FRESNO, CA-The two properties are the 38,000-sf Hoover Marketplace, which sold for $6.3 million, and the Northern Village site of 30,706 sf, which sold for $4.1 million.

TEMPE-The Irvine, CA-based nutritional supplement manufacturer tenders a letter of intent to take over a competitor's factory in Tempe. Seller Twinlab is planning a production shift to existing facilities in New York and Utah.

NEW YORK CITY-The 221-year-old retailer, known for offering top-of-the-line British baubles, is still growing. Asprey will install its new lines in a store more than three times bigger than the 9,000 sf it currently occupies.

ORLANDO-Osceola County commissioners are waiting for the April 15 deadline to see how many national developers are interested in bidding on a $100 million, 500,000-sf convention center. But locally based Xentury City Development Co. says it has the land, funding, partners and know-how to start the job now.