MIAMI-The New York-based real estate development company hires Edgar C. Jones Jr., a veteran South Florida real estate executive, to direct Florida operations from new digs in the exclusive Brickell Avenue district.

SARASOTA, FL-The plaintiffs seek certification of a class-action lawsuit against the locally based developer of wireless communications tower sites after learning the company is revising its financials. Sarasota is 180 miles northwest of Miami.

LA BELLE, FL-The publicly traded agribusiness firm divests non-essential assets in rural southwest Florida for $1,185 per acre or about three cents per sf. La Belle is 102 miles northwest of Miami and 48 miles north of Naples, FL.

BOCA RATON, FL-In a move to increase shareholder value, a group led by the New York-based securities broker-dealer proposes alternative courses of action for the management and operation of the locally based commercial real estate property company headquartered 42 miles north of Miami.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL-Tenet Healthcare Corp. expects to close by June 30 on a deal with locally based Intracoastal Health Systems, a nonprofit group that recently settled a dispute with the state attorney general over a proposed reorganization plan. West Palm Beach is 67 miles north of Miami.

MIAMI-A subsidiary of Four Starz Holdings expects to sign a contract this week on a vacant warehouse built in 1999 for $11 million on a 12.6-acre site just a few miles north of Downtown as part of its plan to build a film production empire.

MIAMI-National Residential Properties Inc. will build a 60-unit complex on exclusive Bay Harbor Island for about $8.5 million, then sell it immediately to Royal Investments & Realty Group. Bay Harbour Island is nine miles north of Downtown.

MIAMI-The locally based real estate development and management company merges Codina Realty Services ONCOR International and Codina Real Estate Management into a group headed by John B. Geisen.