CHICAGO-Property owners are beginning to offer better concession packages that include more generous tenant improvement allowances and even some rental abatement in order to remain competitive in the market.

NEW HYDE PARK, NY-Kimco buys four Urban Shopping Centers properties for $65.1 million and a fifth center for $33.1 million, adding more than 800,000 sf of retail space to its holdings.

SILVER SPRING, MD-The 240-apartment complex is part of a two-property deal done for Arch Street Fund Series.

ORLANDO-Central Florida Zoo plans to start the first-phase, $10.5 million renovations in January and hopes to win corporate and private contributions to finish the job as the work is being done at the suburban Sanford, FL site, 30 miles north of Downtown Orlando.