HOUSTON--HFF has closed the sale of two Houston-area properties: 8 West Centre, a newly-completed, Class A office building along the West Sam Houston Tollway, and 5151 Sommermeyer, a 57,550-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in Prologis Park West by Northwest.

LIVINGSTON, NJ—Gebroe-Hammer Associates completed 13 multi-family investment sales in July and August, totaling 2,180 units valued at $117.2 million.

BUFFALO, NY—State officials announced on Thursday that nearly $7 million in state financing has been earmarked for the purchase and master planning of 50 acres of vacant or underutilized land on the city's east side that will be converted into a manufacturing/energy-related business park.

PHOENIX—As goes the high-tech industry, so goes opportunity. Once a high-tech company anchors a neighborhood, housing prices rise, new amenities spring up and unemployment dips.