FT. LAUDERDALE, FL-Ellen Rivera, a senior property manager at Transwestern, tells GlobeSt.com the building owner invested $2 million to make the building more energy-efficient.

MIAMI-Lyle Stern, a broker at the Miami Beach-based Koniver Stern Group, tells GlobeSt.com that Whole Foods first inked a deal at the Met in 2004—but backed out when the economy shifted.

ORLANDO-Anne Deason Spencer, vice president of the Office Services Group at Grubb & Ellis, tells GlobeSt.com that activity in some Orlando submarkets is picking up despite major homebuilders vacating space.

SUNNY ISLES, FL-Five hundred of the 1,800-plus Trump condo units in Sunny Isles sit empty. More than half of those units are in the completely empty Trump Tower III.

MIAMI-Alex Morcate, a senior financial analyst at Colliers International South Florida, tells GlobeSt.com that Dade County is flat across the board and may not see a growth for another few quarters.

Edward Scott, Kislak Mortgage's new senior vice president and southeast divisional manager, tells GlobeSt.com the firm will compete for residential loans with quick turn around loan approvals.

Jake Reid, senior director of Franklin Street’s Atlanta office, tells GlobeSt.com, that AREA chose multifamily properties in submarkets that are outperforming the Atlanta metro norm.

Tom O’Loughlin, a senior associate at the Industrial Properties group in the Ft. Lauderdale offices of CB Richard Ellis, tells GlobeSt.com the EWE Warehouse got a strong basis that paved the way for an attractive long-term lease.