NEW YORK CITY-With more than 86,000 rooms in 412 hotels, the surviving company will retain a major Pittsburgh presence but will be headquartered in Washington DC. Company officials say it will be the largest independent operator of full-service Marriott, Hilton and Sheraton hotels.

FRISCO, TX-Jay Allison, chairman and CEO of Comstock Resources, wears his hat as board president at today's construction start for the 65,000-sf Legacy Christian School, touted as the first private school north of Texas 121. Delivery is set for August.

ORLANDO-The locally based restaurant company and the tribe jointly broke ground today on Indian reservations with a 90,000-sf complex in Tampa, FL and a 115,000-sf project in Hollywood, FL.

LAWRENCE, MA-Centercorp Retail Properties and The Davis Companies sell Plaza One Fourteen, a 103,926-sf shopping center located at the intersection of Routes 114 and 28 for $10.3 million to Capwell Lawrence LLC, an affiliate of Albemarle Equities, LLC and Goldstein Associates.