ORLANDO-Duke Properties Inc. of suburban Winter Park, FL, an industrial-focused firm, and Morbitzer Group, a Maitland, FL-based company specializing in retail management, are merging into Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT in Winter Park.

NEW YORK CITY-The city has experienced a 24% jump in office leasing activity and sublease-space reductions this year, bringing confidence back to the market, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA-Michael G. Mortimer, who joined the locally based retail REIT as property accountant in 1995 and was promoted to controller in 1999, has been named VP. He will continue to serve as controller, responsible for SEC compliance.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-The Chicago-based multifamily owner secures its sixth Valley property as part of a one-day shopping spree that netted 33 deeds in the US. The Arizona purchase is the 644-unit, class A Scottsdale Greens.