ORLANDO-The Dallas-based investor paid $27 million for the 147,214-sf, 96%-leased CrossRoads of Lake Buena Vista at the Buena Vista entrance to the Walt Disney World Resort here. The price was the highest this year and one of the highest in the last 10 years.

DUBLIN, CA-Developer Opus West's three-building complex here is now fully leased the networking titan Cisco Systems' locking down 220,000-sf space. The 10-year lease is worth a total of $10 million.

PHOENIX-Scottsdale has extended the deadline for local developer Steve Ellman to finalize the $87-million purchase of the Phoenix Coyotes.

ATLANTA-Simon Cooper, president of Marriott Lodging Canada, is replacing Horst Schulze as president and chief operating officer. Shulze will stay on as vice chairman of Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., owned by Marriott International.