ATLANTA-Stephen Fleetwood, associate director at global real estate adviser DTZ, says green is in, but benchmarking against sustainability efforts is not lining up with the buzz.

MIAMI-James Soble, a real estate attorney in the Tampa office of Ruden McClosky, tells GlobeSt.com investors could get the $160 million notes for 50% of face value.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-Guarantee Insurance is quadrupling its office space and adding 50 new employees at Las Olas City Centre.

MIAMI-JLL's Richard Schuchts tells GlobeSt.com there's a pot of gold in Miami called life sciences that commercial brokers can pull from as the market transitions.

ATLANTA-Tyrone Rachal, president of Imagine Downtown, tells GlobeSt.com that public-private partnerships are spurring new development in the urban core.

ORLANDO-Thomas Chatmon, executive director of the Downtown Development Board, tells GlobeSt.com that the Amway Center is helping to revitalize downtown Orlando's retail market.

MT. DORA, FL-Peter Borzak, co-founder and principal of Pine Tree Realty, spoke with GlobeSt.com just moments after closing the firm's first Florida retail deal in 2010.

HENDERSONVILLE, NC-Larry Curry, an investment specialist in Marcus & Millichap's Tampa office, tells GlobeSt.com cap rates are dropping quickly on highly competitive credit tenant deals.