ORLANDO-Buyers are plunking down deposits at an unprecedented pace for three-bedroom homes priced from the $110s to the $130s in this new 1,500-acre, mixed-use Avalon Park community in east Orange County, about 10 miles from Downtown Orlando.

EL DORADO HILLS, CA-Dallas, TX-based Wilcox Development Services has broken ground on a four-building developmeny here - 30 miles outside Sacramento - that will be occupied by Blue Shield of California.

DULUTH, MN - Home Depot is leading developments Duluth and St. Cloud area, and other retailers are still active, according to a report to members of the Minnesota Shopping Center Association.

BOSTON-The buyout offer made to CB Richard Ellis by an investor group led by Blum Capital Partners made a major news splash. But one local CB executive believes the impact here will be minimal.