LAS VEGAS-Making good on its stated intention to shed non-core assets, the Washington, DC-based hotel owner sells the 149-suite St. Tropez Hotel Plaza here. In the last four months, the company has generated $47 million through three sales.

ESCONDIDO, CA-The locally based REIT, which invests in net-leased retail product, declares a common stock dividend of $0.195 per share, payable on February 18, 2003 to shareholders of record as of February 4, 2003.

VERNON HILLS, IL-The 33,100 sf of space at 560 E. Bunker Court is in addition to the 101,070 sf the Seattle-based lender has at 340 N. Milwaukee Ave., which is also in Portland, OR-based Pacific Realty Associates LP's Continental Executive Parke.

MIAMI-The accounting and consulting firm Peed, Koross, Finkelstein & Crain leased 8,204 sf in a deal valued at an estimated $1.18 million, and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Broward Inc. leased 3,659 sf in a transaction worth an estimated $524,151.