Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. has been chosen by Duke Realty to provide a trifecta of real estate services for the company’s 1 million-square-foot office portfolio in metropolitan Cleveland. JLL’s assignment includes agency leasing, property management and project development services.

Amid the European sovereign debt crisis, opportunities exist for commercial real estate investors on the continent, according to panelists speaking during a session at the 2012 ULI Spring meeting in Charlotte, N.C.

The brokerage and property-management divisions of the Inland Cos., based in Milwaukee, are the latest addition to Colliers International’s roster of affiliates.

Jamestown has purchased the brand-new office building at 733 10th St., NW, handing over $140 million to Skanska USA for the 171,171-square-foot property.

Rockwood Capital L.L.C. recently shelled out $90 million to acquire a vacant 500,000-square-foot Silicon Valley office campus that will be redeveloped into a Class A property.

E-tailing giant Amazon will be adding two fulfillment centers of about 1 million square feet each in California — with more locations on the way. And though the two facilities are of similar size, the two locations are substantially different.

Fragrance and cosmetics company Coty Inc. has just signed a deal with Malkin Holdings L.L.C., supervisor of the Empire State Building, to expand its occupancy at the iconic skyscraper by approximately 120,000 square feet.

KBS REIT III has just purchased the 175,262-square-foot The McEwen Building in Franklin, Tenn., 15 miles south of Nashville, from Denver-based Amstar for $40 million.

The co-sponsors of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc. purchased five medical-office buildings located in California, Arizona and Texas for an aggregate price of $52.5 million. With the purchase, the REIT now holds 76 properties with a total purchased value of $715 million.

Fanfare aside, the building’s new stature as Manhattan’s tallest provides an opportunity to take stock of the world’s most closely watched redevelopment site.