ATLANTA-The gas turbine engine manufacturer plans to have the $14 million, 120,000-sf, first-phase facility operating by 2004, with an initial staff of 81 that is expected to grow to 700 by 2009.

ATLANTA-The locally based firm's portfolio of operational office buildings is 95% leased; retail centers, 96% leased; and medical office buildings, 90% leased. But company president/CEO Tom Bell sees rough waters still ahead for most major office markets.

ORLANDO-Investment sales lag with no institutional grade portfolios on the selling block and no big deals posted in the third quarter, Trammell Crow Co.'s newest analysis shows. The Bee Line submarket in south Orlando is at a direct vacancy level of 29%.

ATLANTA-Surber, Barber, Choate & Hertlein Architects Inc. picked up two Awards of Excellence in the 2002 Design Awards competition sponsored by the American Institute of Architects Georgia.

ORLANDO-The one-year-old real estate investment and advisory firm paid Flatrock Partners LP of New York $6 million or $35.30 per sf for the 24-tenant, 100%-leased, 169,993-sf Lee Road Shopping Center six miles north of Downtown Orlando.

ATLANTA-The locally based firm's portfolio of operational office buildings is 95% leased; retail centers, 96% leased; and medical office buildings, 90% leased. But company president/CEO Tom Bell sees rough waters still ahead for most major office markets.

ATLANTA-The Greenville, SC general contracting firm wins a merit award from the Georgia chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. for the construction of the 10-building theme park in suburban Atlanta.

ORLANDO-Jud Ireland is developing a mini-high tech campus in suburban Maitland, FL with the $3.71 million purchase of the 22,000-sf St. Johns River Water Management District regional headquarters building.