ATLANTA-The 37-year-old, six-building, 2.6-million-sf office and retail complex at 229 Peachtree St., Downtown, wins international recognition in the one-million-sf category. New York-based Colonnade Properties acquired Peachtree Center in 1998.

DAYTONA BEACH, FL-The privately held Seattle-based hotel management and development company is putting $7 million into renovating the 214-room, 31-year-old hotel which will be renamed the Shores Resort & Spa on Jan. 1, 2005. The franchise contract between Noble and Hilton ends on that date.

ATLANTA-Integral Group, the developer for Big Bethel AME Church's $45-million, 200-unit condominium enterprise on the street that fostered the civil rights movement of the 1960s, will preserve the 49B Bell Building, the Casino Social Club and the Mutual Federal Savings and Loan Building.

LUTZ, FL-The 13-year-old New York-based investment opportunity fund pays MLG Capital of Brookfield, WI $11.2 million, or $47,447 per unit, for the 235-unit structure that is part of the two-building 448-unit Palms at Livingston garden apartment.

BRASELTON, GA-DIM Vastgoed NV grows its Atlanta area real estate holdings to $43 million with the $13.3-million purchase of the Vineyards Shopping Center at Chateau Elan, a 79,046-sf property in this suburb about 30 miles northeast of Downtown Atlanta.

ORLANDO-RMC Property Group Inc. has filed preliminary development plans with the city for a 303-unit, 16-story condominium complex that will have 38,000 sf of retail and 3,100 sf of office space in the historic Thornton Park district.

ATLANTA-With the July 20 primary elections approaching, the 300-member, locally based, pro-development organization is asking county commission candidates in nine metro counties for their opinions on newly planned projects.

ORLANDO-The Montvale, NJ-based investor buys an 858-unit, strongly leased five-property apartment portfolio from A&M Properties of Lakeland, FL for $34 million or about $39,685 per unit. The Apartment Group of Orlando brokered the seven-month transaction.