LAKEWOOD, CO-The Newton, MA-based REIT acquires the 213,000-sf, three-building asset, 100%-leased to the US Bureau of Reclamation, for $28.75 million from the Archon Group. The tenant is attractive to HRPT, which makes a habit of buying government-occupied properties.

LONG BEACH, CA-An investment partnership acquires a 47,511-sf parcel of Downtown land after a previous buyer backs out of its deal to purchase the property, which holds a nine-story office building.

ORLANDO-New York-based Teachers Insurance Annuity Association paid Heitman Financial of Chicago $41.15 million for The Pointe, a 20-year-old, 94%-leased, 249,000-sf structure at Rocky Point in Tampa's recovering Westshore district.

LONG BEACH, CA-The $12 million, 180,000-sf project at California State University in Long Beach is the first new development to be built on the land since the Navy granted it to a partnership of the university and the City of Long Beach in 1996.