PORTLAND-The nation's largest provider of apartment and new home directories acquires an apartment directory serving the local market from Traditional Publishing LLC, giving it instant traction in the Portland region.

OAKLAND, CA-The Dallas-based REIT sells 2.5 acres Downtown for $25.5 million to the Catholic Cathedral Corp. of the East Bay. Prentiss acquired the one-time office development parcel in 2000 in a $63.3-million deal that included the adjacent Lake Merritt Tower office building.

WHITE PLAINS, NY-Westchester County and representatives of Italy's Ministry of Economy and Finance are close to signing a letter of intent that would eventually bring the nation's first Italian Trade Center to the county.

AURORA, CO-The redevelopment authority overseeing the multibillion-dollar Fitzsimons medical and bio-tech project believes the time may be right to consider a hotel development.