MINNEAPOLIS-Jay Scott, who will remain a principal at North America Properties, will bring several members of that organization with him as well as the Calhoun Square project. Pat Hart adds financial expertise to the firm.

MINNEAPOLIS-The expansion is necessary to attract future business to the Minneapolis Convention Center. It suggests a 1,200-room hotel near the convention center.

ROSEVILLE, MN-Jones Lang LaSalle submits plans to renovate and expand former Mervyn's space into a lifestyle center-type complex that would include sporting goods, movie theaters, restaurants and shops.

GOLDEN VALLEY, MN-Colliers Turley Martin Tucker represents New Mexico-based owner BGK in the three-building, 128,000-sf deal. The buyer is local real estate investor and multifamily housing developer Ted Glasrud Associates.

BLAINE, MN-Suffering the loss of three anchors in recent months, Glimcher Realty Trust is putting more than $20 million to fix up the nearly 1-million-sf center and replace Mervyn's, Kohl's and Montgomery Wards.

ST. PAUL-Ryan Cos. plans to build a $65-million, 170-unit condo project with Welsh Cos. and MetroPlains Development of St. Paul. The group will buy Ramsey County's vacant riverfront jail property for $3.4 million.

MINNEAPOLIS-The 1031 exchange deal was orchestrated by Evergreen Development for 24 investors. The seller of the apartment building near the University of Minnesota is Jefferson Commons-Minneapolis LP.

BLAINE, MN-The $7.5-million project is the first phase of Lexington Preserve Business Park, a 140-acre site on the northwest quadrant of Lexington Avenue and Interstate 35W. A portion of a site was once slated for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium, and that option remains open.