ORLANDO-The investor group, headed by Christopher M. Swartz, CEO of Heathrow, FL-based Ultimate Franchise Systems Inc., paid Ultimate $2 million for the stake. Ultimate has 350 franchised restaurants in 30 states encompassing an estimated seven million sf.

ORLANDO-Faith Church International Inc. paid WRH Fortune Ltd. of Orlando $4.3 million or $36.39 per sf for the former 118,178-sf, 19-acre shopping center on U.S. 192 between Interstate 4 and State Road 535 in Osceola County.

ORLANDO-Buffalo, NY-based Delaware North Parks Services of Spaceport Inc., is paying an estimated $2 million for the 300,000-sf Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, FL and about 700,000 sf of nearby maintenance and storage properties, 45 miles southeast of Downtown Orlando.

ORLANDO-The 1.1-million-sf Orange County Convention Center and the 400,000-sf meeting/exhibition complex at the seven-month-old, 1,406-room hotel near Walt Disney World are competing fiercely for bookings.

ORLANDO-The Brooklyn, NY-born hotelier, who has grown his 20-year-old portfolio to 10,000 rooms among eight properties, also plans to build a 400-bed dormitory next to the 100,000-sf Rosen School of Hospitality Management, the first of its kind in the Southeast.

ORLANDO-The Clearwater, FL-based department store chain is transferring manager Phil Knuth from the Orlando store to the new unit in the 300,000-sf Eustis Village Shopping Center in Eustis, FL, 30 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando.

ORLANDO-The owner of the 14-year-old, estimated 300,000-sf landmark in Titusville, FL and its sister attraction, U.S. Space Camp Florida Training Center, 60 miles southeast of Downtown Orlando, has owed the Birmingham, AL-based bank $10 million in unpaid loans made in the 1990s.

ORLANDO-Leesburg, FL city manager Ron Stock negotiated the deal with representatives of Dr. Clayton Pruitt, the Clearwater, FL vascular surgeon who sought to build a total of 15,000 multi- and single-family units on his 3,334-acre ranch.