RICHMOND, VA-With the assistance of real estate investment-banking firm John B. Levy & Co., a $7-million financing package is put in place for retail shopping-center Haynes Chippenham Plaza. The permanent mortgage on the 245,000-sf property is for a 15-year term.

LONDON-Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts has made more than pounds 45 million ($71 million) from selling three four-star hotels across the UK. They are located in Leeds, Warwick and Chester.

BROOMFIELD, CO-Denver office of NorthMarq Capital closes $24.5 million loan for the Views at Ridge Parkway.

TAMPA, FL-Colonial Properties Trust of Birmingham, AL sold the four-year-old, 176-unit community near the Citrus Park Mall to Goldberg Cos. Inc. of Beachwood, OH for $78,409 an average of per unit. The complex is 82.4% leased.