ORLANDO-Jim Heistand, president, Capital Partners Inc., will pay Highwoods Properties Inc. about $75 per sf for a total 1.86 million sf of space in Tampa, Atlanta and Columbia, SC. The deal is scheduled to close Jan. 4.

<b>RealShare EXCLUSIVE:</b>NEW YORK CITY-Global liquidity and cap-rate compression are two hot issues, panelists say.

BRADENTON, FL-Sarasota-based S.S. Appel &amp; Co. buys a two-acre tract from Coast Communications Corp. of Naples for $940,000 to develop the first in an international network of Manorhouse Inns and Suites near Bradenton, just west of Interstate 75 at State Road 70.

ORLANDO-After 21 years, the Department of Veteran Affairs once again is scouting Central Florida for a planned 120-bed hospital, 60-bed assisted living facility, a veterans' nursing home and a benefits center to be developed on about 100 acres.