ORLANDO-A new Grubb & Ellis Co. analysis shows net absorption and new deliveries will decrease in 2001 and 2002 while average rents for research and development/flex space and warehouse/distribution will rise about 3.25% this year.

CHICAGO-With questions of an overbuilt office market beginning to surface as well as an exodus of some dotcom failures from leased space, lenders will be looking at the viability of a building's future cash flow, says Karen Case, group senior vice president for LaSalle Bank's commercial real estate department.

ORLANDO-The supermarket chain is making this area its second Internet-based market for home delivery groceries in 2002 after opening its first division this spring in Pompano Beach, FL, 180 miles south of Downtown. Kmart is completing the installation of e-shopping kiosks in Orlando, Ocala, FL and Jacksonville, FL and plans to offer online services by yearend.

WHITE PLAINS-At a press conference held yesterday, County Execuitve Andrew Spano blasted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for not adequately monitoring the nuclear power plant. He's looking at legal action to shut it down.