CLEVELAND-On the heels of an IPO last week, the locally based storage REIT completes its acquisition of the 2.6-million-sf Metro Storage portfolio.

PITTSBURGH-Government Properties Trust of Omaha acquires the 36,000-sf United States Citizenship and Immigration Services building here for $10.4 million. The new building is located near the FBI regional headquarters building, which GPT also owns.

SAN FRANCISCO-The industrial REIT says 12 pension funds, foundations and private investors have invested in a private REIT that is now a limited partner in AMB Institutional Alliance Fund III. Already contributed to fund are nine properties comprising 32 buildings totaling 2.9 million sf that AMB picked up earlier this year.

SPOKANE, WA-Cole Capital Partners of Phoenix pays $20.8 million for a retail warehouse here that is leased to Home Depot for the next 15 years.

SANTA ROSA, CA-The Modesto-based hotel development and management firm refinances its 138-room Courtyard by Marriott here with a five-year, $10.5-million financing with a floating interest rate.

LAS VEGAS-Los Angeles-based Furniture Mart Enterprises LLC closes on its final land acquisition for the future phases of World Market Center, a six-phase wholesale furniture marketplace development slated to comprise 7.5 million sf upon completion. The 1.3-million-sf first phase is fully leased.

SYDNEY-The company refutes two recent media reports regarding Lend Lease intended holding of unstapled units in General Property Trust as part of the merger.

NEW BEDFORD, PA-Isle of Capri Casinos Inc., a publicly traded casino operator based out of Biloxi, MS, enters into an MOU with Bedford Downs Management Corp. to acquire a 30% interest in that company's proposed harness racing facility near New Bedford.