ORLANDO-Controversial Brazilian developer/owner Sergio Naya projects his ailing two-building Sandy Lake Towers, in south Orlando will reach 65% occupancy by March if he can get a $7 million loan to complete the second tower, under construction for the past 10 years.

TAVARES, FL-Greens can't be irrigated with water from the upper Florida Aquifier. Developers must use reclaimed or city-treated water and dig deeper irrigation wells. Native plants and wildlife must be protected.

ORLANDO-Private investors are looking for going-in returns in the 9%-plus range while property sellers think 8.5% or less is fair, based on the current level of interest rates, according to a a new analysis by the Orlando office of Grubb & Ellis Co.

ORLANDO-The Central Florida chapter also recognized Gran Park in South Orlando, with 600,000 sf of class A office, as the outstanding business hub in metro Orlando; and Flagler Development Co. of St. Augustine, Gran Park's developer.

ORLANDO-The tilt-wall project in western Brooksville, FL, 80 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando, will have 41,500 sf of air-conditioned warehouse space for production, inventory control, shipping and receiving. Office space will account for the remaining 18,500 sf.

DAYTONA BEACH, FL-The St. Louis-based hotel chain originally agreed to pay Florida's black colleges and the plaintiffs a total $8 million a year ago before a federal judge threw out the case on a legal technicality. Adam's Mark denies the discrimination charges.

ORLANDO-Private investors are looking for going-in returns in the 9%-plus range while property sellers think 8.5% or less is fair, based on the current level of interest rates, according to a a new analysis by the Orlando office of Grubb & Ellis Co.

ORLANDO-Chicago-based CCIM is allocating one third of its 2002 national advertising campaign to attract minority candidates to its designation program. Meanwhile, executive suites are largely void of minority faces.