CHICAGO-Orlando-based Estein & Associates USA Ltd. agrees to pay $106.4 million for a 70% stake in Bank One Center at 131 S. Dearborn St., and joins the REIT in talks aimed at landing a $270-million mortgage.

MINNEAPOLIS-The financial pledge could help spur development of a new $200 million, approximately 50,000-plus-seat stadium for the University of Minnesota.

PHOENIX-The Illinois company gets a buyer after a year of marketing and lowering the price twice for a 13,970-sf industrial building at 3145 W. Lewis St. Once planned to be a telecommunication operation, it will now be used for a landscaping business.

SANFORD, FL-The 500-store Union, NJ-based retailer opens its sixth location in Central Florida at the eight-year-old, 207,374-sf Gateway Plaza in this Orlando suburb. The 15-year lease has an aggregate value of $3.1 million.