TAMPA, FL-The Tampa office of Advantis Real Estate Services Co. has won the exclusive sales listing for a 1.3-acre (57,200 sf) tract adjacent to the Florida State Fairgrounds and a quarter mile south of the proposed $50 million hospitality venture. Tampa is 80 miles west of Downtown Orlando.

CHARLOTTE-The North Carolina-based online commercial real estate finance provider and the Melville, NY-based consulting group of 1,000 national associates will share expertise in offering mutual clients a smorgasboard of funding services.

ATLANTA-The three-year-old, multifamily developer names Bernard Felder, former senior vice president, Banc of America Community Development Corp., Charlotte, to head the new division.

ORLANDO-Look for dirt prices to shoot up over the next 18 months, predicts George D. Livingston, founder/chairman, Realvest Partners Inc., Maitland, FL. Average industrial parcels in established parks are going from $2 per sf to $12 per sf in high-profile locations, GlobeSt.com research finds.

ORLANDO-The New Castle, DE-based firm pays Airport International Park of Orlando $2.03 million or $89,823 per acre ($2.06 per sf) for a 22.6-acre parcel on the west side of Orlando International Airport, the area's newest commercial hot spot.

ATLANTA-John O'Keefe, a north Fulton County office leasing specialist, has traded jerseys and today runs the leasing and marketing division of Highwoods Properties' Atlanta division.

ORLANDO-With most certificates of deposit in the 5% range and money market funds at the 3.5% to 4% interest level, investors are taking a second look at real estate investment trusts which have been averaging over 5% overall, industry sources tell GlobeSt.com.

ORLANDO-Look for dirt prices to shoot up over the next 18 months, predicts George D. Livingston, founder/chairman, Realvest Partners Inc., Maitland, FL. Average industrial parcels in established parks are going from $2 per sf to $12 per sf in high-profile locations, GlobeSt.com research finds.