TAMPA, FL-Steve Green of Green Realty Management, White Plains, NY, paid Howard Shiffman of Davna Investments, Largo, FL, $5.6 million in an all-cash deal for the 92%-occupied, 188-unit Ashley Square Apartments, 5505 N. Hines St., Tampa.

HAINES CITY, FL-The 30-year-old, 1,000-acre, picture postcard property, 50 miles south of Downtown Orlando, will shut down tomorrow (Feb. 22) after its foreign owners voluntary filed a Chapter 7 liquidation petition with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Tampa. Liabilities are expected to exceed $50 million.

TAMPA, FL-The Oakbrook, IL-based REIT paid U.S. Income Retail Fund LP $5.96 million or $88.52 per sf for the 67,327-sf Shoppes Citrus of Citrus Hill, FL and $8.59 million or $124.63 per sf for the 68,924-sf Steeplechase Plaza in suburban Ocala, FL, 80 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando.

DALLAS-Joe Gillespie Jr. exits FowlerShore & Flanagan to become acquisitions director for Concierge Asset Management. The Dallas-based buyer will work with a capital pool with practically "no constraints" for speedy buys in down Sunbelt markets.