ST. LOUIS—In this <B>UPDATE</B>, SLU officials say that while their campus housing is currently competitive, to keep pace with the competition there is a need to renovate and de-densify some of the housing stock.

WASHINGTON, DC—The buyer is a JV between Mill Creek Residential and John Hancock.

CHICAGO—Development plans put on hold during the recession are getting dusted off and reconfigured to reflect the strength of the multifamily market.

Among the deals highlighted in New Jersey this week, The Hampshire Companies and CrownPoint Group have broken ground on their 104-unit residential complex in the River Bend section of Harrison, NJ.