NEW YORK CITY-An array of commercial real estate professionals met yesterday to discuss the Toronto office market, referred to by one speaker as "the New York of the North.

DENVER-The Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Denver releases statistics showing a 49% drop in building permits in the first quarter and Grubb & Ellis top apartment broker Jeff Hawks sees further declines.

ORLANDO-With models still under construction, the Dallas-based builder has racked up $4 million in pre-construction sales, selling 24 of the 70 townhomes at Park Maitland Villas in suburban Maitland at prices from $146,900 to the mid-$190s.

MIAMI- The potential return from investment in this product is spawning a new wave of luxury, multifamily-resort condominiums to meet the demand of an affluent segment of the society that wants all the trappings of luxury home ownership without the cost and upkeep. This is the first of two articles on the relatively new phenomenon in the South Florida shelter market.