ORLANDO-South Orange County's 81-building, 7.5-million-sf market ends the third quarter with a vacancy level of 12.45%, the highest since 2003. Net absorption, while positive, is down from second-quarter's 200,370 sf, according to a new analysis by Rebman Properties Inc.

ORLANDO-South Orange County's 81-building, 7.5-million-sf market ends the third quarter with a vacancy level of 12.45%, the highest since 2003. Net absorption, while positive, is down from second-quarter's 200,370 sf, according to a new analysis by Rebman Properties Inc.

ATLANTA-The 16.6-million-sf Downtown submarket finishes the nine-month period with a negative 127,035 sf of absorption and a third-quarter vacancy of 18.36%, according to a new industry analysis by Richard Bowers & Co.

ORLANDO-The days of $50,000-per-acre deals for prime locations in near metro areas in Central Florida are long gone, area developers and marketers tell GlobeSt.com. Prices for well-located developable retail or office-zoned tracts in recently closed transactions average $200,000 per acre or about $4.60 per sf.

MARIETTA, GA-Synergy Lake Oconee LLC buys 1,000 acres on Lake Oconee in Morgan and Putnam counties from Atlanta landowners Jim Combee and Chancey Shepherd for $10.2 million.

TAMPA, FL-Third-quarter net leasing activity totals 1.38 million sf with the Interstate 75 corridor leading the submarkets with 713,166 sf of positive absorption, according to a new study by the Tampa office of Colliers Arnold. Only the 4.3 million-sf North Pinellas market was down with a negative 64,149 sf.

ROSWELL, GA-Charlie Brown and his son, Scott, the first developers of the $2-billion Atlantic Station in Midtown, are talking with Roswell residents and elected officials about developing an estimated $100-million, office-retail-residential enterprise on 107 acres, sources familiar with Roswell City Council activities tell GlobeSt.com.

ROSWELL, GA-Charlie Brown and his son, Scott, the first developers of the $2-billion Atlantic Station in Midtown, are talking with Roswell residents and elected officials about developing an estimated $100-million, office-retail-residential enterprise on 107 acres, sources familiar with Roswell City Council activities tell GlobeSt.com.