TROY, MI-The multifamily and retail sectors are strongest in this suburb of Detroit, with new condominium projects for about 360 units and shopping districts springing up all over the city.

LONDON-Hammerson, one of Europe's biggest owners of town centre shopping malls, has moved into the out-of-town retail sector with the Pounds 57.7 million ($88 million) of the Fforest-fach Retail Park in Swansea, South Wales.

ORLANDO-Orange Circuit Judge Joe Baker has ruled 92-year-old Clarence Moore couldn't back up his claim that his California-based granddaughter forged his name to a property transfer deed in 1987. Universal bought the land in 1993 for $1 million. Its estimated value today is $2 million.

ATLANTA-Overall vacancy at the end of the second quarter was 14%, up from the 10.1%-rate for the same period a year ago, according to the Charlotte office of CB Richard Ellis Inc.