PORTLAND-Norris Beggs & Simpson's newest partner Chris Johnson was the lead broker for the $87.5 million sale of Cornell Oaks, the $19 million sale of PGT Tower and two lease deals with an estimated value of around $12 million -- all of which closed this month.

MINNEAPOLIS-As Major League Baseball owners discuss contraction, efforts are underway to block the elimination of the team as well as to develop a new stadium proposal and new ownership for the Twins.

SANTA ANA, CA-Two more buyers snatch up buildings in the industrial complex. The deals are worth a total of more than $2 million. The Santa Ana Business Center is comprised of nine industrial buildings ranging in size from 7,900 sf to 43,484 sf.

LONDON-A 250,000-sf computer factory in Northern Ireland has won an international award for innovation in construction techniques. Seagate Technology's plant in Derry, Northern Ireland, has won an award from the Design Build Institute of America.