OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL-Properties in three states, including Walgreens drug stores in Amityville, NY and Andover, KS, are acquired by buyers involved in tax-deferral strategies. Also traded is a Baker's Square restaurant in southwest suburban Orland Park.

ORLANDO-The locally based timeshare developer is officially out of U.S. Bankruptcy Court jurisdiction today and plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Las Vegas by year end, even as its $150 million civil lawsuit in federal court, Orlando, continues against Arthur Andersen.

CHANCELLORVILLE, VA-Conservationists join forces to create The Coalition to Save Chancellorsville Battlefield, historic land that was the site Stonewall Jackson's killing during the Civil War. A developer is proposing converting the property to office, retail and residential space.

SAN FRANCISCO-The standoff between San Francisco's mayor and supervisors over the city's powerful planning commission continues. Nearly a month has passed without a working body to decide on permits.