Regional Digests

New York ObserverWestbrook Partners acquired 17 multifamily buildings with 249 units in Manhattan's East Village for $97.5 million from Extell Development. Extell acquired the portfolio in early 2006 for $72 million. The portfolio includes nine buildings on or just off...

A pair of retail buildings in Coral Gables, Fla., have been sold for a combined $6.65 million. One property, at 320 Miracle Mile with 7,750 square feet, was sold to CRE Properties, while another at 321 Miracle Mile, with 9,200...

Orlando Business JournalFeltrim Developments U.S. Inc. of Davenport, Fla., says it will build a 400,000-square-foot industrial park in the Orlando, Fla., suburb of Haines City, Fla. The $33 million project off County Road 544 will consist of industrial, office and...

Detroit Free Press Pfizer is vacating its 2 million-square-foot campus in Ann Arbor, Mich., and has tapped Staubach Co. to market the property. The New York pharmaceutical firm has invested hundreds of millions in the campus since acquiring it in...

Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal TA Associates Realty has acquired Pondview Plaza, a 122,000-square-foot office building in Minnetonka, Minn. The Boston pension fund advisor purchased the building from Opus Corp., which built the property in 1997, then later sold it. Opus...

Nashville Business JournalA three building, 337,000-square-foot distribution center is up for sale in Nashville, Tenn. NAI Nashville has the listing on 211 Nesbitt Lane, which is owned by Lasko Products Inc.

Boston Business JournalSun Microsystems is negotiating to sell its 158-acre business campus in Burlington, Mass., for $200 million to Nordblom Co. Sun Microsystems is expected to lease back 450,000 square feet of the property, which has 800,000 sf in seven...

Triangle Business JournalWeingarten Realty Investors of Houston is teaming up with a number of developers to build a $300 million mixed-use project in Raleigh, N.C. Weingarten has enlisted Lichtin Corp. of Raleigh to develop 150,000 square feet of office space,...

New York TimesThor Equities estimates its proposed mixed-use development in Coney Island, N.Y., will cost $2 billion and be completed in 2011. The projected price is $500 million more than what was reported last year when Thor, headed by Joseph Sitt,...

Cincinnati Business Courier Middle Earth Developers has paid $2.5 million for 617 Vine Street, a 288,000-square-foot building in downtown Cincinnati and will spend $20 million to renovate the property. The 79-year-old building, which formerly housed the Cincinnati Enquirer, will be...