BOSTON- Locally-based Westbrook Hotel Partners IV, LLC acquires 13 hotel properties from Dallas-based Wyndham International Inc. for $448 million. The companies closed on 11 of the properties and expect to close on the last two by the end of the month.

SAN ANTONIO-A recent report from UBS Warburg suggests San Antonio may be one of several cities looking at decreased convention business. That could very well pan out since there was just a slight uptick in October's comparison to October 2001.

GREENWICH, CT-Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. reports it has signed a $41-million contract to acquire a 185,000-sf shopping center property in the Westchester/Fairfield County area.

ORLANDO-The senior financial analyst at Cushman & Wakefield's Apartment Group takes the leadership gavel from Dawn St. Clair, the outgoing president of the 70-member chapter of the national network.