ATLANTA-Seven metro area office buildings, previously considered for sale by their owners, are back on the table as part of separate transactions, according to a newsletter Jones Lang LaSalle is distributing to its clients.

“Stealth negotiations are now under way for a $400 million sale of seven 'off market' office buildings,” says the brokerage firm. Mark Lucas, a managing director and market leader in JLL's local office, tells GlobeSt.com “the wording of the deal in the newsletter may be a little misleading.” He says the deals are separate and not one bulk transaction.

“The properties involved were represented in transactions completed over the past 12 to 18 months,” Lucas says. “For one reason or another, they were taken off the table in 2002 and now are back on as principal-to-principal talks resume.”