WALTHAM, MA-JAFCO America Ventures enters the east coast with its lease of 5,000 sf of office at 950 Winter St. in the Bay Colony Corporate Center. The 980,000-sf site is owned and managed by the Shorenstein Cos.

LONDON-Royal London has sold the freehold investment of Westcroft Retail Park in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire to JP Morgan for pounds 18.6 million ($32 million), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.66%.

HOUSTON-Granville Properties of Calgary, Alberta, trades in a San Diego retail property for the 21,900-sf Mason Plaza, paying $3.4 million for a center that delivers in January at 100% occupancy in the far west submarket.

MCLEAN, VA-Freddie Mac tries to put its internal accounting problems in the past and commits to paying a $125 million penalty under a consent order charging the housing mortgage financier with misstating earnings.