MINNEAPOLIS-Retailers stick with expansion plans despite tough selling climate. What this might mean if the economy skids is a question.

GATESVILLE, TX-A planned disposition of non-core assets has Texas manufacturing site, totaling more than 200,000 sf, changing hands. RailAmerica sells the property northwest of Austin to The Heil Co., a Tennessee-based firm.

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.