor tower, Aqua, at 225 N. Columbus Dr.

FULTON, MD-Colfax Corp., a Richmond, VA-based manufacturer of fluid-handling equipments for gas and oil industry, has leased 7,400 square feet of office space in Fulton at 8170 Maple Lawn Blvd. to relocate its corporate headquarters.

CHICAGO-Leica Microsystems GmbH is moving its local offices from 2345 Waukegan Rd. situated in north suburban Bannockburn to an industrial building in Buffalo Grove.

NEW YORK CITY-Sales of multifamily buildings are increasing for the first time since the real estate market collapsed in 2008.

NEW YORK CITY-A 40,000 square foot building in New York's East Side is being sold for over $20 million.