ORLANDO-Eighty-five-year-old Earl K. Wood, believed to be the oldest county tax collector in the United States starting his 38th consecutive year in office, didn't allegedly fix annual Orange County property certificate auctions, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement concludes after an eight-month investigation.

ORLANDO-The vacation rentals and timeshare booking service is adding 498 condominium units to its management/marketing portfolio with the signing of Maesbury Homes Inc.'s 116 rental condos on Lake Davenport. The value of the contract wasn't disclosed.

MIAMI-RM Hollywood Hills Plaza Shopping Center, headed by Barry Ross and William D. Matz, paid $28.85 million or $65.34 per sf for the 25-year-old, 441,566-sf shopping center in Hollywood, FL, 20 miles north of Downtown Miami. Adjoining outparcels sold for $4.15 million.

ORLANDO-The Carlisle Group of Coconut Grove, FL has broken ground on Lenox Court, a planned 360-unit, 15-building affordable housing project on 26 acres in West Jacksonville, FL, 230 miles north of Downtown Orlando.

ORLANDO-The vacation rentals and timeshare booking service is adding 498 condominium units to its management/marketing portfolio with the signing of Maesbury Homes Inc.'s 116 rental condos on Lake Davenport. The value of the contract wasn't disclosed.

ORLANDO-Smith Travel Research reports occupancy at some of the larger hotels hit 84.3% on Saturday, March 23, a day before Palm Sunday. That was up from an average 40% among the 113,000 area hotel and motel rooms immediately following 9-11.

MIAMI-RM Hollywood Hills Plaza Shopping Center, headed by Barry Ross and William D. Matz, paid $28.85 million or $65.34 per sf for the 25-year-old, 441,566-sf shopping center in Hollywood, FL, 20 miles north of Downtown Miami. Adjoining outparcels sold for $4.15 million.

ORLANDO-The Roseland, NJ developer paid $177.44 per sf for the two-year-old, 430,000-sf, 120-tenant mall in Orlando's main tourist corridor off Interstate 4 between Walt Disney World and Sea World.