ATLANTA-The new office space, preferably in a northern suburb such as Dunwoody, GA would house Cingular's workers at Northpark Town Center where the company and Bellsouth jointly occupy 300,000 sf on a lease that expires in 2002.

BIRMINGHAM, AL-Collateral Mortgage Capital finds financing for apartment properties totaling over 1,000 units in Florida, Texas and Minnesota through Freddie Mac's network of lenders set up in 1993 to handle multifamily product exclusively.

ORLANDO-Arvida Realty Services hospitality specialist Robin L. Webb sees no panic-selling signs in the local lodging industry, even with occupancy rates down and room rates up at the luxury properties.

ATLANTA-The Allentown, PA-based microelectronics firm, formerly part of Lucent Technologies in Murray Hill, NJ, is leasing 45,000 sf for eight years at Hampton Green on Shackleford Road in Gwinnett County.

TAVARES, FL-Locally based Keedy and Rohe will occupy an estimated 15,000 sf in the former Lake Abstract & Title Guaranty Co. building on Main Street in this Lake County seat city of 9,700 permanent residents, 35 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando.

CLERMONT, FL-Lake County rejected Tarmac Center Sand Co.'s 1998 request to expand its 1,300-acre operations by 240 acres because the new pad would back up to a residential neighborhood. Clermont is 25 miles west of Downtown Orlando.

ORLANDO-The comatose economy has caught up to Orlando. In the first-of-a-kind survey, a University of Central Florida business research division ranks Orlando 24th among 61 metro areas having at least 500,000 payroll jobs. The ranking could affect future development growth and leasing activity, the study suggests.

ORLANDO-Arvida Realty Services hospitality specialist Robin L. Webb sees no panic-selling signs in the local lodging industry, even with occupancy rates down and room rates up at the luxury properties.