According to conference speakers, the subprime collapse hascaused decisionmakers to pause, but "the sky is not fallingcompletely," said Keith Tickell, executive vicepresident-development for Flagler Development Co. "There are somecracks, underwriting is more difficult now and companies arere-evaluating some of their building starts, but the slowdown isjust temporary," said Tickell.

"It's much tougher to close deals that were under contractbefore the credit crunch," adds Larry Richey, senior managingdirector of Cushman & Wakefield, Tampa and Orlando.

Others agree. "When you wipe out the condo market, which was amajor source of capital for our market, you're going to see someinfluence [on the rest of the commercial market]," says J. PatrickDuffy, MCR, president of Colliers Arnold, Central Florida. "We'reseeing questions being asked about what tenants do for a living.They're not just looking at the leases but at how secure thetenants will be as well."