TAMPA, FL-Christopher Butler and Chad Rupp, former brokers with CLW Real Estate Services Group in Tampa, are co-principals of the new office. They will report to Mark Stratman, the firm's Central Florida area managing principal based in the Orlando office which opened in 2001.

ORLANDO-The New York-based financial services company pays an affiliate of Illinois Tool Works Inc. $57 million for the 17-year-old, 147,214-sf Crossroads at Lake Buena Vista directly across the entrance to Walt Disney World at State Road 535 and Interstate 4.

RALEIGH, NC-A joint venture of Orlando-based Capital Partners Inc. and Lehman Brothers acquires 2.4 million sf in 38 office buildings and 30 acres of excess land. The properties average 17 years old, have an average vacancy of 24% and generate yearly cash net operating income of $16.8 million.