ATLANTIC CITY-The investment group gets the go-ahead from New Jersey's Casino Control Commission to close the deal announced last fall. Sun International will get $148 million for the property.

AUSTIN-ClearCube is in the expansion mode, signing for an extra 18,000 sf at Colina West along the Capital of Texas Highway. This year's plan also calls for another 11,000 sf or 12,000 sf in a move to more than triple its existing office space.

SAN FRANCISCO-The real estate services firm has eight offices in northern California and hopes to open offices in the East Bay's 680 Corridor and in Sacramento in the upcoming year.

JERSEY CITY-A faulty approval process is blamed for officially doing in a controversial twin 43-story towers project, but it was community opposition on several other issues that led to the legal showdown.