LONDON-A privately owned property company is set to pay pounds 35 million for a shopping centre in Blackpool and is drawing up plans to triple its size.

PHILADELPHIA-The planned 1-million-sf Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, originally planned for the UPMC Montefiore campus in Oakland, moves to the St. Francis Medical Center Complex in Lawrenceville, PA. Pittsburgh-based Highmark will fund the purchase of the 10-acre, 11-building in Lawrenceville.

HOUSTON-The developer-investor acquires Venture Tech II and Venture Tech III, Woodlands' office buildings valued at $2.3 million and $5.1 million, respectively. A back-to-back closing puts four acres in hand for a 29,000-sf retail project.