WYOMISSING, PA-With creation of a new post, VP of public affairs, and the hiring of PR veteran Eric Schippers, the casino and racetrack owner/operator plans to raise its profile among lawmakers and the public.

NORRISTOWN, PA-The supplier of medical computer systems fills all 14,380 sf of an Archon-owned building at Pinebrook Business Center here. The physical therapy provider triples its space at One Bala Plaza in Bala Cynwyd.

HARRISBURG, PA-In Philadelphia, Spring Garden College will be converted into a 56-unit senior complex and a 60-unit development will rise on Monument Road. Projects in Delaware, Allegheny and Butler counties also receive funds.

POTTSTOWN, PA-Shaun Realty, a unit of JDR Fixtures, acquires the manufacturing plant on Shoemaker Road here. The asking price was $1.3 million. Meanwhile, a lab facility in Aston, PA is offered for sale or lease.

PHILADELPHIA-Jay Shah's promotion to president and COO of the hotel REIT heads a list of appointments and other administrative changes at companies here. In addition, Berwind adds the BPG moniker to property management and RAIT names a new VP.

PHILADELPHIA-James Blue and Leonard Wolf head the team. An initial assignment of the retail specialty firm's office here is pre-leasing Valley Square Bucks County, a 500,000-sf property scheduled to open in Warrington, PA in early 2005.

WAYNE, PA-The Wyndham Valley Forge Suites is one of three Wyndham-branded properties the owner has sold this year. While the other two remain under Wyndham management, this facility keeps its name under management by the new owner.

WAYNE, PA-The locally based firm ends a three-year affiliation with Chicago-based Oncor International to link up with Oncor's Evanston, IL-based rival. Smith Mack adds GVA to the front of its name--ownership remains the same.