BOYNTON BEACH, FL-The Oak Brook, IL-based real estate investment trust pays Aberdeen Square Inc. $6.68 million ($94.68 per sf) for a 70,555-sf neighborhood retail center near this Palm Beach County community, 58 miles north of Miami.

LONDON-Retailer Marks & Spencer has completed the sale of 78 UK stores to the Topland Group. The deal involves fixed rental uplifts over the 25-year term and M&S has the ability to vacate up to one third of the properties.

ORLANDO-In one of the most bizarre property disputes seen locally in decades, 90-year-old Clarence Moore and his lawyers have failed to settle a seven-year argument over a two-acre tract the theme park needs for the development of a 70-acre, $100 million vacation ownership venture and a championship 18-hole golf course.

LOS ANGELES-A new report by Transwestern's Delta Associates research affiliate says a big boost in defense and technology spending will generate more demand for office space.