ORLANDO-The host of TV's Bill Nye the Science Guy charged the theme park company illegally used his likeness on attractions at Epcot at Lake Buena Vista, FL. Disney denied the allegations. The suit sought $500,000. Settlement terms weren't disclosed.

ORLANDO-GC Cos. of Chestnut Hill, MA, parent of General Cinema Theaters Inc., is shuttering four local properties today with a total 28 screens after apparently failing to find a buyer for the financially-strapped assets. The other theaters are in Boca Raton, Coral Gables, Plantation and Palm Beach Gardens.

ORLANDO-The host of TV's Bill Nye the Science Guy charged the theme park company illegally used his likeness on attractions at Epcot at Lake Buena Vista, FL. Disney denied the allegations. The suit sought $500,000. Settlement terms weren't disclosed.

ORLANDO-GC Cos. of Chestnut Hill, MA, parent of General Cinema Theaters Inc., is shuttering four local properties today with a total 28 screens after apparently failing to find a buyer for the financially-strapped assets. The other theaters are in Boca Raton, Coral Gables, Plantation and Palm Beach Gardens.

CLERMONT, FL-The $1-billion, nine-year-old mixed-use planned venture loses a final request to Lake County commissioners for a five-year extension after landowners disclose they can't meet a Dec. 18 state-mandated deadline to start building.

ORLANDO-The Indianapolis-based developer is entering the robust Lakeland, FL warehouse market with a 166,800-sf building on a 9.95-acre parcel in Lakeland Interstate Business Park, strategically located between Orlando and Tampa.

LEESBURG, FL-After second thoughts on a land deal that sounded too sweet for the "mystery buyer" in the first place, city commissioners have postponed a vote on a transaction that is slowly taking on a life of its own. The buyer is believed to be Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

LEESBURG, FL-The 70-year-old, two-story, 10,000-sf structure, vacant since 1967, has been purchased by Leesburg Regional Medical Center for its maintenance, security and construction departments.