DELRAY BEACH, FL-This south Palm Beach County city has selected Atlantic Grove to develop a three-building complex on a 4.6-acre site that will include 72,000 sf of office/retail space and 62 townhouses.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-Renovations begin in October for the 12-story, 450,000-sf office asset acquired earlier this year by an affiliate of Philadelphia's Legg Mason Real Estate for $25.24 million or $56 per sf.

MIAMI-Shopping center vacancies are rising in much of Miami-Dade County and absorption is mostly down. Yet property owners continue to post higher asking rents for their empty store space.

MIAMI-The 92-restaurant Interfoods of America Inc., franchiser of Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits, has acquired another 71 outlets from RMS Family Restaurants Inc. for an undisclosed price.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL-The initial office buildings planned for the Downtown mixed-use development haven't broken ground yet but major tenants are already lining up for space.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-Proposals for large projects often stir local opposition for providing too little on-site parking. But the developer of two planned Downtown apartment towers is being fought for including too much parking.

PALM BEACH SHORES, FL-E.D. Holdings of Del Mar, CA has contracted to buy the Sailfish Marina and Resort on Palm Beach County's Singer Island for about $17 million, a lofty tag, according to area industry brokers. A group headed by Alex Dreyfoos is the seller.

FORT LAUDERDALE-A growing number of South Florida industrial property owners are setting their leasing sights and priorities on high-tech space-users rather than conventional warehouse and distribution center tenants, according to a new report.