MIAMI BEACH, FL-Condominium owners relinquished title to individual units in the six-story, 50,000-sf property in exchange for an equity stake, clearing the way for a Dec. 19 auction.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-A major contraction occurred in the county's manufacturing sector in third quarter 2001, according to recent research by Chapman University. As manufacturing activity has slowed, vacancy levels have risen in industrial properties throughout Orange County.

ORLANDO-Apartment Investment and Management Co. of Denver is charged with lax security at the 200-unit Willow Park Apartments in suburban Altamonte Springs. The company denies the allegations.

DEERFIELD BEACH, FL-Growth-management rules are posing an obstacle for the owners of a struggling commercial nursery, who want to redevelop the property as a 570,000-sf industrial park in this Broward County community, 42 miles north of Miami.