FOREST PARK, IL-The Forest Green Plaza retail center commands $167 per sf, as well as a 9.8% capitalization rate, a few weeks after the village of Oak Park pays $1.985 million for a parking lot.

NEW HYDE PARK, NY-Kimco Realty Corp. and Toronto-based REIT RioCan have inked a joint-venture agreement to purchase and develop property in Canada.

GRESHAM, OR-The Oregon chapter of the American Planning Association gives its 2001 "Professional Achievement" award to the City of Gresham for its work on Gresham Station, the retail portion of a larger mixed-use project. The city's building official also has been recognized.

NASHVILLE, TN-Country Farm Family Buffet Inc. of Tullahoma, TN is taking 5,600 sf for five years at the 80,400-sf Campbell Station Shopping Center nearing completion at an estimated hard construction cost of $7.5 million or $93 per sf.