ORLANDO-The University of Central Florida's quarterly analysis shows Orlando generated 6.56 authorized building permits based on 1,000 non-farm jobs for multifamily and single-family dwellings from January through March.

TAMPA, FL-Zapolski + Rudd LLC pays New York-based Clarion Partners about $111,111 per unit for the seven-year-old, 52-building, 315-unit Hamptons at Tampa Bay garden apartment community in a deal that took five months to complete.

ORLANDO-Small by power center standards, the 23.8-acre tract will house Orlando Square, a planned 191,978-sf shopping center scheduled to open in fall 2004, five minutes from the 1.6-million-sf Florida Mall, the largest shopping center in Central and North Florida.

TAMPA, FL-The Columbus, OH-based REIT signs a $153 million contract with American Freeholds to acquire the 1.06-million-sf WestShore Plaza, one of the largest shopping centers in Central Florida.