DETROIT-Condominium developers seek permission to fill wetlands, while the new owners of a former paper mill property may get $100,000 for commercial development. Those are among the proposals reviewed by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

LONDON-The management buyout at retail parks specialist Grantchester has been abandoned following Hammerson's late bid for the company. Hammerson immediately went into the market and bought up an 18.25% stake in the company.

PHILADELPHIA-Gov. Mark Schweiker asks General Assembly not to "rush it" as it tackles property tax reform in a special session. "Philadelphia is one of the most heavily taxed cities in the country," says Sperry Van Ness regional manager John McDermott.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA-A family trust buys the five-parcel portfolio, which includes a 124,415-sf office building and another of 14,000 sf, from a San Francisco-based investment partnership.