Michael DeMasi in The Business Review reports that a deal for a Hannaford shopping center on Route 9 in Columbia County topped a list of real estate deals in an 11-county region around Albany in 2011. Kinderhook LLC paid $9.49 million to Widewaters Kinderhook Co. for the 19.1-acre shopping center. The report is based on information provided by the New York State Board of Real Property Tax Services. Widewaters is the company that developed Greenport Commons, the Fairview Ave. shopping center with Wal-Mart, Kohl's, and other stores. Read Demasi's article in The Business Review.