ORLANDO-Good apartment development sites continue to be in short supply in some growth areas but leading the 2003 recovery in the Southeast will be Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Dallas, Memphis, Nashville, Orlando and Raleigh, the Central Florida chapter president of NAIOP tells GlobeSt.com.

ORLANDO-Good apartment development sites continue to be in short supply in some growth areas but leading the 2003 recovery in the Southeast will be Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Dallas, Memphis, Nashville, Orlando and Raleigh, the Central Florida chapter president of NAIOP tells GlobeSt.com.

ORLANDO-The vice president of Grubb & Ellis Co.'s industrial sector in Tampa, FL is credited with coordinating the growth of the 550-member Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of Realtors.

ORLANDO-The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority is negotiating a 10-year concessions contract with Bethesda, MD-based HMS Host Corp. which is guaranteeing GOAA $5.25 million; and an eight-year contract with Los Angeles-based Westfield Concession Management Inc. to manage 28,000 sf of retail.

ORLANDO-An estimated two million sf of commercial and retail will complement 27,896 acres of planned projects totaling 58,216 residences in the two counties which combined have a permanent population of only 300,000.

ORLANDO-The Bradenton, FL-based firm, on Florida's southwest coast, has a one-year deal with four renewal options to provide the department with financial and market data on New York City's 930,000 individual properties.

ORLANDO-Randall C. "Randy" Morris, Seminole County commissioner since 1994, had his $50 million development approved after discussing the project by phone with a fellow commissioner--an alleged violation of Florida's Sunshine Law, the commissioner's critics charge.

ORLANDO-The world's largest casual seafood dining chain (1,216 restaurants) has about 25 Smokey Bones outlets, 12 Red Lobsters and five Bahama Breezes on the drawing boards for fiscal 2003, company chairman Joe R. Lee tells shareholders.