ORLANDO-Nobody is talking so it is unclear whether Felix Mussenden was fired or resigned abruptly Tuesday as president/CEO of the 29-year-old theme park, the No. 1 rival to Walt Disney World. Don Potts, senior vice president/operations, was laid off.
ORLANDO-Robert I. Earl, the British-born chairman/CEO of locally based Planet Hollywood International Inc. had unsuccessfully asked U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Arthur B. Briskman for $400,000 in consulting fees.
BARTOW, FL-One of the heirs to one of the largest family business and real estate fortunes in Florida has until Dec. 2 to appeal a state judge's ruling which divided an estimated $500 million estate five ways. Bartow is 60 miles southwest of Downtown Orlando.
ORLANDO-An unidentified Texas limited partnership paid ECD-Martin's Landing of Orlando $13.9 million or $44.57 per sf for the 17-year-old, 419-unit property in the north Orlando subdivision of Rosemont.
CLERMONT, FL-The Atlanta retailer is asking the city's planning and zoning commission today for a green light on a new location for an estimated $11 million, 130,000-sf retail store and garden center in this south Lake County community, 25 miles west of Downtown Orlando.
ORLANDO-Palm Coast, FL-based Ginn Development Co. paid Lykes Brothers Inc. and Hyponex Corp. of Tampa, FL $10.6 million or $8,908 per acre for dirt near Montverde, FL in south Lake County, 30 miles west of Downtown Orlando. The developer plans a $100 million, mixed-use project on the site.
ATLANTA-HL-A Co. of suburban Bremen, GA, 30 miles west of Downtown, plans to add 268 jobs by 2004. HL is one of five Georgia suppliers providing parts for the Odyssey Minivan which is scheduled to begin full production Dec. 1 in Lincoln, AL.
ATLANTA-HL-A Co. of suburban Bremen, GA, 30 miles west of Downtown, plans to add 268 jobs by 2004. HL is one of five Georgia suppliers providing parts for the Odyssey Minivan which is scheduled to begin full production Dec. 1 in Lincoln, AL.
TAMPA, FL-The Houston-based REIT pays Georgia-based Sunset Associates an estimated $35 million or $125 per sf for the 100%-leased, 29-year-old, 273,000-sf Sunset Point 19 in nearby Clearwater, FL, 80 miles west of Downtown Orlando.
ORLANDO-Long-term interest rates on fixed-term permanent financing are in the mid-6% to 7%-plus range, among the lowest in a decade, brokers, lenders, bankers, developers and analysts tell GlobeSt.com.
