OAKLAND, CA-As part of an ongoing plan to sell some $420 million worth of real estate and buy anew, the Beverly, MA-based private equity firm sells a 50,000-sf office property here for $5.78 million.

OAKLAND, CA-As part of an ongoing plan to sell some $420 million worth of real estate and buy anew, the Beverly, MA-based private equity firm sells a 50,000-sf office property here for $5.78 million.

PRAGUE-Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide signs a management agreement for a planned five-star hotel here that will fly the flag of its newly acquired brand, Le Meridien.

PRAGUE-Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide signs a management agreement for a planned five-star hotel here that will fly the flag of its newly acquired brand, Le Meridien.

SAN LEANDRO, CA-As part of an effort to consolidate operations, the Annex signs a 10-year lease for a cross-dock warehouse here that is owned by Loma Verde Properties.

SEATTLE-LaSalle Hotel Properties of Bethesda, MD, acquires 158-unit hotel for $26.4 million, or about $15 million more than the seller paid for the 16-story property in July 2000.

SEATTLE-LaSalle Hotel Properties of Bethesda, MD, acquires 158-unit hotel for $26.4 million, or about $15 million more than the seller paid for the 16-story property in July 2000.

BIRMINGHAM, AL-Opus South Corp. breaks ground on a 587,000-sf office complex here that will house the Social Security Administration's 2,200-person Southeast Payment Processing Center. The US General Services Administration inked a $307-million lease agreement for the complex in August.