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ASHEVILLE, NC-The state government voted unanimously to take the land in DuPont State Forest from the developer and pay $12 million. The case could go to court.
ORLANDO-Greg Hughes' Chesapeake Logistics Inc. of Tampa, FL is paying $31 million for the assets of 500,000-sf Mid-Florida Freezer Warehouses Ltd. in Port Canaveral, 60 miles east of Downtown. Mid-Florida Freezer officials concealed from Federal inspectors and later sold contaminated drums of fruit juice over a 30-year period, the government charged.
MACON, GA-After increasing occupancy by nearly 30%, Ocwen Federal Bank is unloading Highridge Centre, a four-story, 195,252-sf asset just off Interstate 75.
CHICAGO-High-powered real estate partnership that includes Lakeside East backers Magellan and Near North gets big construction loan from a group of banks led by Bank of America. The Grand Plaza will be built on the last remaining parcel of the AMA's formerly huge near-north land holdings.
NEWNAN, GA-The first component of a mixed-use project here is a six-acre office park geared to small high-tech business. The first buildings will be four one-story office structures designed and wired for high-tech use.
BROOMFIELD, CO-A NY-based real estate investment firm is pumping $50 million into a 23-acre office campus at US 36 in this bedroom community of Denver. The existing former ski booth factory will be razed to make way for the project.
SAN CARLOS, CA-The provider of network computing solutions signs a 39,500-sf, 10-year lease at Spieker Properties Skyway Landing development. Sun will occupy the space, formerly leased to InsWeb, this December.