MIAMI-Grocer Publix has made a $20.7-million construction loan to help facilitate the development of its new store on S.W. 57th Avenue here.

MINNEAPOLIS-Homebuilders in the Twin Cities enjoyed the best year in terms of new home production since 2006, according to a year-end report from the Builders Association of the Twin Cities.

NEW YORK CITY-American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT Inc. (NYRR) reports it has acquired the fee simple interest in the 1440 Broadway office building here for a purchase price of $528.6 million.

NEW YORK CITY-Empire State Building investors have filed suit against Peter and Anthony Malkin charging that the IPO that took the iconic office tower public deprived some investors of as much as $410 million in profits.

DALLAS-Economists with BBVA Compass and Wells Fargo agree that the U.S, along with the Texas and Dallas-Forth Worth economies, will experience stronger growth in the coming year.

HOUSTON-A two-building office complex occupied by Christus Health has been acquired by an affiliate of locally-based Fuller Realty Advisers and Chief Partners of Dallas.

FALLS CHURCH, VA-The Fairfax County School System has approved a plan to acquire a five-story office building here and convert the property into an urban-design elementary school.

WASHINGTON, DC-Members of the DC Council are being briefed on a preliminary deal with the DC United soccer franchise on its proposed stadium to be built on Buzzard Point.