PORT EVERGLADES, FL-A $2.88 million-per-year land lease for seven years to AutoTerminal America, the US subsidiary of a New Zealand firm, is the first deal Broward has made at the 272-acre Southport tract.

AUSTIN-The high-tech frenzy continues as the state's realtors association signs a distribution pact with REFormsNet to provide its 50,000 members with access to e-forms for transactions.

CHICAGO-The Chicago Commission on Landmarks has voted to recommend that the City Council extend landmark status to the Motor Row district on the Near South Side. Property owners on Motor Row, some of whom want to tear down structures to build condos, are against the extension of landmark status to the area.

BOCA RATON, FL-South Florida commercial occupancies are now so strong at steadily rising rents that owners are reluctant to sell for anything less than top dollar, Keith O'Donnell, director of Codina Realty Services' Palm Beach County Division, tells GlobeSt.com in an exclusive interview.