WOODBURY, MN-The three-story, 158-room hotel financing was arranged for an CSM Corp. affiliate, Woodbury Country Inn, by the Minneapolis office of L. J. Melody & Co.

NEW ULM, MN-Each of the two properties is 7,000 sf. A Fargo, ND store sells for $1.5 million while the New Ulm store commands $936,000. Upland Real Estate Group Inc. handles both deals.

ROGERS, MN-The industrial project is the second of Marfield, Belgrade and Yaffe's three-phase Diamond Lake Industrial Center. CB Richard Ellis is hired to do the leasing.

ELK RIVER, MN-Minnesota's second largest utility will build the 150-megawatt peaking facility itself, deciding it could do it more economically than 17 companies that turned in bids. The firm is studying locations in Minnesota and will pick one by fall.

MINNEAPOLIS-The leases with Bankruptcy Solutions Inc., TIMM Medical Technologies and Diagnostic Instrument Service Center, LLC involve the Chicago-based REIT's research and development properties in Roseville and Eden Prairie.

MINNEAPOLIS-The leases with Bankruptcy Solutions Inc., TIMM Medical Technologies and Diagnostic Instrument Service Center, LLC involve the Chicago-based REIT's research and development properties in Roseville and Eden Prairie.

ST. PAUL-Blair Tremere, a member of the Golden Valley city council and a former planning official for several local communities, is hired to be the Met Council's director of community development. He will oversee the council's programs and staff in the areas of planning, research, housing, regional parks and open space.

NEW BRIGHTON, MN-The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development $1.5 million to clean up 45 acres, part of which would be used to build a 560,000-sf to 820,000-sf complex for the Fridley-based medical device firm.