NEW YORK CITY-The partnership's portfolio approaches three million sf with the acquisition of three Canadian shopping Centers. New York-based Kimco and Toronto's RioCan spent $133M on the latest additions.

PONTIAC, MI-One of richest counties in the US records higher gains again, which Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson says is encouraging in the face of the national economic downturn.

ROCHESTER, NY-Despite a weak economy, apartment owner and operator Home Properties reports it recorded a 23.5% increase in earnings during the first quarter of this year.

OAKLAND, CA-The city of Oakland is turning a former manufacturing plant into a housing development, after the owners abandoned the property two years ago.