CHICAGO - Le Méridien Chicago-Oakbrook Center is scheduled to open in January 2014 after a $20 million interior and exterior and transformation.

BLOOMINGTON, MN - An affiliate of Northbrook, Ill.-based Pine Tree Commercial Realty acquires a Rainbow Foods grocery store in an affluent suburb of Minneapolis for $8.3 million.

TOLEDO, OH - Health Care REIT finishes the acquisition of Sunrise Senior Living's property portfolio, the sale of the Sunrise management company, and the acceleration of all planned joint venture partner buy-outs.

CHICAGO - U.S. Equities Asset Management announced Drew Nieman will join its Chicago-based commercial real estate firm as executive vice president.

MILWAUKEE - Jones Lang LaSalle says Roger Siegel, a 33-year veteran of the local commercial real estate industry, has joined the firm to lead its Milwaukee Industrial Group.

CINCINNATI - Garrison Investment acquires a nine property portfolio totaling 1.43 million square feet of neighborhood and community shopping centers in Ohio from Kimco.

CHICAGO - Federal bankruptcy court lets Hostess hire Hilco to help liquidate key real estate and industrial assets.

LOUISVILLE - Apartment Realty Advisors has closed on three deals involving the sale of separate multi-family properties in KY for $87.75 million for Steadfast, which also did deals in other parts of the country.