SUMTER, SC- Affordable Housing Solutions for Florida, Inc. and Wachovia Bank received $300,000, to build 40 multi-family town homes for low-income families in Bluffton, S.C. Santee Lynches Affordable Housing and C.D.C. and Sumter National Bank received a $288,000 grant to refurbish 50 rental units for elderly residents in Sumter.

HUNTSVILLE, AL-The Rahway, NJ-based developer/investor told the Chicago-based seller it wouldn't be able to close Dec. 19 on Huntsville's University Square Business Center because of a mortgage prepayment prohibition in the contract.

LANSING, MI-Michigan Economic Development Corp., a public-private partnership, provides three automotive suppliers with almost $5 million to buy land and build additions.

PORTLAND-The big-box electronics retailer agrees to a long-term lease of the 80,000-sf former Builder's Square building, which it plans to expand by 50,000 sf. It joins Office Depot, GI Joe's, PetCo, Sleep Country and Wicks Home Furnishings in the 333,000-sf power center.