Jake Reid, senior director of Franklin Street’s Atlanta office, tells GlobeSt.com, that AREA chose multifamily properties in submarkets that are outperforming the Atlanta metro norm.

Tom O’Loughlin, a senior associate at the Industrial Properties group in the Ft. Lauderdale offices of CB Richard Ellis, tells GlobeSt.com the EWE Warehouse got a strong basis that paved the way for an attractive long-term lease.

MIAMI-Marcus & Millichap Senior Associate Joseph Thomas tells GlobeSt.com investors aren't waiting around for distressed multifamily properties anymore--they are diving in with cash in the new reality.

TAMPA-Sean Lance of NAI TampaBay, tells GlobeSt.com developers are already sniffing around the region looking for land for the next wave of multifamily construction.

ATLANTA-Stephen Fleetwood, associate director at global real estate adviser DTZ, says green is in, but benchmarking against sustainability efforts is not lining up with the buzz.

MIAMI-James Soble, a real estate attorney in the Tampa office of Ruden McClosky, tells GlobeSt.com investors could get the $160 million notes for 50% of face value.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-Guarantee Insurance is quadrupling its office space and adding 50 new employees at Las Olas City Centre.

MIAMI-JLL's Richard Schuchts tells GlobeSt.com there's a pot of gold in Miami called life sciences that commercial brokers can pull from as the market transitions.