BOSTON-A locally-based independent real estate investment research firm, Property & Portfolio Research, acquires Real Estate Analysis and Planning Service from F. W. Dodge. PPR will offer Dodge Pipeline through an exclusive licensing agreement with F. W. Dodge.

GROVELAND, FL-The world's largest home improvement retailer is negotiating with Lake County for a 31.6-acre pad in the Christopher C. Ford Industrial Park here, 25 miles west of Downtown Orlando.

SEATTLE-The estimated $70-million sale price is all the more spectacular knowing the seller, San Francisco-based Rreef Funds, bought the 286,000-sf office tower for $34.6 million in December 1996 from G.E. Capital Investment Advisory Group.

KANSAS CITY, MO-Big-time hitters selected for president, offices of the association.