LONDON-Residential specialist FairBriar has added to its expanding London portfolio of serviced apartments with the acquisition of Nell Gwynn House, a prime apartment block in London's Knightsbridge. Within two years FairBriar aims to take its ownership to 1,000 properties.

PHOENIX-ILX Resorts has named a Marriott Hotels' executive to vice chairman of its board of directors. James Ball will oversee development in Mexico and Kaleidoscope at McCarran, a 44-acre project being built in Las Vegas.

FAR HILLS, NJ-The troubled telecom firm will turn Hamilton Farm Golf Club, the former James Cox Brady estate, over to a Maryland firm for more than $50 million.

LAKEWOOD, CO-The suits are an attempt by the two tenants to cut better deals when they serve as anchors in the new Villa Italia development, says a principal with Continuum Partners LLC, redeveloping the former regional mall.