JENKINTOWN, PA-Within nine days the bank REIT acquires 98 branches in North Carolina and 31 in Ohio from two Pitney Bowes' Prefco portfolios. Both are leaseback transactions to Bank of America and KeyBank, respectively.

ROLLING MEADOWS, IL-The residential mortgage lender will make its regional headquarters at Prime Group Realty Trust's three-building 925,090-sf office complex along the Northwest Tollway. The deal pushes the complex's vacancy down 16 percentage points to less than 7%.

HOUSTON-A Houston-based environmental consulting firm has left its days as a start-up firm behind and signed an expanded 16,050-sf lease for five years on Houston's east side.

BRYAN, TX-Seeking to redeploy capital into other projects, a Houston-based investor has sold a 10,150-sf shopping center here. The property came with a $1.1 million, non-recourse loan that had to be assumed by the buyer.