MIAMI-The Pittsburgh, PA-based global organization is taking the space in the multi-building, 1.1 million-sf Downtown complex for 15 years at an estimated aggregate rent of $30 million. The lease is the largest Downtown office deal in the past 14 months, area brokers tell GlobeSt.com.

ORLANDO-Suburban pockets with strong population growth and large tracts (50 acres or more) to accommodate superstores and home improvement centers will be taking play away from most urban areas, predicts a new study by Orlando-based St. Joe Commercial.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-James G. Centanni Jr., a former New Jersey-based architect with 24 years of industry experience, will head the new branch as a company vice president.

ORLANDO-Only 20 multifamily properties were sold in 2001, the lowest number in four years, a new CB Richard Ellis Inc. analysis shows. But average closing prices on units that sold were the highest at $59,854.

ORLANDO-The New York-based lender solved Michael Collard Properties' acquisition dilemma by providing a $5.5 million loan at 7% interest, amortized over 25 years. The developer will use the funds to renovate and re-tenant two newly acquired neighborhood shopping centers.

ORLANDO-U.S. District Judge Ann Aldrich rules Donna Yun has to come up with the money by Feb. 19 or face a jail term. A federal jury in December 2000 found Yun and former colleague Jerry Burch had violated Securities and Exchange regulations on insider trading involving stock purchases of New York-based Scholastic Corp.

MIAMI-The locally based telecommunications management and real estate company lost $33.9 million in the first nine months of 2001 compared to a loss of $32.2 million in the same 2000 period. Third-quarter Data Center revenue is up 72% to $700,000 from $400,000 in the same 2000 period.

ATLANTA-North American Properties is attracting national retailers to its planned $90 million, 750,000-sf, 92-acre power center at Interstate 285 and Camp Creek Parkway, Atlanta's newest retail hotbed.