ORLANDO-Consultants Robin L. Webb of Winter Park, FL and Sheldon Greene of Miami tell GlobeSt.com concerns by the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau that about one million sf of planned new hotel meeting space won't be filled because of a sharp drop in existing business travel volume are largely unfounded.

DALLAS-August will pass without LaSalle Hotel Properties and Le Meridien sitting down at the conference table, as ordered by the Dallas courts. Conflicts on both sides delay talks as they jockey for a mutually acceptable date.

SEATTLE-After handling two of the three largest computer chip plant dispositions in the United States over the past three years, Colliers International SVP Stephen Rothrock tells GlobeSt.com he's looking to parlay the experience into a specialty.

HOUSTON-On the city's north side, Air Products & Chemicals renews 11,842 sf while a southwest submarket tenant shifts its 15,733-sf office location at 6161 Savoy. The renewal keeps a "no room at the inn" sign hanging on 12600 Northborough Dr.