BARTOW COUNTY, GA-State politics and local government pressures are going up against anti-development forces in rural Bartow County where an undisclosed national manufacturer wants to buy the land immediately and create 250 jobs.

ATLANTA-Low land prices and easy access to interstates, the airport and central Atlanta are among the attributes the area is offering, brokers attending the second annual South Fulton Development Outlook tell GlobeSt.com.

JACKSONVILLE, FL-The locally based retail REIT, completing its tenth year as a public company, posted final 2003 net income of $126.6 million ($2.12 per diluted share) versus $107.7 million ($1.84 per diluted share) in 2002.

TAMPA, FL-Area brokers say approximately 14 institutional bidders submitted offers during the 90-day marketing period with the top price of $32.8 million coming from New York-based Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association.

ORLANDO-The Jacksonville, FL-based developer is adding 272 units to its 2,000-unit portfolio with the ground-breaking of Heritage Estates Apartment Homes, a $23-million venture within the 911-acre Woodland Lakes mixed-use development in East Orange County.

STONE MOUNTAIN, GA-Stone Mountain Acquisitions LLC of Brooklyn, NY pays $28.1 million, or $83.47 per sf, for the 336,663-sf property in this city 16 miles east of Downtown Atlanta.

ORLANDO-The area's 13.5-million-sf inventory among 104 buildings improved its fourth-quarter vacancy level to 15.8% from 16% in the third quarter but still ended the year with a negative net absorption total of 85,036 sf.

ATLANTA-The Jackson, MS-based developer, which handled leasing duties in-house, looks for more expertise on six local properties from the Atlanta office of Houston-based PM Realty Group.