WASHINGTON, DC-Madison Marquette and SSR Realty Advisors pay a hefty $300 per sf for the portfolio of upscale, retail and urban office space.

PHILADELPHIA-Dennis Alter, CEO of Advanta, gives $15 million for construction of a $78-million, 200,000-sf business school building. This joins eight construction and renovation projects undertaken by the university, raising the total cost to $434.9 million.

PITTSBURGH, PA-While rebranding and absorbing 51 Galyan's stores, Dick's Sporting Goods plans for a minimum of 15 new units in 2005.

BETHLEHEM, PA-In separate transactions, the contracting and engineering firm sells two flex buildings on Ruch Road for approximately $1.9 million. Windside Industrial buys the 27,000-sf facility; Marketing Partners acquires the 12,500-sf structure.

HARRISBURG, PA-A $1.3-million check from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funds revitalization of Jenkintown. PIDA loans totaling nearly $9 million seed 11 projects in eight counties with the largest share to Philadelphia County.

BALA CYNWYD, PA-With the acquisition of 221,840-sf Gateway Center in Wayne, Powell Arms, who heads Regency Centers' office here, says five retail developments are in some stage of approval near here and "plenty more are in our sights."

PHILADELPHIA-Calling efforts to move forward on development of the 60-story, $400-million One Pennsylvania Plaza "incomplete," William Hankowsky, Liberty's chairman, anticipates state action on an economic package for Comcast's proposed headquarters within the next two months.

BALA CYNWYD, PA-With the acquisition of 221,840-sf Gateway Center in Wayne, Powell Arms, who heads Regency Centers' office here, says five retail developments are in some stage of approval near here and "plenty more are in our sights."