TINLEY PARK, IL-The 110,590-sf single-tenant property is sold by Ellinwood Associates to Bentonville, AR-based retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, which gets a $7.9-million mortgage from Allstate Life Insurance Co.

NORTH MIAMI, FL-Tarragon Realty Investors Inc., which paid $3.3 million for the 90-unit property in April 1995, sold it at a $6.1 million gain. Keystone, based in Miami, paid about $114,444 per unit.

ROCHESTER, MI-Rochester College has begun work on a new $4.8 million science building that will eventually enable the institution to expand its course offerings.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA-Harper Property Associates LLC, a locally based private investor, buys the apartment complex for a teardown into condominiums. Located at 1236 N. Harper Ave., the asset currently houses 12 units.