SAN ANTONIO-A real estate investment trust has expanded its multifamily portfolio with the acquisition of three apartment communities in Texas and Illinois.

NEW YORK CITY-The ownership of Gotham Pizza has inked a 1,100-square-foot lease at 852 Eighth Avenue to open its fourth outpost.

CAMBRIDGE, MA-Global Experience Specialists, a company of Viad Corp., has signed a 24,000-square-foot office space lease in a building measuring 104,000 square feet at 90 Norfolk Street in Mansfield.

PARIS-Host Hotels & Resorts has purchased five hotels comprising 1,733 rooms in Paris and Amsterdam for roughly EUR 440 million from Whitehall.

ALPHARETTA, GA-ByteGrid, a data center operator based in Northern Virginia, has bought a 77,322-square-foot building in Alpharetta and plans to expand the facility.

COCONUT CREEK, FL-ZOM, a multifamily developer and owner, has acquired 20 acres of land in Coconut Creek for $11.2 million with plans to build an apartment community there.

JEFFERSONTOWN, KY-A local investor has purchased two multifamily properties in Jeffersontown for $2.5 million.

PEMBROKE PINES, FL-Public records revealed that a subsidiary of Orlando-based ZOM has purchased more than 200 apartment units at the Marquesa community in Pembroke Pines for $28.25 million.