SOUTHFIELD, MI-Shopping center investment trust says it's in negotiations to buy four facilities in Michigan, three of which have a total of $33.5 million of debt.

CHICAGO-Major stockholder Howard M. Amster and chairman and CEO Gary J. Skoien pay $1.98 million for money-losing outlet centers in Daleville, IN and Somerset, PA. That offsets the cost of a loan restructuring arranged by Amster.

HUNGARY-A new "Emerging Europe" report by Cushman & Wakefield ranks Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland as the best performing countries set to join the European Union in coming years.

TEMPE, AZ-Global Innovation Partners buys the 113,405-sf, six-month-old office building from Ryan Cos. in a single-tenant, net lease transaction mortared by a $43-million shelf life for build-to-suit tenant, ASM Lithography.