TAMPA, FL-The Atlanta-based developer plans to start construction in July on the Boulevard Condos, a 346-unit community with 5,000 sf of retail at South Brevard Avenue and West Kennedy Boulevard. Wood's first Downtown condo project, Six Ten Franklin, is under construction at the former Downtown Maas Brothers department store site.

OAKLAND, CA-A new economic performance ranking by locally based Foresight Analytics places Washington, DC, and the Riverside-San Bernardino area of Southern California the top two economic performers in the nation. Orlando, Tampa and Phoenix round out the top five and Philadelphia makes a surprise showing.

LONG BEACH, CA-Healthcare Property Investors Inc. agrees to buy Tampa, FL-based CNL Retirement Properties in what the companies are calling the largest transaction in healthcare REIT history.

DALLAS-EMC Corp. gets the team on one floor instead of two in Signature Place, signing a deal for 33,855 sf. The rightsizing move slices 11,325 sf, but the upshot is the five-year tenant stays put in the class A, two-tower complex.