AUSTIN, TX-The company is jumping into the Texas retail investment market as it continues its rise up from the bottom.

BLOOMINGTON, MN-The 564-key Sheraton Bloomington, purchased for $20 million, will be turned into a DoubleTree Hotel.

PLANO, TX-The company, based in Lakewood, NJ, has hired Bryan Irwin as director of its Texas operations for its commercial title service. Sales are perking, he says, especially REO.

WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI-Brokerage teams from Lakritz Weber and Lormax Stern join up to form new office in a region that, though hit hard by the recession, appears on its way back.

CHICAGO-Dan McCaffery moves up to chairman, and Ed Woodbury has taken the reins as president, as the firm gears up to push its $4 billion Lakeside project.

CHICAGO-Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society is relocating from 230 E. Ohio to the 17th floor of this 875,000-square-foot tower. Plus more Midwest news.

FRANKFURT-Demand in the German city is more than adequate for this 650,000-square-foot project, according to Tishman Speyer Chairman Jerry Speyer.

LEXINGTON, KY-The company has purchased an off-campus student housing community near the University of Kentucky. CEO Al Rabil tells GlobeSt.com the sector is nearly recession-proof.