MIRAMAR, FL-The Chicago-based parent of DeVry Institutes of Technologies signs a 15-year lease valued at roughly $36.5 million, based on mid-year estimates of $24.34 per sf for this Broward County submarket, 16 miles north of Miami.

TAMPA, FL-Lawrence Randolph is leaving his Randolph Equities Inc. firm to be senior director of investment services at the St. Joe Co.-owned brokerage. Tampa is 80 miles west of Downtown Orlando.

SAN MATEO, CA-The office and industrial REIT's results are down 15% from the same quarter in 2000. The company is shedding its retail real estate as part of a larger capital redeployment program.

DALLAS-It's one day at a time in the Dallas-Ft. Worth region, just like many other parts of the country. In a healthy sign, six office deals, totaling 63,344 sf have closed. One pact, rare for these days, is 30,000 sf at Churchill Tower, located along Coit Road in Dallas.