FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-The division of Stiles Corp. has hired Marc Kopelman as investment equity director to help reach its objective of acquiring or assembling $1 billion in real estate from 2004 to 2008.

FLINT, MI-An Econolodge and former satellite office of the Flint Journal are acquired for nearly $2.9 million and will be razed to make way for up to 1,300 parking spaces to serve the increasingly busy Bishop International Airport.

TAMPA, FL-The Carson City, NV-based franchisor sells development rights for 17 drop-off stores totaling an estimated 42,500 sf in a territory stretching from the north Tampa, FL border on the central-west coast of Florida to Daytona Beach, FL on the eastern side of the state.

ATLANTA-Tri-Kell Investments of Cobb County is asking Fulton officials to rezone 23 acres at Birmingham Highway (GA 372) and Providence Road for the development of 120,000 sf of retail, 15 miles northwest of Downtown.