DENVER-The financing for Portland, ME-based American Housing Properties was part of a $100-million deal involving a 1,407-unit multifamily rental portfolio in 20 properties in Colorado and Wyoming. Shaquille O'Neal is a partner.

SEATTLE-King County Property Services leases 47,000 sf from publicly traded Regus business centers, which master leases four floors in the building, and continues negotiating for another 20,000 sf that will be leased directly from the building owner, Equity Office Properties.

CHICAGO-The renewal and expansion leads a flurry of smaller office deals at the Britannica Centre at 310 S. Michigan Ave. as well as other submarkets in the Central Business District.

BOYLSTON, MA-A bid to develop a residential complex on a 15-acre parcel on Stiles Road is in trouble, as the town files a lawsuit contending that it was not properly notified about the land sale. The town has rights of first refusal on the property.