LONDON-Fresh from its takeover of the Allders department store chain, property company Minerva has received a further boost with news that Deputy prime Minister John Prescott has decided not to intervene in its one million-sf Park Place shopping mall in Croydon, south London.

MESA, AZ-RBI of Phoenix swoops in for the close of the 90%-occupied North Mesa Plaza, which was attracting attention from the buyers' marketplace. The Phoenix seller was pushing to sell so it could trade for a larger property.

MIAMI-An offshore investment trust, controlled and exclusively represented by Penn Florida Realty Corp., purchased the 100%-occupied, 145,652-sf neighborhood shopping center in Parkland, FL from developer The Goodman Co. for about $137.31 per sf.

SALT LAKE CITY-The subsidiary of Memphis-based TBC Corp. inks a 10-year, $3.8-million lease for 107,640 sf of a 275,000-sf warehouse, marking the first lease at the Opus Business Center near Salt lake City International Airport.