FLORIDA SHOPPING CENTER SOLD FOR $37.9 MILLION

WELLINGTON, FLA. — Rockville, Md.-based Federal Realty Investment Trust has acquired the 127,000-square-foot Courtyard Shops, located at 13860 Wellington Trace in Wellington, from an institutional owner for $37.9 million. The 18-year-old center is anchored by a 49,000-square-foot Publix and underwent an expansion in 1998.