SAN FRANCISCO-The 90-broker Bay Area real estate services firm re-gains the national and international alliance it previously had with Oncor International while Corfac fills a two-year-old void in its US coverage.

CINCINNATI-Thor Equities of New York City acquires the Tri-County Mall here from a joint venture of the Blackstone Group and Polaris Capital.

CINCINNATI-Thor Equities of New York City acquires the Tri-County Mall here from a joint venture of the Blackstone Group and Polaris Capital.

SAN FRANCISCO-The locally headquartered law firm has about 10% of its 700 lawyers focused on real estate-related matters. It is merging with Shaw Pittman LLP, a 340-lawyer firm based in Washington, DC. The combined firm will have annual billings of about $600 million.

MILL CREEK, WA-Publicly traded Equity Residential of Chicago buys the 139-unit Monterra Apartments here for $16 million.

MINOT, ND-The 600,000-sf mall is anchored by Target, Sears, JCPenney and a hotel with an indoor water park. The owner tells GlobeSt.com there is room on site to add at least three more big-box pads, one of which will be a 20,000-sf Best Buy store.

MINOT, ND-The 600,000-sf mall is anchored by Target, Sears, JCPenney and a hotel with an indoor water park. The owner tells GlobeSt.com there is room on site to add at least three more big-box pads, one of which will be a 20,000-sf Best Buy store.

SAN BRUNO, CA-The Crystal Springs Apartments complex here is refinanced with a nine-year, interest-only loan.