ORLANDO-Lowe's Cos. Inc. of Wilkesboro, NC and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, AR are scouting the local market for a 150-acre-plus site to build a one million-sf to two million-sf distribution center, land brokers intimate with the search tell GlobeSt.com

ATLANTA-CNB Holdings Inc. of suburban Alpharetta, GA, is at $100 million in assets from $55.5 million in the year-ended period of Sept. 30, 2000, an 80% increase. The two-branch bank's broad range of products include commercial real estate lending and residential mortgage services.

COLLEYVILLE, TX-Realty Capital Corp.'s Villages of Colleyville sees the start of two more mixed-used buildings in its Main Street district. The $11-million undertaking will bring 62,000 sf of retail, office and residential space to the development.

CHICAGO-A third-quarter 2001 study just released by Insignia/ESG Midwest Industrial Services Group shows a sharp drop in industrial leasing but an even larger increase, measured in square feet, in industrial property sales.