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LANCASTER, PA-A new 50,000-sf building will join the company's current 175,000-sf headquarters on the campus at 2425 New Holland Pike.

CHICAGO-Bankers Life and Casualty Co. is the largest tenant at 600 W. Chicago, which was acquired earlier this year by a group of New York City investors for $300 million.

TROY, MI-The Richardson Development Group envisions up to 600,000 sf of retail, 60,000 sf of office and 200 condos in the project's first phase.

HOUSTON-Transwestern will start work in Q1 on twin 14-story buildings in the Energy Corridor as part of its new benchmark, $1 billion of assets under construction or planned.

DALLAS-Fortis sets the stage for a record-breaking sale with a 2.3-million-sf portfolio that's predicted to reach $600 million at the closing table. The call for offers is mid-November.

LOS ANGELES-Bank of America signs for 83,000 sf, after which Charter Holdings plans $30 million in improvements to the Garland Center at 1200 W. Seventh St.

ORANGE, CA-Stamford, CT-based GE Asset Management acquires the 386,011-sf Orange City Square, with Birtcher Anderson Realty acting as investment adviser.

OAKLAND, CA-Plans for a waterfront creative arts center here are in flux after the Port of Oakland's plan that would block views comes to light.