SKYESVILLE, MD-The Maryland Board of Public Works gives the go ahead on a $20-million construction contract for the Academic and Administrative Complex of the Public Safety Training Center. The project entails the construction and renovation of about 143,000-sf of space.

ORLANDO-Property owners Tony and Virginia Ballestero are selling their landmark outdoor Plaza Theatre on 2.1 acres near Colonial Plaza Marketplace; 4.3 acres of undeveloped dirt near the Hyatt Grand Cypress Hotel; and seven acres at commercially hot Lake Bryan Drive and State Road 535 near Walt Disney World.

SPARKS, NV-Exchange Equities I LLC will use the capital to refinance a high-interest acquisition loan that it incurred when it purchased a 184-unit multifamily community in Sparks two years ago.