SUGARLOAF, GA-Duke Realty Corp. sells GS Development 4.6 acres where a 234-room Embassy Suites at Sugarloaf will be constructed. Dirt moves in October.

NEW YORK CITY-SJP Properties' $1.1-billion project kicks off two months early. Floor plates for the building will actually be bigger on the top than the bottom.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-The developer gets the last large piece of dirt in a five-mile radius. The build-out plan is 100,000 sf of office condos and retail space.

DALLAS-The aloft flag will rise on an adaptive reuse at the northern end of the convention center and an existing hotel will swing to boutique on the southern side.