MIRAMAR, FL-Minto Villaggio is building a 292-unit rental apartment complex in the Country Lakes West development. A $22.3-million loan, or $76,370 per unit, has been structured to finance the project.

FORT MYERS, FL-Agri-Insurance Co. Ltd is paying $237,500 per acre to buy back 40 acres adjacent to 1,200 acres that it recently sold for about $12,000 per acre near Southwest Florida International Airport, Florida Gulf Coast University and a future mall.

MIAMI-The $12 million development is being built by Tennessee-based Kendall Resort Hotel Ltd. on 21.9 acres owned by Sundale Ltd. The number of rooms weren't disclosed.

MIAMI-The Miami-Dade County commission has submitted tentative plans for commercial development on a portion of the former Homestead Air Force Base--and the plans don't include a commercial airport.

BOCA RATON, FL-The Cornerstone Group plans to put 246 rental units and 15,000 sf of retail space on this 12-acre site in Lauderdale Lakes, which it has purchased from New York-based Urban America for $158,333 per acre or $3.64 per sf.

LANTANA, FL-Locally based Southeast Property Associates paid $48.88 per sf for the 147,285 sf shopping center in central Palm Beach County.

JENSEN BEACH, FL-If a state court's order stands, builders say it could be used as a tool by environmental activists and other anti-growth foes, much like the issues of endangered species and wetlands.

JENSEN BEACH, FL-Thomas Thomson, chairman, Thomson Corp., is appealing the ruling to the Florida Supreme Court. His investment of $3.3 million and the construction of 14 additional buildings are at stake in a smoking controversy that will affect the entire multifamily development industry in the state, lawyers following the case tell GlobeSt.com.