ORLANDO-Elected officials in the Lake County city of 18,000 permanent residents, 45 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando, expect to borrow $10 million to fund the capital improvements that will cover 152 projects.

ATLANTA-The Los Angeles-based firm paid Kingston Atlanta Partners an estimated $58 million or about $141 per sf for the 379,000-sf, seven-story Midtown office/retail building at Peachtree and 17th streets.

ATLANTA-Eagle Land Group plans a 505-acre venture, while Brayson Homes prepares to open three new townhome communities and Steve Nygren asks the Atlanta Regional Commission to review his 225-acre undertaking.

ORLANDO-Locally based Unicorp National Developments Inc. plans 450,000 sf of retail, office, restaurants and apartments within the 52-acre, 1,200-residential unit Village Center expected to break ground this month at the former Orlando Naval Training Center site.

ORLANDO-Rob Miller, whose $1.1-billion World Expo Center bombed in 2001, is back on the development scene, this time offering his prime, 850-acre Osceola Trace tract near Walt Disney World to undisclosed investors.

ORLANDO-Brokerages are teaming seasoned pros with entry level agents because deals in 2003 will be more complex as clients demand specialized services and greater detailed information before a deal is done, former president of NAIOP tells GlobeSt.com.

ORLANDO-R.J. Twitty handled $368.2 million in income-property. However, Twitty/Orlando president Mark L. Findura says 2003 may be "a question-mark year" for the entire industry.

ORLANDO-In some of the biggest, quickest deals done in metro Orlando in a decade, CNL Financial and its entities have closed and contracted to buy $380 million in hospitality and senior housing properties in 13 states.