NEW YORK CITY-SEIU Local 32BJ, which represents 28,000 apartment workers, including doormen, janitors, and elevator operators, has called for a strike when contracts expire on April 20. At issue are salary increases, and safety and security training. Ownership representatives are confident that a strike can be averted.

PUERTO RICO-One of the largest owner of multifamily properties in the nation provides $8.6 million of equity to a Puerto Rico-based firm for the development of a 132-unit senior affordable housing development.

FORT WORTH-Tickelopes, a designer and manufacturer of greeting cards, is joining an eclectic tenant mix that has been gradually filling a 500,000-sf industrial property where irons and drivers were once the only wares to move out the door.

CLIFTON, NJ-Premium Color is using New Jersey EDA assistance to acquire its long-time, 15,500-sf industrial home. Commerce Bank was in on the financing.