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NORTHBOROUGH, MA-41 Lyman St. secures $3.3 million in financing. The single-tenant office building is leased by APX Central Inc., a subsidiary of Western Parcel Express Inc. It was the quality of the tenant that encouraged a local bank to go through with the deal.

PHOENIX-The 104-unit Maryland Villas complex at 6333 N. 12th St. sells to a first-time Phoenix buyer from Hollywood, CA. A Marcus & Millichap broker meets the buyer at an investment seminar and later introduces him to the deal.

CHICAGO-Mortgage Bankers Association of America members hold sway over "tens of billions of dollars of insurance premiums," says Robert Vestewig, chief operating officer of Houston-based GEMSA Loan Services, which might influence the industry to adopt standardized certificates of insurance.

ATLANTA-Jerry and Brett Buckner, previously of the locally based Buckner & Co., join the Irvine, CA-based company's office here as senior advisors. Kevin Boughner moves over from Wachovia Securities. The new trio takes the local office brokerage staff to a dozen.

PHOENIX-York International lines up 29,556 sf in the recently completed first phase at the junction of Interstate 17 and 7th Avenue. It moves in Dec. 1 from a Tempe location. Air Tiger, coming from central Phoenix, leases 6,371 sf.

PHILADELPHIA-The home-grown grocery chain buys 3.5 acres at the 86-acre former Quartermaster Depot. This gives Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp.'s plans to convert the excess military asset to retail a big boost and

DETROIT-Though property pollution is rampant in Michigan, reuse of former contaminated property is rising to more than $4 billion of investment per year, says the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

SAN FRANCISCO-The Presidio Trust is relying on investors to help rehabilitate the Presidio's Montgomery Street barracks, but the estimated renovation costs coupled with the current economy, has kept interest light.