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PRINCETON, NJ-Paramount Hotel Group is teaming up with a local private investment group to introduce the brand to this prestigious market. The property will be located within the two million-sf Carnegie Center Office Park.

MIRAMAR, FL-The air-conditioning sales, service and parts company occupies 23,400 sf at the Miramar Park of Commerce, Broward County's biggest corporate park. The lease has an estimated value of at least $563,000.

LOS ANGELES-Already the largest owner of office buildings in the Mid-Wilshire district, Lee's Jamison Properties gets the deed to 3545 Wilshire Blvd. with a $6.9-million check, one of the highest prices paid in recent years in the district.

DALLAS-Mike Hardage is closing the books on a near five-year career at Trammell Crow Co. in an exit that coincides but isn't tied to a series of personnel changes at the firm. It's time for a change, says the director of investment services.

CHICAGO-A 20,000-sf site at 4343 W. Peterson Ave. nearly triples in value in the past five years, selling recently to North Shore Bank for $1.9 million.

SANTA ANA, CA-The $2.2-million sale is the third disposition in the office portfolio since CT acquired it from Newport Federal in 2001, with the fourth under contract. The 18,126-sf Boardwalk is an 82%-leased building that went to two private investors.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ-Almost three years after ground was broken, the Boyd Gaming/MGM Mirage joint venture will add more than 2,000 rooms and 125,000 sf of gaming to the local landscape.

BOSTON-John Hancock Financial Services Inc. sells its two adjoining properties located in the heart of the city's downtown area to NY-based the Related Cos. LP and locally based Beal Cos. LLP. The properties consist of a 61,110 sf building and an 18,000 sf parking lot.