ORLANDO-The timeshare developer bought the former 1,700-acre River Ranch Acres near Lake Wales, FL, 75 miles southwest of Downtown Orlando for $6 million, then sank another $4 million in renovations.

ORLANDO-The vice president and regional manager of the Tampa and Orlando offices is also the eastern U.S. director of the firm's National Multi Housing Group. Ekovich has been with Encino, CA-based M&M since 1988.

MIAMI-Stiles Construction Co. of Fort Lauderdale, FL plans to break ground in October on the $3.1 million, 22,500-sf sales and service center on a two-acre site in the nine-building Center Port Industrial Park in Pompano Beach, FL. Completion is slated for August 2003.

MIAMI-The Chicago entrepreneur bought two properties in Coconut Creek, FL from Boston-based AEW Capital Management for $50.9 million. The properties are 25 miles north of Downtown Miami.