SAN FRANCISCO-The $500 million lease deal gives the company just under half of Foundry Square, a 1.2-million-sf project being developed by Wilson/Equity Office at the intersection of First and Howard Streets.

LIVERMORE, CA-The hotel, which will be operated by Diva Hospitality Group in agreement with Hilton, is the chain's second on Silicon Valley's eastern edge. Nearby Pleasanton already has a Hilton Pleasanton at The Club.

PHOENIX-A California investor has purchased a small retail center in Youngtown, a mostly retirement community near Sun City in the northeast Valley.

NEW YORK CITY-Hotel industry leaders are recovering from jet lag after returning from a conference that looked at such topics as US investments in Europe and the future of technology's role.