STAFFORD, TX-No one's talking the selling price, but the asking price was $6.5 million for a 31-year-old, 152-unit multifamily property in Stafford. The Ohio buyer gets a 98%-occupied property flanked by class A product in a market of short supply.

HOUSTON-The premier Williams Tower gets a 5,021-sf tenant, Best of Health, while a Port Arthur, TX retail store corners a buyer. A Washington state broker negotiates with Colliers Oxford on the sale of the 7,469-sf building, leased to Blockbuster.

ORLANDO- While some industrial markets across the nation are bleeding due to the sluggish economy and events of Sept. 11th, Orlando's industrial market has remained strong thanks to good leasing activity and watchful developers.

TAMPA- While industrial distribution space is often largely concentrated on big boxes, one Tampa-based real estate professional is finding that smaller, flexible spaces can prove to be a profitable niche.

ORLANDO- Orlando moves forward into the fourth quarter cautiously, having experienced a moderate decline in third quarter numbers and the emergence of significant sublease space.

HOUSTON-Hines duplicates the flair of its high-end Texas Gallerias in a 941,000-sf retail venue in Barcelona. The unveiling is the first component to an 84-acre, mixed-use development. Diagonal Mar Centre boasts 240-plus stores.

JACKSONVILLE, FL- Southern-based Bank of America has been named top Florida lender by the federal Small Business Administration. The bank's practice of handing out smaller loans to more businesses helped it to win the top honor.

HOUSTON-Milestone Distributors, headquartered in Dallas, is consolidating two Houston locations into a 30,137-sf office, showroom and distribution spot at the 28-acre Bondeson Business Park in the city's northwest submarket.