MIAMI-The overall vacancy rate stayed at 9.4% for the county in the first quarter, compared with the same time in 2002. Net absorption was negative 492,173 sf in the first quarter, and leasing activity increased by 20% to 1.8 million sf compared with a year ago.

AURORA-The new municipal center, besides being three times the size of the old one, is an anchor of the city's Downtown and "civic campus.

SYDNEY-The tenant rep firm Pullinen Property Group of Sydney, Australia hooks up with TCN Worldwide, becoming the first Australia-based company to affiliate with the international real estate services organization.

HOWELL TOWNSHIP, MI-Lots to be offered by summer if weather cooperates, says builder; new owners