NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL-The head of a prominent Israel-based equity-management group is one of five individuals now owning a 19.9% interest in the locally based real estate investment trust.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-The joint venture wins the right to negotiate a mixed-used development contract on highly prized city-owned property, a site considered the keystone to a long anticipated economic revitalization along the central Downtown Intracoastal Waterway.

MIAMI-Slack demand and sublease glut is affecting negotiations for class A office space throughout the tri-county region, though asking rents continue to rise in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL--The co-founder of Microsoft Corp. now owns 5.34% of the publicly traded common shares in the locally based developer-operator of extended stay lodging facilities.

MIAMI-A Bankruptcy Court judge authorizes asset-purchase agreements on three more stores as the Fort Lauderdale-based floral retailer continues to reorganize its assets.

MIAMI-Slack demand and sublease glut is affecting negotiations for class A office space throughout the tri-county region, though asking rents continue to rise in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

MIAMI-A new South Florida market survey projects an overall increase in asking rents for industrial-warehouse space through the end of the year, though the average vacancy rate also is expected to rise.

MIAMI-The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to issue a draft