LONDON-Hilton Group has concluded a Pounds 335.7 million ($520 million) sale and leaseback of ten UK hotels, totalling 2,043 rooms, to a new limited partnership set up by Rotch Farnsworth and the Bank of Scotland.

ORLANDO-In an ongoing effort to curb commercial development in metro Orlando, South Florida Water Management District Director Henry Dean is offering the money and challenging a sister agency, the St. Johns Water Management District, to do the same.

PHILADELPHIA-Among the largest multifamily rental communities in the state, a 1,798-unit property on 126 acres in Elkins Park, PA, is changing hands, thanks to a $63.2-million first mortgage and a $9-million mezzanine loan arranged through Fleet Boston by Holliday Fenoglio Fowler.

SAN BERNARDINO, CA-Build-To-Order Inc., a Los Angeles-based start-up car maker, is considering a $53 million incentive package to locate at Ross Perot Jr.'s AllianceCalifornia development at the former Norton Air Force Base.