ORLANDO-Elwood B. Coley, head of Crow's service business for Florida, was also named to the firm's National Operating Committee. He has participated in two million sf of deals since joining Crow in 1981.

ORLANDO-Despite vacancies in some submarkets that top 30% in bulk, flex and manufacturing space, long-term lease deals or major build-to-suit projects are on the fourth-quarter horizon, says Lisa M. DeVore, research director, Advantis Commercial Real Estate Services.

ATLANTA-As head of the Dallas-based brokerage firm's design and construction consulting services practice group, Brian Terrell oversees $1.6 billion of projects for major corporate and education clients.

ATLANTA-Properties valued at under $1.5 million and containing less than 100 units dominated the multifamily investment side in the first nine months of this year, according to a new study by locally based Bullock Mannelly Partners Inc.

MCDONOUGH, GA-Swayed by protesting residents who maintain planned lot sizes at North Star Station are too small compared to their own one-acre tracts, the planning commission has rejected a project proposal by developer Joseph Lunsford and his brother, state Rep. John Lunsford (R-McDonough).

MAITLAND, FL-Nine-month-old Mercantile Commercial Capital has closed six commercial property loans totaling $5 million in Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, South Florida and Puerto Rico. Another $11 million in loans is pending.

GAINESVILLE, FL-The Germantown, TN-based REIT pays locally based McKibbon Hotel Group Inc. $34.2 million, or an average $96,610 per unit, for a total 354 suites in Gainesville, Tallahassee and Tampa.

ATLANTA-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services gives the airport's $395 million bond series an SP-1+ rating and affirms Hartsfield International Airport's long-term A+ rating on its general financial health.