ATLANTA-The locally based multifamily developer hits 100% occupancy at the 452-unit Vinings community located just off Interstate 285 in northwest of Atlanta.

SALEM, OR-The 100,000-sf building anchoring the northeast corner of the 650,000-sf mall was one of the few mall buildings not already owned by C.E. John Co., which is finishing up a $17 million makeover of the mall.

TAMPA, FL-Locally based Zaremba Brandon buys the 0.9-acre pad (39,204 sf) at Regency Square Shopping Center in Brandon, FL, a Tampa suburb, for $800,000. Zaremba plans a free-standing jewelry store on the site. Tampa is 80 miles west of Downtown Orlando.

CHICAGO-Despite negative rent growth here and in Atlanta, First Industrial Realty Trust's strategy to spread its holdings over 25 major markets helps the REIT post a 29.3% second-quarter increase in earnings per share.