Champion Real Estate Services completes a $11.8 million purchase in Ohio; a joint venture breaks ground on a 440-unit development in Los Angeles; and NorthMarq Capital arranges $26.5 million in funds from a life insurance company.

Satori, a luxury community in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., recently became the city’s first eco-friendly luxury apartment community.

The L Haus condominium, developed by the Stahl Organization in Long Island City, has recently reached the 85-percent sold sales plateau.

In its May 2012 Outlook, which was released on Monday, the National Association of Business Economists was a bit more optimistic than in the previous survey, published in January.

Investcorp acquires four properties in Houston’s Copperfield master-planned community; American Realty Advisors buys a 224-unit asset in North Dallas; and Hendricks & Partners negotiates a $14.4 million apartment sale.

The number of available Manhattan rental units may have grown by 6 percent in April, but that didn’t keep rent prices for the month from experiencing a case of spring fever, and climbing by an average of $17.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the European Commission and the European Central Bank are “drawing up plans” should Greece abandon the euro.

Multifamily specialists Wood Partners has finalized plans to build Midtown Delray, a $26.9 million development consisting of 116 three-story rental townhomes near downtown Delray Beach, Fla.

The Alder Group and ECI Group acquire land for two luxury towers in Florida; IPA completes a $13.5 million sale for Beachworld Residential; and NAI Hunneman’s Investment Services Group brokers a $1.6 million sale of a four-unit condo building.

For anyone seeking evidence of a strong market for pedestrian-friendly, urban lifestyles in Dallas, ample proof is provided by the BLVD, a new mixed-use development rising in an area of the city near Southern Methodist University and Mockingbird Station.