Thursday, November 19, 2009

New River Township Wants SportPlex USA Facility, Will Finance Entire Project, Offers Pasco County Range of Options

Wesley Chapel, Fla. --- New River Township on S.R. 54 in Wesley Chapel wants to host the new Pasco County SportsPlex county commissioners plan to develop and New River Partners, LP has offered to partner with Pasco County to finance the project.

“We propose to develop a new Pasco County SportsPlex at New River Township,” said Eric Marks, senior vice president at New River Partners. “We have offered Pasco County Commissioners a wide range of partnership proposals to choose from, up to and including full financing of the project,” he explained.

“We wanted to give Pasco County the best range of options to consider. We believe a public-private partnership will give Pasco County the opportunity to leverage its tourist tax dollars to benefit the entire county,” Marks said.

New River is an 1,800 acre community that will include 4,800 traditional-style homes, condominiums and town homes, a pedestrian-friendly Town Center Park that will be home to a variety of commercial, retail and service opportunities along with stores, restaurants, daycare and a medical center.

Marks said the New River Township site offers Pasco County its best SportsPlex location, with easy access to State Road 54, Interstate 75, and State Road 301 and US 41.

“New River Township is centrally located with frontage on State Road 54 and access to all major roads in Pasco County,” said Marks.

New River Partners LP is part of Avalon Park Group of Orlando.

In East Orlando, Avalon Park Group has financed and built everything from football bleachers to road projects to entire schools.

“We are a soundly financed, conservatively run development company that takes the long view to community development,” Marks said. “New River Township is planned as a community that will raise generations, not just families,” he said.

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For more information contact:
Eric Marks, Senior Vice President, New River Partners LC/Avalon Park Group 407-658-6565; ericm@avalonparkgroup.com

Stephanie Hodson, Marketing Coordinator, New River Partners LC /Avalon Park Group, 407-658-6565; Stephanie@avalonparkgroup.com

Beat Kahli, Owner/Founder, New River Partners LC/ Avalon Park Group, 407-658-6565

Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142

Melrose-Sovereign Companies expected to open new office in Daytona Beach by first of the year

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Melrose-Sovereign Companies, the Orlando-based firm that ranks as one of the largest community management companies in the southeast, expects to open a new Daytona Beach office in the S.H. Kress & Company building at 140 S. Beach St. by the first of the year
Ellen Lumpkin, co-founder and partner at Melrose Sovereign Companies, said the new office is in good company. Neighbors in the S.H. Kress & Company building include the Daytona Beach Symphony Orchestra Society.

Jack Hanson, co-founder and partner at Melrose Sovereign Companies, said the building has an historic appeal. Constructed in 1925, the S.H. Kress & Company building is a Daytona Beach landmark that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Melrose-Sovereign Companies manages properties for more than 150 developers, investors and owners throughout Florida. The firm now has eight offices throughout the state.

For more information contact:
Ellen G. Lumpkin, LCAM, Partner/Co-founder, Melrose-Sovereign Companies, 407-228-4181, elumpkin@melrose-sovereign.com

Jack B. Hanson, LCAM, Partner/Co-founder, Melrose-Sovereign Companies, 407-228-4181, jhanson@melrose-sovereign.com

Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142, Lvershelco@aol.com

Beazer Homes Renews Lease in Maitland Center for Florida Division Headquarters

MAITLAND, Fla. --- Beazer Homes has renewed its lease of the 14,713 square feet of Class A office space it occupies at 2600 Maitland Center Parkway. The Florida division headquarters office lease was renewed for five years and Craig Castor of Cresa Partners represented Beazer in the transaction. Emerson International is the landlord.

For more information contact:
David Byrnes President Beazer Homes / Florida Division - 407-339-4114 dbyrnes@beazer.com; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142

About Beazer Homes:
Beazer Homes, headquartered in Atlanta, is one of the country's 10 largest single-family homebuilders with operations in 17 states. Beazer Homes is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "BZH."