SACRAMENTO-A consortium comprising Hines, Spyglass Partners and Antartica Capital is a step closer to acquiring 24 California state-owned office towers, located mostly in downtown Sacramento.

TORONTO-Hines will help Waterfront Toronto with the 10-acre Bayside development site, with 1,700 condos and apartments, 450,000 square feet of office and 200,000 square feet of retail.

NEW YORK CITY-The Empire State Building’s owners say Vornado’s planned 15 Penn Plaza would ‘damage’ the iconic New York skyline.

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND-Brindleyplace LP sold the offices, which are in the 17-acre redeveloped area in the Westside District here, for less than $250 million.