SYDNEY-The Australia subsidiary of Sonnenblick-Goldman has named 10-year real estate finance veteran Ben Dillon as director and principal of its operations, in charge of expanding the firm's business in Australia and the Asia Pacific.

REDWOOD CITY, CA-One month after voters here overturn the city's approval of the public company's 1,900-unit condominium and marina development, Glenborough Realty Trust says it will abandon its option for a related parcel and $3.7 million in associated expenditures.

WOODINVILLE, WA-The city council here this week went against the recommendation of its planning commission and nixed a proposal to reverse the city's ban on residential development in the city's Tourist District, potentially killing plans for a landmark mixed-use wine village at the intersection of State Route 202 and Northeast 145th Street.

HUNTSVILLE, AL-O&S Holdings Inc. selects White Plains, NY-based Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide to operate a 200-room luxury hotel and conference center here that will include 40 privately owned residences on the top five floors of the 12-story complex.

VANCOUVER, WA-Opus Northwest submits plans to followup Bridgeport Village in Tualatin, OR, with a similarly expensive mixed-use mecca north of the border. Instead of starting with a quarry, however, it will start with a much more level parcel, an airport the company tied up in 2002. Plans call for 540,000 sf of retail and office space, housing and a hotel.

DURHAM, NC-A joint venture of the California State Teachers' Retirement System and publicly traded Apartment Investment and Management Co. of Denver pays $31.4 million for the Belmont Apartments, a 312-unit apartment community near Duke University Medical Center.

GUAM-UK-based Hilton International sells the Hilton Guam Resort & Spa to Da Vinci-RP Hotel Investors for just under $30 million. The new owner plans a $10-million-plus renovation of the property.

SANTA CLARA, CA-The 280-room, four-diamond hotel is located across from the Santa Clara Convention Center and within a few miles of several Fortune 500 companies, including Cisco Systems, Intel and Applied Materials.