ORLANDO-Carlisle Realty Group pays Debra Inc. $2.35 million or $188,000 per acre ($4.31 per sf) for a 12.5-acre, retail-zoned parcel at the 1,800-acre mixed-use community next to Universal Orlando in the city's southwest submarket.

ORLANDO-It wasn't a mega bucks deal but it took the same amount of time and talent for Selby Realty Inc. to negotiate with six separate property owners and put together a 64,000-sf parcel.

ORLANDO-Desperado's in rural Lake County is drawing dancers from 30 miles south in Orlando eager to rock and roll on a 3,900-sf floor, one of the largest of its kind in the Southeast. The club's capacity is 1,800.

ORLANDO-The quarterly University of Central Florida study ranks the metro area seventh most active in the nation but the placement is down from second place in the first-half rankings of 1999.

ORLANDO-The highest and best use for Ben White Raceway, sitting on a strategic corner in the city's industrial northwest sector for 50 years, is now as a city recreational facility and possibly as an equestrian training area for non-profit groups.

ORLANDO-The entrepreneur's Equity Residential Property Trust sold the nine-year-old to 14-year-old assets in Tallahassee, FL to Community Builders Inc. for an average $44,261 per unit.

ORLANDO-The jet manufacturer hopes to break ground next year on a 148,000-sf office and hangar building and a 200,000-sf surface apron for maintenance at Orlando International Airport. The company also may build another 54,000-sf building on an adjacent four-acre parcel.

ORLANDO-The Florida Department of Transportation has to make a Solomon-like decision in December on the route of a 200-mile fast train linking Port Canaveral, FL, Orlando and the Tampa-St. Petersburg market.