PHILADELPHIA-Approximately $27 million in state and municipal dollars over the next 20 years encourage Sidney, NE-based Cabela's Retail Inc. to locate its first East Coast store in Berks County, PA. The retailer adds $20 million to the pot.

EATONTOWN, NJ-The 1.5 million-sf super-regional shopping complex, originally built in 1960, has been acquired from Equity Properties by a partnership that includes the Vornado, Kushner and Ashkenazy organizations.

PORTSMOUTH, NH-Lodging Econometrics, a locally based hotel industry research firm, indicates that the development pipeline for hotels nationwide is slowing down, providing the industry with an opportunity to recover from the economic recession and the 9/11 terror attacks.

CHICAGO-A one-story crane factory at 412 N. Carpenter St., in a River West neighborhood that has seen extensive redevelopment, is on the auction block Oct. 29 by order of the US Bankruptcy Court.