PHILADELPHIA-The acquisition will add 42 Farmers and Mechanics Bank branches, all in South Jersey, to Beneficial Mutual's 39 in the Greater Philadelphia region and raises the combined assets to $3.6 billion.

LOUISVILLE, KY-After considering alternative HQ locations, the law firm sticks at the 35-story Aegon Center. It also renews 36,000-sf space in Lexington.

FALLS TWP., PA-A multi-pronged marketing effort lures Osstem Co. Ltd, a South Korean dental implant maker, to build its first US operation on 28 acres at the Keystone Industrial Port Complex in Bucks County.

EVANSTON, IL-Sources say Grosvenor paid $60 million for a 50% stake in the 176,000-sf fully leased center at Church Street and Maple Avenue.

YORK, PA-The department store is renovating and adding 37,000 sf at its Park City Center store in Lancaster and adding a 32,000-sf adjacent furniture gallery. Similar expansion is under way at a Chicago unit.

EASTON, PA-On its fourth try, the Easton Housing Authority obtains a $20-million federal HOPE VI grant to transform Delaware Terrace into a new 144-unit residential community.

EASTON, PA-On its fourth try, the Easton Housing Authority obtains a $20-million federal HOPE VI grant to transform Delaware Terrace into a new 144-unit residential community.

JOLIET, IL-The historic YMCA building at Ottawa and Webster streets is being restored and converted into a 90-unit Senior Suites of Joliet affordable housing project.