ORLANDO-In the biggest office leasing transaction of the year, Akerman Senterfitt, a 400-lawyer firm, will leave Citrus Center after 33 years as a tenant and take the top four floors of the planned 12-story, 275,000-sf CNL Center II when it is completed in December 2005.

ORLANDO-In the biggest office leasing transaction of the year, Akerman Senterfitt, a 400-lawyer firm, will leave Citrus Center after 33 years as a tenant and take the top four floors of the planned 12-story, 275,000-sf CNL Center II when it is completed in December 2005.

ORLANDO-The Central Florida Research Park was among the agency's top favorites to be chosen March 31. However, politics may have entered the selection process for the leasing or construction of an estimated 100,000-sf building and NASA's decision won't be made until after the November elections, brokers in a position to know tell GlobeSt.com.

ORLANDO-Wachovia Securities of Winston-Salem, NC buys the one-year-old, five-story headquarters property of Hughes Supply Co. for about $111 per sf, Downtown brokers intimate with the deal tell GlobeSt.com.

ATLANTA-Developers Mike Byce and Wayne Godfrey are asking the Clayton County zoning advisory group for the second time in two years for permission to move the graves at the Rivers Cemetery to the rear of their estimated $100-million River Station venture on East Pleasant Hill Road.

ALPHARETTA, GA-Inhibitex Inc., a bio-pharmaceutical firm based in suburban Alpharetta, will be leasing the 51,000-sf structure for an estimated 15 years at an aggregate rent of about $15 million, area brokers familiar with the North Fulton County office submarket tell GlobeSt.com.

ORLANDO-The Central Florida Research Park was among the agency's top favorites to be chosen March 31. However, politics may have entered the selection process for the leasing or construction of an estimated 100,000-sf building and NASA's decision won't be made until after the November elections, brokers in a position to know tell GlobeSt.com.

ATLANTA-In the biggest class A office building sale of the year to date, based on per-sf price, Parkway Properties Inc. of Jackson, MS pays Rubenstein Cos. of Philadelphia $78.6 million, or $192 per sf, for the 92%-leased, 410,000-sf Capital City Plaza on Peachtree Road.