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Irvine-based Accretive Realty Advisors has purchased a 27,000-square-foot medical office building in Aliso Viejo for $7 million, according to Colliers International’s Irvine office, which directed the deal.

An Orchard Park senior-living center was one of 132 acquired by a joint venture partnership created to purchase assets of the financially troubled Stayton SW Assisting Living group.

There is such a thing as a good problem. Lander University has one right now, in the realm of student housing.

Construction has begun on a $10 million medical office building in Poulsbo expected to draw patients from the north end of Kitsap County and as far away as Jefferson and Clallam counties.

Cities and states across the nation are selling and leasing everything from airports to zoos—a fire sale that could help plug budget holes now but worsen their financial woes over the long run.

There is little debate within the real estate community—or outside of it for that matter—that the past two years have presented one of the most challenging environments ever encountered by investors. Since the end of 2007, fallout from the financial crisis has caused severe damage to the economy, and property fundamentals across all asset types.

U.S. commercial real estate prices posted their first quarterly gain in more than two years last quarter, data showed on Monday, although deepening economic gloom may cut post-slump celebrations short.

In the middle of a hot, dry summer, Lower Merion Township has received some refreshing news. It’s getting an infusion of new funds for its long-awaited Ardmore Transit Center project.

Kyle Harry, a student about to begin his fourth year at Iona College, was content living in a dormitory as a freshman and sophomore, but by his third year, he said, “I was ready to step into more adult shoes and negotiate the challenges of the outside world.”

Emeritus Senior Living and two partners have acquired West Park Place Senior Living in West Allis and three other centers in Wisconsin.