MIAMI-Owner CSC Brazilian LP plans to convert the 76-year-old, 103-room hotel in Palm Beach into luxury condominiums after investing $10 million into ongoing renovations. The late Gary Cooper, Cary Grant and Richard Nixon have been among the property's guests.

CHICAGO-Firms that once determined their space needs using a ratio of 900 sf per attorney or more are cutting back, with 70% allocating less than 800 sf per attorney, according to a report by Julien J. Studley, Inc.

FOOTHILL RANCH, CA-The Newport Beach investment firm buys the 208,620-sf, recently completed Foothill Plaza office center from an affiliate of Searles DevCorp., also of Newport Beach, with plans to finance its lease-up for a future sale.

MIAMI-The company will continue to occupy the 36,000-sf in Pompano Beach, FL, for a year, at which time the new Fort Lauderdale owners will find another tenant.