ORLANDO-The locally based national wholesale distributor of construction and industrial real estate materials posted first-quarter sales of $790 million compared with $775 million a year ago.

ATLANTA-One Liberty Properties Inc. of Great Neck, NY. paid an undisclosed seller $14.1 million or $160.23 per sf for the 88,000-sf, 24-screen AMC Southlake Pavilion 24 Theatre in Morrow, GA.

WASHINGTON, DC-The National Association of Realtors announces its plan to construct its own $45 million headquarters on a parcel of land just blocks away from the Capitol. Upon its projected completion in 2004, NAR will occupy 33,000 sf of the 93,000-sf building, leaving the rest open for lease.

SANTA ROSA, CA-The purchase of 149 homes by Pacifica Co. from Japanese billionaire Genshiro Kawamoto came as good news to renters of the complex who were faced with eviction. Now they will be given the option to buy the homes or continue renting.