ATLANTA-Advantis Real Estate Services Co. loses third professional in last 18 months to Grubb. The others are Rick Lackey, head of Grubb's Atlanta office and broker John Poulos.

ATLANTA-The forestry equipment manufacturer, owned by Deere & Co., is consolidating existing area offices and leasing 18,272 sf for at least five years at an estimated aggregate rent of $2 million in Brookside/100 at Brookside Concourse, 25 miles north of Downtown.

ATLANTA-Alltel Communications Products has signed a seven-year lease on Meadows X in the Meadows business park at an estimated aggregate rent of $6 million. Area rents are $5.25 per sf to $8.50 per sf.

ATLANTA-The hotel company is the third client contracting for the locally based firm's ePortcard hotel guest comment system. The value of the contract wasn't disclosed.

ATLANTA-After impressive demand during the first three quarters of 2000, the metro market showed signs of slowing in the last three months of the year, according to M/PF Research Inc., a Dallas-based firm. Rents climbed by 3.4% with the average quoted rent at $798 per month.

ATLANTA-The Indianapolis-based REIT and locally-headquarter M.D. Hodges Enterprises Inc. will be erecting a spec five-story, 135,533-sf, class A structure at an estimated construction cost of $13 million at the $1 billion Hillside at Huntcrest mixed-use park in the Interstate 85 corridor of Gwinnett County, 35 miles northeast of Downtown.

ATLANTA-There seems to be no cooling off in the fierce battle among grocery stores in the metro area. The two leaders in the market each plan to open a number of new stores this year.

ATLANTA-Despite a softening construction industry and metro-wide layoffs, occupancy and room rates are expected to increase slightly in 2001, according to a new study by Ernst & Young's Hospitality Services Group here.