ORLANDO-The Tampa, FL-based mortgage banking firm arranged the transactions through Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada for office, retail and industrial properties in Tampa, Sarasota, Bradenton and Jacksonville.

ORLANDO-Ernst & Young credits several key promotions for the city's average June occupancy of 66% among the area's 90,000 hotel and motel rooms. Average monthly room revenue for the first half is $74.83 versus $88.83 a year ago.

ORLANDO-Landesbank Sachsen of Dusseldorf paid the Raleigh, NC-based developer $38.5 million for the seven-story, 205,280-sf, 95%-leased property in the Rocky Point submarket of Tampa, FL, 80 miles west of Downtown Orlando. It's one of the largest office deals this year in Central Florida.

ORLANDO-The locally based, celebrity-themed restaurant chain with 111 properties in 41 countries, has seven ventures totaling at least 500,000 sf, either ready to open or leaving the drawing boards shortly.