TIJUANA, MEXICO-Jones Lang LaSalle has hired Vince Roché from CB Richard Ellis to create a strong presence in cross-border industrial activity.

CREVE COEUR, MO-McCarthy has completed the 379,000-square-foot tower addition, the kind of renovation more popular today in health care construction than large planned projects.

COLUMBUS-Grubb & Ellis already had offices in Cincinnati and Cleveland, and believes it’s worth it to push into the third major market in the state. Plus more Midwest news.

ABU DHABI-New York City-based Related Cos. and Gulf Capital will build the 355,000-square-foot Galleria at Sowwah Square for more than $200 million.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL-Sears Holding Corp. reported an overall drop in same-store sales for the fourth quarter. The firm also just hired Lou D’Ambrosio as the firm’s new president/CEO.

CHICAGO-The company hired Jim Byczek as a local expert in loan sales and auctions, looking for portfolio business in the Heartland.

WESTMINSTER, ENGLAND-A Reuben Bros.-Jarvis family venture plans to build three more apartment towers, and one 17-story office here in Merchant Square, in the Paddington area.

ST. PAUL, MN-The local non-profit Amherst H. Wilder Foundation moved to a new 100,000-square-foot building, and knocked its former site down, to appeal to apartment developers.