ORLANDO-New suburban residential development is opening up large parcels for commercial ventures especially in the submarkets of Pasco/New Tampa, Brandon/Southeast, Citrus Park, 4th Street-St. Petersburg and Lakewood Ranch in Sarasota/Manatee.

AUSTIN-The Texas Health and Human Services Commission takes 5,115 sf while Quantitative Environmental Analysis of Montvale, NJ, signs for 1,434 sf. The state agency space complements 41,064 sf in a neighboring building.

BALTIMORE, MD-Constellation Energy Group's subsidiary Constellation Health Services leaves the assisted-living property business with the disposition of 15 such complexes in a $77-million deal. Five Star Quality Care and Senior Housing Properties Trust acquire the facilities in a joint transaction.

MIAMI-The redevelopment will involve demolishing a 10,000-sf building, a process that began Oct. 25; building a parking lot; renovating the 30-year-old former Jacobson's building; and building a 6,000-sf outparcel. The $3.5-million project is scheduled to be complete next summer.