OAK BROOK, IL-The grocery chain is closing 14 stores across the Chicago Metro area while it tries to ramp up its "lifestyle" format.

COLUMBUS, OH-The sale of five malls is going slower than expected leading to a loss for the Glimcher's 2006 fiscal year.

WASHINGTON, DC-Ashkenazy buys the ground lease of the 212,000-sf retail property for $160 million and management plans tenant upgrades.

WASHINGTON, DC-Ashkenazy buys the ground lease of the 212,000-sf retail property for $160 million and management plans tenant upgrades.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-The ice-cream chain plans 40 stores in the next five years in seven Middle Eastern countries.

MIAMI-The company plans 250 new restaurants in the coming fiscal year, up from 25 during the same year-ago period.

SOUTHFIELD, MI-Arcadia Resources is buying the 28-location PrairieStone Pharmacy for $24 million.

ATLANTA-The chicken-sandwich chain is opening 90 units this year, up from 73 restaurants in 2006.