TAMPA, FL-Overall second-quarter vacancy sits at 19.3%; class A is at 20.3%. Overall net absorption was only 1,950 sf. Despite the weak performance numbers, investment sales activity remains strong, reports Colliers Arnold Real Estate Services Co.

ORLANDO-Despite a cutback in materials, contractors working on multifamily and single-family projects are pulling more building permits this year than in the first quarter of 2003, according to a University of Central Florida analysis of private construction trends.

ORLANDO-Developer Cameron Kuhn is getting cash, tax rebates and loans valued at $22.5 million for his planned $140-million, one-million-sf mixed-use Plaza venture on the three-acre Jaymont Block at Church Street and Orange Avenue. Euro-American Advisors Inc. is receiving incentives valued at $12.5 million for its $150-million 55 West-on-the Esplanade condominium development.