DETROIT-Nearly 900 acres in Northville and Plymouth townships has too many wetlands and contamination and is not worth the agreed-upon purchase price, says Kojaian Cos. of Bloomfield Hills.

CHICAGO-General Growth Properties picks up 18 shopping centers and 26 community centers in the Mountain States with occupancy and rental rates below its portfolio averages, but considered to be able to produce a 10% return nonetheless.

SAN FRANCISCO-Originally Mission Bay developers planned on creating a mixed-use property that would be mostly office space, but retail tenants are much easier to land nowadays.

TACOMA, WA-Bianco Properties, a St. Louis-based real estate investment firm, has purchased yet another Puget Sound property, the Rainier Place Shopping Center. Last winter, the firm also purchased the Lynwood Plaza Shopping Center.