RICHFIELD, MN-The consumer electronics retailer's efforts to convert its store model to focusing on five market segments was credited for a 49% boost in first quarter earnings; Best Buy now has 85 of these new models and plans to convert up to 200 more this year.

MINNEAPOLIS-The Washington, DC-based retail real estate manager adds Colonial Square and keeps Rockford Road Plaza after Regency Centers buys the two shopping centers from First Washington.

MINNEAPOLIS-The Washington, DC-based retail real estate manager adds Colonial Square and keeps Rockford Road Plaza after Regency Centers buys the two shopping centers from First Washington.

ST. PAUL-The Dallas-based real estate investment sponsor acquires the 13-story 436,342-sf building for its non-traded real estate investment trust, Behringer Harvard REIT I Inc.

ST. PAUL-The Dallas-based real estate investment sponsor acquires the 13-story 436,342-sf building for its non-traded real estate investment trust, Behringer Harvard REIT I Inc.

VADNAIS HEIGHTS, MN-The owner of 120,000 sf high tech property, Dean Lunski, has hired three brokers from Colliers Turley Martin Tucker to sell or lease the building; the space was vacated about a year ago by ADC Telecommunications, which had put $17 million into improvements.

MAPLE GROVE, MN-The fast-expanding medical device firm is adding a 152,000-sf building to its local campus but needs extra space in the meantime. As a result, the company will occupy the 104,000-sf space in the interim and has the option to buy when the lease is expired.

MAPLE GROVE, MN-The fast-expanding medical device firm is adding a 152,000-sf building to its local campus but needs extra space in the meantime. As a result, the company will occupy the 104,000-sf space in the interim and has the option to buy when the lease is expired.