NUTLEY, NJ-The CharterMac subsidiary's New Jersey office put together the $1.67-million package, funded through Freddie Mac, for the mid-rise Hillside Gardens Apartments.

HOUSTON-The 292,614-sf Westgate Marketplace, a west Houston shopping center with HEB and Kohl's as anchors, has obtained $28.5 million in financing through SouthTrust Bank. The deal follows $7.5 million arranged for the West University Marketplace.

PHILADELPHIA-The "ChocolateTown" facility changes its name from Great Vacations Resort to Vacation Club and Resort of Hershey, shifts its membership from Resort Condominiums to Interval International and reopens under a new management team, promising no "high-pressure" tactics in marketing timeshares.

LONDON-The sluggish Thames Valley office market is showing new signs of life with a 55,000-sf letting to airline ticketing group Galileo on MEPC's Axis Park at Langley, near Slough in Berkshire.