MIAMI-The Irving, TX-based check-cashing chain sold the stores, located in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, to competitor CCS Financial Services Inc., doing business as The Check Cashing Store, based in Fort Lauderdale.

TRENTON, NJ-Administered by DEP veteran Judith Shaw, the new office aims to put some teeth into the state's growth management plan by making it easier to redevelop contaminated sites.

CHICAGO-Aldermen decide to take a closer look at a proposed affordable housing ordinance, which advocates say does little beyond what department of housing policy already demands of developers receiving city financial help.

NEW YORK CITY-Two years after moving its base of operations from West Hollywood, CA to dual headquarters in Midtown and on Long Island, condominium developer Bluebell Assets has a Park Slope project under way and will begin construction on a Chelsea loft property in January.