ORLANDO-Completing a deal a month, the Oak Brook, IL-based REIT has purchased the 13-year-old, 281,247-sf, fully-leased Skyview Plaza Shopping Center in south Orlando from Atlanta-based OP&F Schroeder Trust for $21.25 million or $75.56 per sf.

ORLANDO-Parsons of Washington, DC has purchased Finley McNary Engineers Inc. of Tallahassee for an undisclosed price, creating one of the world's largest commercial bridge and tunnel construction divisions. Tallahassee is 250 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando.

TAMPA, FL-The leading developer of carrier-class, high-speed computer network solutions used in high-rise office buildings has 33 million shares outstanding on the Nasdaq.

JACKSON, MS-Tower Automotive of Grand Rapids, MI has selected EastGroup Properties Inc. of Jackson, MS to develop the 170,000-sf, build-to-suit property at about $53 per sf on a 50-acre site in Canton, MS, two miles from the Nissan North America new assembly factory.

ATLANTA-The 22-year-old New York-based developer won't start the 500,000-sf office portion until it signs an anchor tenant for the newest addition to the six-building, 2.55 million-sf, $245 million Peachtree Center complex Downtown.

APOPKA, FL-BWI Cos. Inc. of Schulenberg, TX is also hiring a dozen workers from the 34-year-old, 40-person Florida firm going out of business after struggling to book sales of $12 million this year, $3 million under budget. Apopka is 17 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando.

UMATILLA, FL-Golden Gem Growers, a 54-year-old grower-owned cooperative orange juice-packaging business, couldn't get the Orlando office of Atlanta-based SunTrust Bank to extend terms on a $20 million loan. Umatilla is 35 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando.

ATLANTA-Sverdrup Civil Inc. of St. Louis will provide construction management services to Gwinnett County for its planned $102 million Shoal Creek filter plant at Lawrenceville, GA, 10 miles northeast of Downtown. The value of Sverdrup's contract was not disclosed.