VAUGHAN, CANADA-The hotel suite brand has more than 300 hotels in the US and Canada, with 80 more in the pipeline and plans to look to the international markets.

TOKYO-The first close of AXA Real Estate’s Japanese Commercial Real Estate Debt vehicle will focus on newly originated senior loans which are backed by local assets.

MINNEAPOLIS-The properties, three industrial and two office buildings, are in what’s called the Twin Cities’ Golden Corridor. JRK Investors is based in Los Angeles.

SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL-Boston-based Fidelity Real Estate provided the bulk of the cash to buy up the $90-million defaulted mortgage loan on Jaffe’s Arboretum of South Barrington Mall.

TORONTO-The company has signed on to relocate its global headquarters to the new 650,000-square-foot PwC Tower at 18 York St., part of the new Southcore Financial Centre complex.

CHICAGO-Mayor Rahm Emanuel was sworn in at Millennium Park Monday, with CRE professionals in Chicago unanimous in their belief that he will look out for business interests.

CHICAGO-The Louisville, KY-based Atria Senior Living Group will bring 118 more housing communities to Ventas, now the largest owner of seniors living communities in the country.

TOKYO-According to a first quarter RREEF report, modest growth in Japan commercial real estate was curtailed with the earthquake and subsequent devastation.