GAITHERSBURG, MD-The Quince Orchard Cluster apartment community sells for $51 million in a transaction brokered by Transwestern Commercial Services. Fairfield Residential, serving as managing general partner in a partnership arrangement, becomes the new owner of the 684-unit complex.

NEW YORK CITY-Despite a dreary quarterly report, the commercial real estate firm expects the revenue-producing effects of its ongoing internal restructuring to coincide with an economic upturn in mid-2002.

LONDON-The Government is on track for a radical reform of the planning system, but emergency legislation in connection with the war on terrorism could prevent the changes taking effect for several years, according to planning minister Lord Falconer.

ROSELAND, NJ-A major insurer expands and extends its presence to 36,000 sf, while a law firm takes 12,000 sf in Cushman & Wakefield-arranged transactions.