ORLANDO-Locally based CNL Retirement Properties Inc. buys 19 seniors' housing properties totaling 3,400 units in seven states from affiliates of New York-based WHSLH Realty LLC for $282,895 per property or $1,581 per unit.

ORLANDO-Retail facilities development will continue to outpace all other commercial categories over the next two or three years with stronger growth in the Sun Belt states and fewer large retail chains leading way, John M. Crossman, Trammell Crow Co., tells GlobeSt.com.

NORWALK, CT-Diageo signed on the dotted line on one of the most anticipated deals in some time in Fairfield County. The maker of Smirnoff and other spirit brands signed a lease to occupy a 277,700-sf building under construction here.

KISSIMMEE, FL-DR Horton Homes of Arlington, TX is the main bidder for the 1,124 acres along the Florida Turnpike between Kissimmee and St. Cloud, Osceola County about 15 miles from Walt Disney World's 30,000-acre enclave.