PHILADELPHIA-a $1.44-million federal grant joins the state of Ohio's $6.25-million allotment to protect productive farmland from non-agricultural development this year. However, funding all 442 applications would require $127 million.

ATLANTA-The Beverly Hills company has purchased the 159,163-sf Medlock Crossing for $27.48 million. The collection of 41 small storefronts is 99.96% leased and anchored by a 16-screen Regal theater.

ATLANTA-Barely three weeks after replacing Vernon Brannon with outside appointee William Shropshire Jr., the Charlotte-based architectural and engineering firm drops Shropshire.

PHILADELPHIA-The AEG building, named after the carmaker's Frankfurt, Germany-based affiliate, goes on the block for $14 million. It is the largest building in the Washington County, PA multi-use development southwest of Pittsburgh and combines a 124,000-sf warehouse with 80,000-sf of office space.

ATLANTA-The Chicago firm paid $22 million in cash or $73.17 per sf and assumed a $50-million mortgage at 6.5% interest on the single-level, 984,000-sf enclosed mall in Monroe, LA. The 20-year-old center is 94% leased and anchored by Dillard's, Sears, JC Penney, McRae's, and Mervyns.

ATLANTA-The Bentonville, AK-based retailer's 1.3-million-sf facility was built at an estimated hard construction cost of $38.46 psf on a 250-acre site that will serve 50 Wal-Mart stores in the Carolinas.

PHILADELPHIA-The 560,000-sf inline portion of the 1.3-million-sf super-regional mall in Greensburg, PA is up for sale by Atlanta-based Lend Lease. Its four company-owned anchors are Sears, Bon-Ton, Kaufmann's and JC Penney. The inline segment is 89% leased.

PHILADELPHIA-Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority renews its lease at 2045 Wheatsheaf Lane here and expands from 50,000 sf to 87,766 sf. Terms are undisclosed, but the asking rental rates for industrial space in Philadelphia County average $3.50 per sf, according to GlobeSt.com research.