WASHINGTON, DC-This five-year-long construction budget was originally supposed to cost $756 million, but it has run $48 million more than projected.

ORLANDO-The planned four-story, 308,000 sf, $60 million project looks too boxy and too artsy for the jurists, a state senator, a Congressional representative and Mayor Glenda Hood. The federal General Services Administration, the largest commercial landlord in the United States, promises to review the building's drawings.

MERRIAM, KS- Sale of building removes one property from Highwoods Properties Kansas City area ``for sale'' list.

BOCA RATON, FL-Today's real estate investment activity in South Florida is substantially different than it was as recently as nine months ago, says one area broker. Marketing a property is now often like running an on-line auction.