PHILADELPHIA-State funding for expansion of Downtown's troubled convention center is a dead issue this year. The request for $232 million did not make the cut on a list of state-funded construction projects submitted to the legislature for a vote.

ORLANDO-The Hawthorne, NY-based developer has revised plans for Uptown Orlando, scaling back the $30 million project to a $10 million concept with 80 apartment units, a 35,000-sf grocery and 20,000 sf of other retail.

HOUSTON-Bankruptcy court approves Intell as the buyer, but rejects a bid by Houston taxing bodies to collect their money at closing. Instead, they must notify creditors they're taking their place at the front of the line when checks are cut.

LONDON-The $270 million purchase of the Belgian property company Banimmo by the Lend Lease Global Properties fund completes the funds $1.5 billion investment programme in Europe and Asia.