ORLANDO-Bill Donegan, part of a local government team responsible for bringing one of Oracle Corp.'s largest call centers to Orlando five years ago, is Gov. Jeb Bush's first choice to replace Rich Crotty who takes over as Orange County Chairman.

ORLANDO-Brokerages, such as locally based Corporate Investment International that help individuals or companies buy and sell businesses, usually flourish in hard times, Richard E. Read, the firm's chairman and co-owner, tells GlobeSt.com.

ORLANDO-The 12-year-old Strictly Commercial Inc. firm is coming off a solid 2000 when it represented tenants leasing 260,000 sf for an aggregate rent of $46 million.

ORLANDO-The Osceola County-based real estate firm is relocating to the SouthPark section of Orlando Central Park where it has purchased a 1.08-acre pad for $260,000 or about $240,740 per acre ($5.40 per sf).

ORLANDO-The local cardiologist is suing a mysterious Canadian husband-wife developer team for the $240,000 he lost in land purchases and home construction investment seven years ago. The lenders foreclosed on properties the doctor thought he owned.

ORLANDO-Multifamily complexes still represent the most stable real estate investment in the market, Edward A. Storey, founder/CEO of Essex Builders Group, tells GlobeSt.com. His 10-year-old Winter Park, FL firm completed $107 million worth of apartment jobs last year and expects to build about $100 million of new product this year.

ORLANDO-The Osceola County-based real estate firm is relocating to the SouthPark section of Orlando Central Park where it has purchased a 1.08-acre pad for $260,000 or about $240,740 per acre ($5.40 per sf).

ORLANDO-The Ocala, FL-based general contractor has completed the second 55,000-sf, $1.92 million office phase of the Discovery Lake complex at Orlando's Central Florida Research Park.