TAMPA, FL-Pinellas Plaza LLC, a private Tampa, FL-based investment group, paid the Clinton, MS-based telecommunications company $6.3 million for a 124,983-sf, class A office building built in 1990 at an estimated $125 per sf, or about $15.6 million.

CHICAGO-A class action lawsuit seeks to stop Equity Residential from charging up to three months of lease termination fees and return money paid by former tenants. Equity Residential owns 34,353 units in Florida, where 13.5% of its net operating income is produced.

ORLANDO- In one of the biggest land deals of the year the Brandon Co. paid China Jade Inc. $1.75 million for 1.5 acres and the former 10,000-sf China Jade Restaurant. Brandon plans a 34,800 retail center on the site after the restaurant is demolished.

BIRMINGHAM, MI-One 100,000-sf store here sells, while another deal is close in the disposition of the retailer's former digs forced by bankruptcy. A store in Jacksonville, FL and corporate headquarters in Jackson, MI also are available.