DALLAS-There has been a 10% increase in the attendance at this year's call center trade show in Dallas. No wonder, say the experts; it's big business for companies and developers. But, second-tier cities are now the new hotspots instead of metros like Dallas, where there are close to 700 in operation.

ORLANDO-The 10-year-old Altamonte Springs, FL-based general contractor is shooting for $30 million this year by expanding its geographic scope to Cleveland, Nashville, Texas and California.

SAVANNAH, GA-The underperforming 149-year-old, 68-room hotel is being sold by Paine Weber and Coastal Hotel Group for $160,000 per room. They bought the property in 1998 for $555,424 or $8,168 per room. The owners' five other hotels in California are also up for sale. Savannah is 200 miles southeast of Downtown Atlanta.

LONGMONT, CO-Seagate Technology's 1,000 employees from nine leased sites are now in one location, with the high-tech firm taking keys to a $70-million, 443,000-sf manufacturing facility in Longmont. Seagate has nearly doubled its workforce in the past four years.