CRESTVIEW, FL-One of North Florida's largest private property owners, the chairman of the Escambia County board of commissioners and former president of the Florida Senate, is fighting his conviction on bribery and corruption charges involving two land deals totaling $6.2 million.

PETERSBURG, VA-Longtime area resident Boehringer Ingelheim Chemicals Inc. will spend $52 million to open a new manufacturing facility at is plant in Petersburg Industrial Park.

BIRMINGHAM, MI-The first attached townhouse buildings are almost complete in the initial phase of the new Eton Street Station community. Final development will have 18 buildings of offices and multifamily living.

LONDON-Is the residential market running out of steam? House prices in England and Wales fell in May for the second consecutive month, property company Hometrack says in a report