LAWRENCE, NJ—Retailer Costco has acquired 17 acres of land near the Quaker Bridge Mall for $9.4 million for a new store here.

MOUNT RAINIER, MD—The Redevelopment Authority of Prince George's County has selected The Menkiti Group for a mixed-use development at the 3300 block of Rhode Island Avenue here.

ROCKVILLE, MD—The leases represent net new growth for the submarket, CBRE's Ben Powell says.

DALLAS—Axiometrics, whose home city is among those with strong growth in both employment and apartment rents, says when the two don't jibe, “something other than job growth” is behind it.