WEST PALM BEACH, FL-Cincinnati-based developer is reportedly approaching property owners on buying existing buildings along Clematis and Datura streets in the heart of West Palm Beach, as well as land once proposed for a downtown arena. But landowners and the developer aren't talking.

BOYNTON BEACH, FL-The North Wilkesboro, NC-based home improvement chain has broken ground on an estimated 150,000-sf, $9 million super-center on a 15-acre site in Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, about 60 miles north of Downtown Miami. The site is across the street from an existing two-building Home Depot location. A spring opening is planned.

BOCA RATON, FL-If they are all built, this south Palm Beach County city's downtown area would gain three mixed-use developments totaling 347,350 sf and 459 apartment units. The estimated hard cost construction value of the apartments alone is $70 million.

MIAMI-As the office market tightens and some dot.coms fold, landlords are becoming more selective, asking for longer-term leases, larger security deposits and even letters of credit.

MIAMI-ESA Florida of Spartanburg, S.C. pays Coolidge-South Market Equities of Scarsdale, N.Y. $4.42 million for a 1.55-acre site planned for a six-story Extended Stay America Hotel. The land price equates to $65.46 psf.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-South Florida's building boom may bear part of the blame for an increase in fatal accidents at area construction sites as heavy demand for personnel and a tight labor market impact worker training.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL-The October opening of the $550 million CityPlace in this city's downtown will also launch the rollout of six urban mixed-use developments created by developers Stephen M. Ross and Kenneth A. Himmel.

FORT LAUDERDALE-Fortune magazine ranks five-year-old Extended Stay America Inc. among the 100 fastest-growing companies.