LAWRENCE, KS-The 152-unit AMLI at Alvamar complex was bought by AMLI in 1994. At 12 years, it was much older than the Chicago-based REIT's preferred age of its properties. It was sold to a local real estate company.

CHICAGO-The Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois asks, why spend $587 million on renovating Soldier Field, forcing the Bears Downstate for two seasons, when a retractable-domed stadium could be built for less on the South Side?

GERMANTOWN, MD-This local real estate firm plans nearly $13 million of renovations and improvements in order to lease the 353,800 sf of property in seven buildings on 56 acres.

HOUSTON-United Investors Realty Trust is prepping for a shareholders vote Sept. 12 on resolutions for a takeover by Florida-based Equity One. The vote follows a settlement with a dissident stockholder group over investment policies.