MIAMI-The ground-breaking of the 23-story, 196-unit loft project is planned for April 26. Meanwhile, the Related Group of Florida is planning the Loft Downtown 2 to have 496 units and 35 stories.

POMPANO BEACH, FL-Jaffe Properties, based here, has teamed up with the Lasman Property Group and wants to double its $120-million portfolio, with an emphasis on South Florida and the Southeast.

PLANTATION, FL-The five-year-old Plantation Crossings is 100% occupied. The retail shop, restaurant and service provider tenants include CompUSA, Michaels and Pier 1 Imports. An investment partnership out of southern California sold the property for about $109 per sf.

BOCA RATON, FL-Locally based Maesto Associates LLC paid Boca Commercial-Industrial Ltd. about $79.65 per sf for the 108,598-sf, class A building. Tenants plan to remain in the one-story building, built in 1987.

COCONUT GROVE, FL-The Miami-based developer expects to open a sales center in May and finish building the 151-unit development in two years. The sizable units will be priced from the $600,000s to more than $5 million.

FORT MYERS BEACH, FL-The 92-beachfront-unit White Sand Villas is located at the company's Pink Shell Beach Resort here. Boykin also is planning to start construction of the 43-unit Captiva Villas this summer.

AVENTURA, FL-Alan P. Hunt has 16 years' financial experience for major corporations. Ten-year-old International Sales Group, based here, provides real estate sales and marketing services to developers.

MIAMI-To start out the year, the market saw its overall vacancy rate drop and its net absorption improve significantly, says a new Cushman & Wakefield report. Strong sales and other positive signs are expected to continue this year.