MIAMI-Wells Operating Partnership of Norcross, GA, controlled by Wells Real Estate Investment Trust, paid Chicago-based Westpoint Building One $13.25 million for the 100,000-sf, two-story structure in Tamarac, FL, a Fort Lauderdale suburb 30 miles north of Downtown Miami.

ORLANDO-Eighty-five-year-old Earl K. Wood, believed to be the oldest county tax collector in the United States starting his 38th consecutive year in office, didn't allegedly fix annual Orange County property certificate auctions, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement concludes after an eight-month investigation.

ORLANDO-The German investor consortium is going with the Orlando office of the Houston-based brokerage to manage and lease the 20-year-old, 92%-occupied, 136,264-sf 151 Southhall Lane office building in the suburban Maitland Center submarket. The value and length of the contract weren't disclosed.