SANTA ANA, CA-Berwind Property Group Ltd. acquires the 150,451-sf office building at 200 E. Sandpointe Ave. in the John Wayne Airport area near Irvine.

LONDON-Speculation is circulating in the City that InterContinental Hotel Group could dispose of key brands leaving it focused on Holiday Inn. Any sale of the InterContinental and Crowne Plaza brands could raise pounds 2.5 billion ($4 billion).

MILPITAS, CA-In its first Northern California acquisition, the Arlington-based mall developer and operator acquires the 1.3-million-sf mall in Milpitas with plans to renovate the property and give it the 'Mills' brand. The publicly traded company has three other California properties, all in the greater Los Angeles area.

PHILADELPHIA-Loan facilities of the locally based automotive chain, secured