LOS ANGELES—Blake Rogers joins the firm to focus on mid-range multifamily investment sale transactions in the greater Los Angeles market.

PHOENIX—IPA, an operator of multifamily communities in Michigan and Arizona, and Retirement Community Specialists, Inc., an operator of luxury senior housing communities in Arizona, recently announced they have joined together under the same umbrella company, IPA, LLC.

Casinos still seem to be popping up everywhere as seemingly desperate states pass enabling laws, looking to stimulate economic expansion in down-and-out areas or raise tax dollars—anything to overcome the effects of the lukewarm economy on revenue growth.

CHICAGO—The sale of 38 Hyatt Place and Hyatt House properties to Dallas-based Lone Star was the second lodging portfolio deal announced on Thursday, and the fourth in the extended stay and select service space in as many months.