Hotels

PALO ALTO-The senior-living affiliate of Hyatt Corp. plans to develop a continuing-care retirement community on 22.4 acres adjacent to the university campus.

LOS ANGELES-Pivotal Century Plaza Hotel LLC spends $70 million on the Century Plaza Hotel and another $40 million Saint Regis, neighboring hotels fronting the Avenue of the Stars. "We have created an urban resort," says company founder Francis Najafi.

SEATTLE-The Alexandria, VA-based REIT paid $129.3 million for a total of 995 units in Issaquah, Lynwood and Everett as part of a nine-property portfolio acquisition from developer Trammell Crow Residential.

WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP, MI-Brentwood Golf & Country Club is in a two-part transaction by Charleston, SC-based Golf Trust of America. Brentwood and Club of the Country in Louisburg, KS sell for a combined $5.25 million.

ASPEN, CO-The upscale Aspen Club Lodge lands a new owner and management company, a move coming shortly after completion of a $2-million renovation. Northridge Capital has bought the property from IRG Aspen LLC. The deal puts Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group in as manager.

VALLEY CENTER, CA-The Rincon Band of Mission Indians and the county have reached an agreement to kick in $7 million toward road improvements along Valley Center Road for its casino.

DESCHUTES COUNTY, OR-High Desert Development Partners of Los Altos, CA, is proposing 420 houses, 180 condominiums, a hotel and a conference center as well as two golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools and equestrian facilities on 640 acres between Bend and Redmond.

SAN DIEGO-Work is well over halfway complete on two North County time-share resort projects.