INDIANAPOLIS-Concerns about direct investments given recent uncertainty in the markets is pushing more financial advisers to add alternatives such as REITs to portfolios.

CHICAGO-The company, in partnership with AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust, will break ground Wednesday on a 500-unit, 45-story apartment tower near Navy Pier.

MONTERREY, MEXICO-The two companies have signed about 105,000 square feet in regional headquarters moves as the nation’s wealthiest city reels from recent violence and slow demand.

NORTHBROOK, IL-Drug store companies Walgreens and CVS have decreased new development by 10%, driving rising valuations for the two large chains, according to a Boulder report.

ANGUILLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS-Developers needed more financing to finish the 277-acre Temenos resort. A Staubach company had a deal, but decided to back out.

INDIANAPOLIS-The insurance firm is consolidating its claims offices from around the state into a 146,801-square-foot building at BPG’s Keystone at the Crossing office complex.

VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA-The Chicago-based firm signed an agreement with the state-owned OJSC to open 435 rooms here by fall 2012, in time for an Asia-Pacific cooperation summit.

CHICAGO-A new city amendment designates property lenders, both residential and commercial, as co-owners, and requires lenders to maintain sites if they become vacant.