ORLANDO-Mark Ellert, who opened the $36-million, 233-room Marriott Renaissance last week in South Florida, is looking at a 2003 debut for a $70-million, five-star, 150-room, 25-condominium complex in suburban Winter Park, FL, the area's first hotel development in 30 years.

WESTON, FL-The locally based owner of the Ritz-Carlton San Juan Hotel, Casino & Spa in Puerto Rico files a Chapter 11 petition under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Weston is 26 miles north of Miami; Puerto Rico is 1,038 miles south.

SEATTLE-CarrAmerica Realty Corp., one of the largest owners, developers and managers of US office space announced today the portfolio-wide rollout of essention Inc.'s Web-based commercial property management solution into CarrAmerica-operated properties across North America.

BOULDER, CO-A University of Colorado at Boulder study predicts 48 million new people in the 11 Western states by 2050, with 26 million acres to be developed as a result of that population growth.