AVENTURA, FL-Ownership is pushing for completion of interiors, alone costing $15 million, in time for the new tourist season.

DALLAS-Home Depot Supply of San Diego will occupy about half of the first of three planned bulk distribution buildings at Lakeside Ranch.

IRVING, TX-Ace will continue to operate in the retail financial services industry under the Ace Cash Express Inc. name.

PALM BAY, FL-A private Miami investment group pays Mark Properties Inc. of Durham, NC $96.45 per sf for the 51,954-sf shopping center.

DUBLIN, GA-DIM Vastgoed NV adds the 98,540-sf Dublin Village Shopping Center to its inventory, paying $9.1 million or $92.59 per sf for the grocery-anchored asset just outside Macon.

BOCA RATON, FL-The Houston company acquires seven properties in South Florida and Central Florida for about $260 per sf in what Cushman & Wakefield brokers call one of the largest retail portfolio sales in recent Florida history.

BOCA RATON, FL-Merrill Lynch anchors the 66,966-sf, class A Palmetto Park structure. The asset is adjacent to a 3.78-acre tract approved for 276 homes and apartments, 17,160 sf of ground-floor retail and an undetermined amount of office space.

MIAMI-The long-awaited title transfer by Terra Development Inc. of the 92,000-sf Biscayne Boulevard landmark to Miami Dade College is expected to be completed by Nov. 1.