ATLANTA-Insignia/ESG loses two professionals as John C. Brown moves to Marcus & Millichap, and Tracy Ridgeway joins Advantis/GVA as a director. Lisa Robinson, of Carter & Associates, relocates to Transwestern Commercial Services as vice president of marketing.

HAINES CITY, FL-Boardwalk Land Development Co., a subsidiary of Miami Beach-based Victor Posner Enterprises, starts one of the largest mixed-use ventures attempted in Central Florida in the last five years--a 365-acre community that will house 2.5 million sf of retail, commercial and business park development.

ATLANTA-Although the homes won't be ready for occupancy until next spring, buyers plunked down deposits on 49 units, priced from $140,000 to $300,000 at the planned $73 million, 578-unit Residences at Atlantic Station.

ORLANDO-The New York-based children's cable television network is partnering with principals of the seven-year-old, 800-suite Holiday Inn Family Suites Resort in a $20 million experiment, one mile from Walt Disney World and the $450 million Gaylord Palm Resort and Convention Center.

ORLANDO-Boyland Brown Properties LLC is leasing the land for 20 years with a purchase option and renewable options in a deal valued at $11.9 million.

ORLANDO-The metro area's 28.1-million-sf inventory remains a tenants' market as free rent and other leasing incentives contribute to an improved year-to-date net absorption of 441,838 sf, according to a new report by the local office of Advantis Real Estate Services Co.

ATLANTA-Developers in DeKalb, Cherokee, Henry and Gwinnett counties are asking the Atlanta Review Commission for approval on a mix of separate apartment, housing and shopping center space with an estimated aggregate build-out value of $25 million.

ATLANTA-The locally based Griffin Co. awaits an OK from the Atlanta Regional Commission on the development of a 10-story and a six-story building in suburban Sandy Springs at the site of the former Perimeter Ford dealership.