SINGAPORE-The formerly closed Asian Retail Mall fund includes retail properties totaling more than three million square feet here and in Malaysia.

CHICAGO-The first US Radisson Blu hotel, opening on the lower floors of the new Aqua multifamily tower, is part of the company’s 50% growth to 1,500 properties by 2015.

LONDON-Development completion stands at 22.6 million square feet, with about 50 million square feet more in the pipeline for this year. Russia and Turkey account for 41% of this figure.

SEATTLE-Pacific Real Estate Partners, a top local brokerage firm, will move its 49 brokers to JLL’s 400-strong team.

DETROIT-The company will handle facilities, leasing and project management for 3.5 million square feet in the iconic city complex.

In sports, and overall, Detroit has been the underdog for decades. Its baseball, hockey, basketball and even football teams have had to run at low salaries, with more of a focus on team players than on superstars – notwithstanding the great running back Barry Sanders – and even he quit the city before his prime. The Detroit Tigers baseball team’s recent playoff triumph – again – over the highly-paid, superstar-laden New York Yankees is just another example of how this rust-belt city, with high unemployment and commercial real estate vacancy – won’t just clunk away quietly.

CHICAGO-A survey of 40 health care systems by Jones Lang LaSalle revealed that the 20% that centrally manage real estate profit by almost 4%, while those that don’t had losses of 0.3%.

The real question becomes what investor confidence levels will do to the workout process