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To position the town for film industry growth in the state, officials are proposing an ordinance that would guide moviemakers to local sites and businesses and set rules for film production.

Developer Palmer Gillis proposed to build a 20,000- square-foot medical office building at a site near the Ocean Pines North Gate, although he is under no obligation to build medical offices there.

Virtus Real Estate, an Austin-based real estate private equity firm, plans to acquire about $150 million in self-storage properties in 2011 and start a new student housing fund, the company said in a news release.

A Fargo senior housing complex is on track to be fully completed by December 2011, and a much larger high-rise renovation is planned to start about the same time, the head of the city’s Housing and Redevelopment Authority said.

Applying the finishing touches to Shreveport’s Nu Image/Millennium Films studio, industry advocates say, should be the start to another bright year for area TV and movie production.

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Medical Office Building Portfolio in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Sterling University Housing Seeks LEED Certification for Two of Its New Student Apartments, Preleasing Underway

For more than 40 years, Providence Community Health Centers has performed a vital role in this city by providing medical care to many of its poorest citizens.

Given the national attention that health care spawned during 2010, it’s no surprise that health care dominated business news in the Knoxville region during the past 12 months.

Now that the initial shock of healthcare reform has passed, short-term challenges in the seniors housing market are moving to the forefront of operators’ concerns. State budget cuts and a housing market that continues to lag the national economy out of the recession will remain the most significant challenges in the sector for at least two more years.