In two separate transactions, SL Green finalized previously announced deals in its prime hunting ground, Midtown New York City.

Near the close of yesterday’s markets, Jamestown Properties and Rockwood Capital announced the $390 million acquisition of 530 Fifth Ave. — also known as the Bank of New York Building — which is soon to undergo a $20 million renovation to bring the property to Class A standards.

Eight years after selling The Plaza at Legacy in Plano, Texas, Hines has welcomed the 215,000-square-foot office property back into its portfolio.

CoSentry, an Omaha-based provider of data center, cloud computing, co-location and managed-Internet services, has purchased a 57,500-square-foot former light industrial building in Lenexa, Kan., for use as a data center.

Capitalizing on the increased need for both office and retail space, Hines has partnered with DLF Ltd. to begin construction on One Horizon Center, which will be located southwest of New Delhi in Gurgaon.

Three real estate industry veterans have joined forces on the launching of a new services firm, Serten Advisors, designed to provide commercial real estate services exclusively to tenants in metropolitan Washington, D.C.

In a $66 million deal that completes the second phase of the Scottsdale Promenade sale, Lucescu Realty has sold the Promenade Corporate Center to Excel Trust, a publicly traded REIT.

After acquiring New York City’s Clock Tower building at 5 Madison Ave. in 2007 for $200 million, Africa Israel USA has sold the property to Marriott International for $165 million.

While there’s been speculation as to whether 3 World Trade Center will cap at seven stories, rather than its planned 80, the project’s goal is still very much alive, according to Silverstein Properties’ CEO Larry Silverstein.

Following on the heels of reports that call for an uptick in industrial activity for 2012, Trammell Crow and USAA Real Estate have announced the groundbreaking on a 700,000-square-foot Class A spec distribution facility at Mountain Creek Distribution Center in Carlisle, Pa.