ORLANDO-John J. Nadler, who rose from branch sales manager seven years ago to president in 1999, tells GlobeSt.com he wants the company to get into project development, title insurance and expand its commercial real estate activities this year.

ORLANDO-Lower cost of capital and lower interest rates will trigger a slight increase in activity this year, but buyers aren't picking up bulk portfolio sales as they did prior to 1999, Ronald J. Rogg tells GlobeSt.com.

ATLANTA-The locally based REIT plans to sell the dogs in its 111-property, 11.9 million-sf portfolio this year so that it can have a better chance of returning to profitability, CEO Craig Macnab states in the Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

ORLANDO-Liquid Audio Inc. of Redwood City, CA is creating the site for the 105-unit, locally based celebrity-themed restaurant chain which claims to have 27 million customers and a music memorabilia collection valued at $32 million.

ORLANDO-Martin J. Kaplan is CEO of Teon Optical Networks Inc. which designs components that speed up data, voice and video signals. Teon is negotiating a multimillion venture capital deal expected to close shortly with an undisclosed partner.

ORLANDO-Most of them weren't 'big deals,' but the brokerage's production covered 72,779 sf in six buildings and helped earn commissions for 10 agents. The locally based firm also completed a $1.5 million office building sale and a $600,000 land transaction.

ATLANTA-The 28-year-old California-based development and investment firm is transferring vice president Court Thomas from corporate to head the new division.

ATLANTA-The 29-year-old, locally based insurance broker will operate as a subsidiary of Wachovia Bank which has dual headquarters in Atlanta and Winston-Salem, NC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.