MENLO PARK, CA-Wells Fargo Bank, as sole lead agent, arranged the syndicate of 11 banks, which included Bank of America as syndication agent and Commerzbank AG as documentation agent. The rate is LIBOR +70 basis points.

LAUDERDALE LAKES, FL-The 10-year-old sports and fitness store operator is checking out expansion sites in Broward and Palm Beach counties where full-service rents are $17 per sf to $22 per sf, almost double what the company is currently paying at its 100,000-sf headquarters site here. Lauderdale Lakes is 35 miles north of Downtown Miami.

RALEIGH, NC-After two years of indecision, council members are expected to bring in a verdict by year end on the fate of the vacant, 60-year-old eyesore. Raleigh is 125 miles northeast of Downtown Charlotte.

AUSTIN-Close two, buy one is the strategy being advanced in South Carolina, former home to the now Austin-based Littlefield Corp. The gaming operator has 19 bingo parlors in Texas, Alabama and South Carolina.