EFFINGHAM, IL-As part of the firm's national expansion, the famed Southern doughnut maker starts work on a new distribution facility and announces several retail sites planned for the Chicagoland market.

CORAL GABLES, FL-The locally based developer of single-family and multifamily residential housing and active adult communities closed on 332 units during the six months ended June 30, with a total value of $60 million, or $180,771 per unit.

ATLANTA-Wilkinson Real Estate Partners, a newly formed multifamily investment fund targeting the Southeast, paid $8.45 million or $33,008 per unit for the 256-unit Westwood Apartments in Knoxville, TN.

MAITLAND, FL-Headwest Inc. of Orlando sold the 18.8-acre parcel at North Street and Route 27 in suburban Longwood, FL for $950,000 in a deal handled by Realvest Partners Inc.