SAN DIEGO-The inancially ailing REIT took both legal and financial hits during a disastrous third quarter. After a running battle with dissident investors over the value of the firm, the board decided to liquidate the company.

ORLANDO-The selection of this 100,000-hotel room tourist mecca over neighboring Tampa, FL and Lakeland, FL is a foregone conclusion and could be unanimous, say academic insiders. An estimated $1 billion in new commercial development hinges on the outcome.

SPOKANE- Tom Skierka, a spokesman for Deaconess/Empire Health, which is developing a medical office building here, says even though Spokane's "medical core" includes eight blocks of office buildings, demand still outweighs availability.

SAN ANTONIO-Transwestern Commercial Services has taken control of leasing duties for the 415,000-sf Koll Bren Schreiber Realty Advisor's San Antonio portfolio. It is Transwestern's largest single square-footage assignment in San Antonio.