LONDON-The London Borough of Southwark has given Land Securities the go-ahead for the 800,000-sf redevelopment of Tabard House and St Christopher House on the south bank of the Thames, one of the biggest elements of the regeneration of the Bankside area.

BOSTON-A new marketing plan proposed by a committee of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority is approved for the under-booked $800-million Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, currently under construction on the South Boston waterfront.

PHILADELPHIA-One of the biggest names in commercial real estate is buying an equity interest in the 26-year-old, 29-story, 610,000-sf Tower Place 100 office building in a deal valued at an estimated $130 million.

DETROIT-Nearly $22 million in tax credits encourage firms to build new facilities, buy new equipment and hire more workers in state. Nissan Technical Center North America Inc. gets $15.7 million, nearly half the cost of its Farmington Hills expansion project.