DENVER-Even with a vacancy rate rise to 7.2%, the warehouse/distribution market here is faring better than the rest of the US, notes Cushman & Wakefield industrial broker Steve Hager, buoyed by consumer spending.

BOSTON-CB Richard Ellis purchases 101 Arch St., a 407,000-sf, 21-story building located in the heart of the city's financial district. The property is part of a portfolio the company acquired from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

ORLANDO-Bayview Financial paid Boston-based John Hancock Life Insurance Co. $65.83 per sf for the 88%-leased shopping center 60 miles southeast of Downtown Orlando.

BETHESDA, MD-The Shops at Sumner Place--a 195,000-sf office and retail property once known as Little Falls Mall--has secured a $30-million permanent financing package with the assistance of real estate services company Cushman & Wakefield. MetLife issued the loan.