BRIGHTON, CO-The Bromley Town Center, a retail and office property in north suburban Denver, has scored its first tenant with the coming of a Valley Bank & Trust branch.

CHICAGO-In a recent conference call to Equity investors, Sam Zell, chairman of Equity Office Properties, offered his opinion that the U.S. economy is indeed on the mend, and that the office sector will recover as well, albeit slowly.

LONDON-Publishing magnate John Madejski has invested in a pounds 130 million ($200 million) portfolio through his property arm Sackville Properties, with loan finance from Lloyds TSB Bank.

LONG GROVE, IL-Kemper Insurance has sold a large parcel of excess vacant land in north suburban Chicago to a partnership that wants to prepare it for sale to residential developers.