FRANKLIN, TN-The 247-suite John Q. Hammons Hotel 25 miles from Nashville International Airport and 15 miles from Downtown Nashville is the latest to join the upscale, all-suites hotel chain.

CHICAGO-Rodamco North America, which bought locally-based Urban Shopping Centers last year for $3.4 billion, resists Westfield Holdings Limited's attempt to have a say in management of the Netherlands-based retail company.

CHICAGO-The 28-story, 497,500-sf West Loop office building is bought by Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, Inc. and a local partner on behalf of an institutional investor. Another offer for $90 million reportedly fell through.

NORTHLAKE, IL-The switch and conductor manufacturer will move into a 100,000-sf facility in the CenterPoint Business Center-Northlake next year, relocating from neighboring Franklin Park.

FOREST PARK, IL-The Forest Green Plaza retail center commands $167 per sf, as well as a 9.8% capitalization rate, a few weeks after the village of Oak Park pays $1.985 million for a parking lot.

LAKE ZURICH, IL-Homeowners living near the northwest corner of Rand and Deerpath roads object to plans to build a 24-hour Powerhouse Gym on the 11-acre site. The concept will be reconsidered by the plan commission.

CHICAGO-Prime Group Realty Trust chairman Michael W. Reschke and Quebec-based Cadim Inc. is offering $14 per share for the REIT's common stock, which shoots up after closing at $12.80 the previous day.

CHICAGO-President and CEO Douglas Crocker II is leading the search for his successor, who may have up to three years to prepare to take the helm of the largest multifamily rental REIT in the US.