NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL-As the Netherlands-based owner of 17 US shopping centers urges shareholders to resist selling shares to Equity One, the locally based REIT gains a 26.8% stake and gives holdouts a Nov. 30 deadline.

PHILADELPHIA-In handing over the check to cover initial construction documentation for the center's $632-million expansion that will increase exhibit space by 60%, Gov. Ed Rendell reminds authorities expansion wouldn't have happened without gaming legislation.

MIAMI-This will be the Spain-based fashion retailer's first non-mall unit in the US and its third in this area. The value of the 15-year agreement was undisclosed. Retail rates along this corridor are in the $80-per-sf range.

MIAMI-This will be the Spain-based fashion retailer's first non-mall unit in the US and its third in this area. The value of the 15-year agreement was undisclosed. Retail rates along this corridor are in the $80-per-sf range.

ALLENTOWN, PA-In agreeing to buy a 23-acre site here, Aztar joins the rush for one of five licenses the state will grant for standalone casinos. Initial plans include a 250-room hotel and 100,000 sf of gaming space.

ALLENTOWN, PA-In agreeing to buy a 23-acre site here, Aztar joins the rush for one of five licenses the state will grant for standalone casinos. Initial plans include a 250-room hotel and 100,000 sf of gaming space.

ALLENTOWN, PA-In agreeing to buy a 23-acre site here, Aztar joins the rush for one of five licenses the state will grant for standalone casinos. Initial plans include a 250-room hotel and 100,000 sf of gaming space.

NAPLES, FL-In evidence that the condo conversion craze is moving west, the nine properties aggregating 2,326 units sell within 16 days in separate transactions. Among them is Malibu Lakes, which commands $233,146 a unit, the highest per-unit price ever paid here.