ST. PAUL, MN-The Vikings say they need lawmakers to approve a financing framework for their plan to build a $440-million domed facility that would include the University of Minnesota Gophers football team as a tenant.

ST. PAUL, MN-A plan would require a $165-million upfront "gift" from the team, which is resisting that contribution in the courts and lobbying in the legislature, proposing instead a zero-coupon financing scheme that would cost half as much.

SEATTLE-Party City agrees to buy Paper Warehouse's 13 store here, allowing Party City to achieve 'critical mass' in the local market and Paper Warehouse to concentrate in its Midwest and Southwest markets.

AFTON, MN-After a series of meetings with residents in rural areas of the Twin Cities, the planning agency will come up with a plan to meet expected growth by 2030.

BLOOMINGTON, MN-The deal involves six office buildings totaling 718,000 sf, led by Rosedale Corporate Plaza, a 234,000-sf, five-building office complex located at County Road C and I-35W in suburban Roseville.

MINNEAPOLIS-"The Reserve" will offer about 134 units starting at slightly less than 900 sf and topping out at 4,000 sf. BEJCO Development Corp. is developing a 10-story luxury condo project in Warehouse District.

MINNEAPOLIS- Robert Levine of KMS Management is new chairman of Minnesota Multi-Housing Association. Other officers for the association include first vice chair Jan Susee, president of Metes & Bounds Management.

SHAKOPEE, MN-RSP Architects designs the childcare center at 1308 Greenwood Ct., and REDI Construction is the general contractor for the facility, the Portland-based firm's 39th in Minnesota, that can handle 179 children.