KISSIMMEE, FL-In-room food and beverage spending by guests at the three-year-old, 1,406-room resort and convention center improves the resort's revenue per available room in the second quarter, reports the hotel's parent, Nashville-based Gaylord Entertainment Co.

MARIETTA, GA-The city is selling the 12-acre former Johnny Walker Homes public housing site south of Downtown for $3 million to Alpharetta-based Myrick Co. Myrick plans to develop 50,000 sf of retail space and 65 homes in the $340,000 to $500,000 price range in a $31-million project.

MARIETTA, GA-The city is selling the 12-acre former Johnny Walker Homes public housing site south of Downtown for $3 million to Alpharetta-based Myrick Co. Myrick plans to develop 50,000 sf of retail space and 65 homes in the $340,000 to $500,000 price range in a $31-million project.

ORLANDO-The second largest hotel real estate investment trust in the US reports solid RevPAR growth of 7.8%, coupled with a vibrant 31.5% hotel and resort EBITDA margin for the period ended June 30. Net income rose 1,398% to $32.9 million for the quarter and increased 710% to $41.8 million year-to-date.

DUNWOODY, GA-The 268-unit, 95%-leased Lake Ridge at Dunwoody property generates an $86,567-per-unit price for the Denver-based investor-developer which is closing out one of its several funds.

ORLANDO-Locally based Hard Rock International Inc. joint ventures with Madrid-based Sol Melia Hotels and Resorts to develop 'lifestyle' Hard Rock hotels at select resorts owned by Vancouver, BC-based Intrawest Corp.

ORLANDO-Locally based Hard Rock International Inc. joint ventures with Madrid-based Sol Melia Hotels and Resorts to develop 'lifestyle' Hard Rock hotels at select resorts owned by Vancouver, BC-based Intrawest Corp.

DECATUR, GA-The local office of Skanska USA Building Inc. has broken ground on a five-story, 110,000-sf building that will house six courtrooms, 25 holding cells and various administrative areas at 4390 Memorial Dr.