ATLANTA-As vice president/marketing and content, Lynn Leonard will be responsible for monitoring conditions and opportunities in the 80 cities NewBridge Retail Advisors covers in the Southeast/Mid-Atlantic region.

ORLANDO-Columbus, OH developer Ronald A. Pizzuti couldn't be reached at GlobeSt.com's publication deadline to comment on growing speculation that at least three national developers are inquiring about his vacant Downtown 5.64-acre pad across from the $200 million, 25-story Orange County Courthouse complex.

MIAMI-The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors selects the Lincoln Property Co. vice presidents for their efforts in leasing the entire spec-built, 138,140-sf, class A, Cambridge Executive Center II in December 2001 to Citrix Systems Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, FL for 15 years.

ORLANDO-The Windermere, FL-based co-CEO of Watertown, MA-based Primix Solutions Inc. is waiting on city approval for Veranda Park, a planned eight-building, 550-apartment urban village-concept venture comprising 383,206 sf of commercial; 300,000 sf of retail; parking garage; movie theatre and post office in southwest Orlando, 15 minutes from Walt Disney World.

ORLANDO-After a failed federal mediation session, about 400 housekeepers, seamstresses, laundry workers and public-area attendants have rejected a three-year contract for the second time offered by hotel owners Tishman Hotel & Realty Corp. and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., both New York-based firms.

MIAMI-The Englewood, CO-based developer/investor sold the 221-unit, 96%-leased Cameron Cove Apartments in Davie, FL, Broward County to Henderson Investors North America Inc. of Hartford, CT for $57,692 per unit.

ORLANDO-The 52-year-old Broward County developer and Jacksonville-based Hallmark Partners, headed by Jeffrey Conn, plan to break ground on the 67,521-sf Deerwood Lake Commons in September.

ORLANDO-Apartment developer Jay Royall has contracted with Orlando Sentinel Communications Inc. to buy a prime 1.74-acre parcel for an estimated $3.4 million ($45 per sf), up from the $3 million price ($1.72 million per acre; $40 per sf), the seller paid for the land in 1999.