ATHENS, GA-The Gwinnett County developer forms a 20-member Georgia Brain Train Trust to design a route over existing CSX Corp. rail lines. The route would run from 12 Metro Atlanta stations 60 miles northeast to Athens. Morsberger sources tell GlobeSt.com the project conceivably could generate about $5 billion in economic growth over 15 years.

ORLANDO-The unprecedented surge comprises at least 7,522 rooms at six locations surrounding the Orange County Convention Center on International Drive. Currently only about 2,000 luxury-caliber hotel rooms exist on the tourist-themed strip, according to new GlobeSt.com research.

ORLANDO-The unprecedented surge comprises at least 7,522 rooms at six locations surrounding the Orange County Convention Center on International Drive. Currently only about 2,000 luxury-caliber hotel rooms exist on the tourist-themed strip, according to new GlobeSt.com research.

ORLANDO-Orlando Neighborhood Improvement Corp. pays RHA/Affordable Housing III Inc. a below-replacement cost of $53,230 per unit for the 144-unit Hollowbrook Apartments and the 100-unit Maitland Oaks. Both class B properties are 99% occupied.

SUWANEE, GA-The joint venture signs the US headquarters company of Japan-based Mycoal Products Corp. to a 10-year lease with an estimated value of $5 million. The deal involves space at an under-construction 88,426-sf build-to-suit at the 60-acre Horizon Creek Distribution Center here.

ORLANDO-University of Central Florida officials and a private company are partnering for the purchase of the 290-room inn that has served business travelers since 1957, sources tell GlobeSt.com. Plans include converting the hotel into a 250-bed dormitory for UCF students attending the school's new Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy.

DeKALB COUNTY, GA-The Bentonville, AR-based retailer opens a $15-million, 214,000-sf supercenter at Gresham Road and Interstate 20, the company's first store inside the Perimeter. Similar-sized stores are set to open in early 2007 at I-75 and Howell Mill Road and in Chamblee at Peachtree Industrial Boulevard near I-285.

DeKALB COUNTY, GA-The Bentonville, AR-based retailer opens a $15-million, 214,000-sf supercenter at Gresham Road and Interstate 20, the company's first store inside the Perimeter. Similar-sized stores are set to open in early 2007 at I-75 and Howell Mill Road and in Chamblee at Peachtree Industrial Boulevard near I-285.