LONDON-The new headquarters of the Greater London Authority was topped out by Minister for London Nick Raynsford last week. He hailed the structure, designed by Lord Foster as: 'An exceptional building for an exceptional city.'

EVANSTON, IL-Washington, DC-based MeriStar Hotels & Resorts is managing Winston Hotels, Inc.'s new 178-room Hilton Garden Inn in the mixed-use Northwestern University/Evanston Research Center in this North Shore suburb.

FOND du LAC, WS-Minneapolis-based US Bancorp Piper Jaffray led the bond underwriting for the project that includes a five-story patient care building for 195-bed St. Agnes Hospital, operated by Agnesian HealthCare Inc.

WEYMOUTH, MA-AvalonBay Communities Inc. begins construction on its two luxury apartment communities in this area--Avalon Orchards in Marlborough, MA, and Avalon Ledges, located here.