WEST PALM BEACH, FL-Despite announced plans to trim expenses by cutting 1,800 jobs system-wide, Wachovia Bank won't be retrenching in South Florida. This market is so lucrative, the Winston-Salem, NC-based bank wants to open more branches here.

ORLANDO-The 244-unit Downtown lakefront apartment complex, acquired by Atlanta-based Post Properties Inc. two years ago, is 100% leased. Two-bedroom, two-bath units rent for $2,525 per month.

LOS ANGELES-The county's Federation of Labor votes to honor transit unions' picket lines if strike begins on Friday. Downtown office market may suffer most.

HOUSTON-Texas Medical Center is paying about $15 million for the old 627,000-sf Nabisco bakery to be redeveloped into office and laboratory space. The 51-year-old plant's 21 acres is one of the few large parcels to hit the Houston market.