LAKELAND, FL-Increasing its presence in the Florida market, Houston's Weingarten Realty buys three buildings with a total of more than 600,000 sf of industrial space and two in Atlanta. Polk County pegs each building's value at more than $4 million.

CLERMONT, FL-Lake County commissioners decide not to appeal Gov. Jeb Bush's Oct. 31 decision which gives Orlando landowners Willoughby T. Cox and Karick Price another five years to develop the planned $1.2 billion mixed-use rural undertaking, 30 miles west of Downtown Orlando.

ORLANDO-BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. of Natick, MA plans to open three outlets by the first quarter in south Orlando, east Orange County and Sanford, FL as big-box developers watch stand-alone retailers, such as Walgreens, Eckerds and 7-11 convenience stores, pull customers away from regional malls and neighborhood shopping centers.

ORLANDO-The tilt-wall project in western Brooksville, FL, 80 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando, will have 41,500 sf of air-conditioned warehouse space for production, inventory control, shipping and receiving. Office space will account for the remaining 18,500 sf.