BOSTON-A $50 million loan is secured for 99 High St., the 271,000-sf office tower located in the city's financial district. The building was acquired by a joint venture of Washington, DC-based Carlyle Group and locally based Paradigm Properties over two years ago.

PHOENIX-The Northern Corporate Center steps into the limelight with a 90% occupancy. The newest tenant is ProNet, a technical advisory firm, which signed for 9,000 sf in a five-year contract. Ten months ago, the building was empty.

ORLANDO-The Sarasota, FL-based cell phone-site developer gets an equity investment of $205 million from New York-based Greenhill Capital Partners and Fortress Investment Group; a new chairman in Wesley R. Edens; and a new vice chairman in Robert H. Niehaus.

LONDON-Leisure tycoon High Osmond has agreed a pounds 480 million sale and leaseback of four Center Parcs holiday villages.