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Washington, D.C. – An estimated 184 million viewers will watch Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday, Feb. 1. According to NRF’s Super Bowl Spending Survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, average viewer spending will reach a survey high of $77.88, up from $68.27 in 2013.

Total spending is expected to reach $14.3 billion. Young adults ages 18-24 plan on spending an average of $95.92; those ages 25-34 and 35-44, however, will spend slightly more at an average of $101.54 and $102.82, respectively.

Spokane, Wash. -- Ecova announced it has been selected Chuck E. Cheese’s to provide utility expense and data management services. Ecova will assist the dining and entertainment company in monitoring, understanding and reducing energy use at approximately 525 locations nationwide.

Romeoville, Chicago -- Mid-America Real Estate Corporation’s Investment Sales team recently brokered the sale of Carillon Court located in Romeoville, Illinois. Scottsdale-based Sand Capital purchased the 29,209-sq.-ft. neighborhood shopping center.

Carillon Court is located at the northwest corner of 135th and Weber Road in the Chicago MSA. The center is tenanted by Allstate Insurance, Comcast, Stella’s Bar & Grill, Essential Chiropractic Center, and more.

Chicago -- Mid-America Real Estate Corporation’s Investment Sales team recently brokered the sale of The Columbian Retail Shops in Chicago. Chicago-based Newcastle Limited purchased the 6,600-sq.-ft., two-tenant retail property for $2 million.

The Columbian Retail Shops is located at the northwest corner of South Michigan Avenue and East Roosevelt Road in Chicago. The center features retailers Burger Bar and Elements Therapeutic Massage.

Washington, D.C. -- Retail Properties of America, Inc., has it closed on its $162.8-million acquisition of the retail portion of Downtown Crown, a class A mixed-use project located in Gaithersburg, Maryland (Washington, D.C. MSA). RPAI acquired the project from The JBG Companies and JBGR Retail.

St. Paul, Minn. -- Paster Properties announced that Northway Center is undergoing major interior and exterior renovations, scheduled to be completed summer 2015. The 92,197-sq.-ft. center is located in Lexington, Minnesota.

New York -- TGI Fridays Inc., in partnership with Microsoft Corp., is upping its guests’ experience by equipping servers with eight-inch tablets on which they can process orders and payments while at the table and respond promptly to requests. The chain has completed a six-city pilot in Texas and Minnesota, and plans to deploy the tablets in 80 additional restaurants, with more than 2,000 tablets in place by March.

Oak Brook, Ill. - McDonald’s USA is turning to digital menu boards for improved merchandising at more than 14,000 stores. AT&T has collaborated with Stratacache and LG Electronics to provide a completely integrated digital menu board solution.