CORAL SPRINGS, FL-Ralph Engelstad, a former University of North Dakota hockey star who became a prominent Las Vegas property owner, has sold his 271,815-sf Florida Sunrise Tower here to Preferred Coral Springs 1 for $57.36 per sf. Coral Springs is 40 miles north of Downtown Miami.

ORLANDO-The selection of this 100,000-hotel room tourist mecca over neighboring Tampa, FL and Lakeland, FL is a foregone conclusion and could be unanimous, say academic insiders. An estimated $1 billion in new commercial development hinges on the outcome.

ORLANDO-Orange County Circuit Court Judge Ted Coleman denies the theme park operator's motion to dismiss ne of the steepest civil case awards in Florida legal annals.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL-The arrangement with Aerojet-General Corp. of Sacramento, CA would have increased P&W's 1,150-person engineering/technician work force here to 1,600, and required estimated expansion plant space of 100,000 sf, according to industry sources familiar with the transaction.

BOCA RATON, FL-Five-year-old WinVista Corp.'s Protection Interface program allows recipients to respond to messages but blocks them from printing, cutting and pasting the transmission.

ORLANDO-The phased transfer next year by Florida Power Corp. is expected to bring about 165,000 sf of vacant space on the market statewide with about 40,000 sf in Central Florida.

ORLANDO-After nine months of talks with residents and planners, Orange County commissioners are allowing Campus Crusade for Christ to develop an estimated $1-billion commercial venture.

ORLANDO-Orlando Utilities Commission and Southern Co. of Atlanta plan to jointly build a $250 million, 632 megawatts natural gas-fired electric plant in southeast Orange County. The announcement follows previously-announced plans by Charlotte-based Duke Energy to build a $180 million, 640 megawatts facility in neighboring Lake County, 32 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando.