OAK BROOK, IL-Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc. is buying an 80% stake in Coconut Creek, FL-based Minto Builders REIT, which recently acquired retail properties in the Houston and Tampa Bay, FL areas. Inland's first $294 million in property buys will serve as Section 1031 exchanges.

TAMPA, FL-The Calabasas, CA-based mortgage lender expects to make a capital investment of about $25 million, including the $15.9-million purchase of two buildings totaling 231,000 sf near Tampa International Airport.

TAMPA, FL-The Calabasas, CA-based mortgage lender expects to make a capital investment of about $25 million, including the $15.9-million purchase of two buildings totaling 231,000 sf near Tampa International Airport.

TAMPA, FL-Trammell Crow Co. and New York-based ING Clarion Partners anticipate a January groundbreaking for a new 156,000-sf property at the 620,000-sf Port Ybor industrial park. The project is spurred by a US Postal Service lease for the entire 281,600-sf, $10-million center already completed.