MIAMI-Rick Etner, executive director of Cushman & Wakefield’s industrial brokerage in Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, tells GlobeSt.com he expects positive absorption and declining vacancy rates to continue into the fourth quarter and beyond.

ORLANDO-Cole Whitaker, head of the Southeast Division of Hendricks & Partners, tells GlobeSt.com that Clermont properties are hot because the city won't allow new multifamily construction in this Orlando submarket.

ATLANTA-Paul Johnson tells GlobeSt.com that he and his brother, Bob, came moved to Grubbs to leverage a more robust platform in an environment that's 10 times worse than the S&L crisis.

PORT CHARLOTTE, FL-HFF Director Luis Castillo tells GlobeSt.com the permanent mortgage signals ongoing improvement in the capital markets across all sectors.

OCALA, FL-Anthony Blanco, co-managing partner at Miami-based Plaza Advisors, tells GlobeSt.com there is a resurgence of investors in the single-tenant retail acquisition market.

ORLANDO-Mark Engstrom, executive vice president of Acquisitions for Healthcare Trust of America, tells GlobeSt.com that competition in the medical office sector is heating up.

JACKSONVILLE, FL-Flager VP Karl Hanson tells GlobeSt.com that Jacksonville's suburbs have seen positive movement as downtown still seeks to reinvent itself.

ATLANTA-Brown Kessler tells GlobeSt.com he's going to leverage his 30 year of hospitality industry experience--and his connections--to make it rain.