ORLANDO-Metropolitan Orlando, Central Florida's chief transportation planning agency, will try to button down construction costs of the 52-mile system that would run from suburban DeLand, FL through Orlando and south to Kissimmee, FL. Preliminary estimated cost: $355 million or about $6.83 million per mile.

FT. WORTH-Woodmont Co. acquires a real estate development company and 42,000-sf center in new territory, the Pacific Northwest. The drive brings a 183,320-sf expansion to a retail center in Missoula, MT while talks are ongoing with other prospects.

NEW YORK CITY-Our latest survey tracks a slowdown both in new hires and in employee departures. As a result, companies are rewarding less for loyalty and more for performance. But production rewards are causing major differentials in salaries for same-status executives.

BELLEVUE, WA-Richard Leider, former vice president with the local office of Spieker Properties, has been selected to continue construction of the 1.5-million-sf mixed use project in the heart of Bellevue's CBD.