ORLANDO-Despite 4,000 new units expected to surface by year end, the 140,000-unit metro market continues to attract investors who have closed 15 sales totaling 3,330 units and valued at $139.3 million in the first half, according to a new analysis by the local office of CB Richard Ellis Inc.

JACKSONVILLE, FL-The locally based retail REIT puts a $103.3 million gross price on the shopping centers totaling 461,534 sf. The transaction gives Regency Centers Corp. a 25% ownership interest in the joint venture relationship with Macquarie CountryWide Trust of Australia.

ATLANTA-The locally based Urban Residential Finance Authority is giving Harold Dawson Co. up to $33.5 million in construction financing to develop a 350-unit multifamily and retail complex at MARTA's Lindbergh Station.

ATLANTA-Apartment developer Novare Group pays locally based Peachtree Portal LP/TCW Realty Advisors $8.2 million, or about $50 per sf for a nearly 3.8-acre site in one of the highest-priced per-acre dirt deals done this year in the central business district.

ORLANDO-Locally based eMax Corp., a holding company for family entertainment and media firms, wants to buy high-equity properties and other income-generating investment assets to take advantage of existing low interest rates.

ATLANTA-Brooks Land Inc., headed by J.D. Brooks, plans 2.1 million sf of commercial, 700 apartment units, 312 townhomes and 711 single-family residences in Chattahoochee Village II, a 725-acre venture off South Fulton Parkway.

JACKSONVILLE, FL-Jacksonville Landing Investments LLC, an affiliate of locally based developer Sleiman Enterprises Inc., pays the Maryland shopping center developer $5 million cash for the 16-year-old Downtown specialty marketplace.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL-With buyers outnumbering sellers, the Miami-based brokerage firm had no problem selling the 60,631-sf Ocean Village neighborhood shopping center to SouthEast Property Associates for $3.45 million or $57 per sf.