ST. CLOUD, MN-The $200,000 donation will help create a down payment assistance program for single-family home buyers at or below 80% of the median gross income to encourage the development of affordable housing.

MINNEAPOLIS-Senior project planner Mark Nolan quarterbacks a planning and urban design team that includes Steve Quam of Quam Sumnicht & Associates and Fred Dock of Meyer Mohaddes & Associates.

MINNEAPOLIS-Opus Northwest is getting ready to develop up to 440,000 sf as part of the fourth phase of the Minnesota Valley Distribution Center in Shakopee, despite persistent double-digit vacancy rates across the market.

ST. LOUIS PARK, MN-Travelers Express/MoneyGram restructures its 150,000-sf lease at Duke Realty's 1550 Utica Ave. S., extending the term to 2015 and negotiating a better rental rate with tenant improvements.

MINNEAPOLIS-Opus Group will build the $22-million four-story, 86,000-sf structure on the Downtown campus of the University of St. Thomas. The building will be located at 11th Street and Harmon Place and should be ready to open September 2005.

OWATONNA, MN-Binswanger/CBB will be Gehl's agent in selling the industrial facility sits on 53 acres acres at 1605 County Road 45 North for $2.75 million. Targeted users are in automotive, electronics, furniture, industrial machines, metal products, and paper products.

ST. PAUL-Martha Fuller leaves for job with the Seattle Seahawks. Susan Kimberly is a former city official who will leave her job with US Sen. Norm Coleman.

MINNEAPOLIS-The St. Louis-based retailer says it will consider on a case-by-case basis whether to convert the Mervyn's locations to Marshall Field's or sell them. The retailer will not bring one of its other retail brands to the Twin Cities.