FORT MYERS - Lennar reports it has seen strong sales of Manor and Estate Homes since opening its Welcome Home Center at Hampton Park at Gateway, located three miles east of I-75 off S.R. 82 and Colonial Blvd. on Avalon Lake Circle in Fort Myers.
Matt Devereaux, director of sales for Lennar’s Southwest Florida Division, said new three, four and five-bedroom Manor and Estate Homes at Hampton Park at Gateway range from 2,272 square feet of living space to 3,800 square feet, priced from the low $200s.
Hampton Park at Gateway features its own Sports and Social Club, which includes a state-of-the-art fitness center, billiards room, and resort style swimming pool along with a large social room for parties and an outdoor pavilion with barbeque grills and fireplace.
Gateway Golf and Country Club features the Tom Fazio-designed 18 hole, par 72 championship golf course that ranks among Florida's best, a tennis facility with lighted Har-Tru clay and Deco Turf courts, and a magnificent clubhouse with golf and tennis pro shops, locker rooms, cards rooms, and The Griffin Room, which offers fine dining or alfresco service.
For more information, contact New Home Counselors Larry Cowell and Jerry Niesman at 239-689-1154 at the Lennar Welcome Home Center, 10219 Avalon Lake Circle, Fort Myers, FL 33813 or visit www.Lennar.com.
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For more information about this press release, contact: Matt Devereaux, Director of Sales, Lennar-Southwest Florida 239-278-1177; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142
Friday, July 30, 2010
Downtown Orlando Penthouse, 20,000 Square Foot Events Center at The Plaza North Tower is open for a variety of occasions
ORLANDO - The Downtown Orlando Penthouse Events Center, a 20,000 square foot meeting facility located on the 16th floor of The Plaza’s North Tower building at the corner of Orange and Church Streets is now open and available for a variety of large and small private events and will accommodate up to 250 guests.
Sarah Woodbery, coordinator of the Downtown Orlando Penthouse Events Center, said a 10,000 square foot sky terrace/outdoor patio with a bar and a putting green is included, and serves as an excellent and exclusive venue for weddings, receptions, private holiday parties, networking and fundraising events.
The center includes an executive boardroom with conference table that seats 20, with full food and beverage service available.
“The Downtown Orlando Penthouse Events Center offers a well-appointed facility for both formal events and business meetings, with garage parking and excellent services,” Woodbery explained.
Since opening the Downtown Orlando Penthouse Events Center dozens of events have taken place, including the Florida Music Festival and the Florida Film Festival.
For a video tour of the Downtown Orlando Penthouse Events Center, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXrCxfzo3Qo.
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For more information, contact: Roger Soderstrom, Founder/Owner Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty 407-581-7890; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142
Sarah Woodbery, coordinator of the Downtown Orlando Penthouse Events Center, said a 10,000 square foot sky terrace/outdoor patio with a bar and a putting green is included, and serves as an excellent and exclusive venue for weddings, receptions, private holiday parties, networking and fundraising events.
The center includes an executive boardroom with conference table that seats 20, with full food and beverage service available.
“The Downtown Orlando Penthouse Events Center offers a well-appointed facility for both formal events and business meetings, with garage parking and excellent services,” Woodbery explained.
Since opening the Downtown Orlando Penthouse Events Center dozens of events have taken place, including the Florida Music Festival and the Florida Film Festival.
For a video tour of the Downtown Orlando Penthouse Events Center, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXrCxfzo3Qo.
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For more information, contact: Roger Soderstrom, Founder/Owner Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty 407-581-7890; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142
Sabalcore Selected by Analytical Services, Inc. to Design Aerospike Nozzles for Next Generation Missil
ORLANDO - Sabalcore, a provider of high performance computer (HPC) on-demand services, was selected by Analytical Services, Inc. (ASI), a U.S. Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency subcontractor, to design aerospike nozzles for future missile systems. Aerospike nozzles have a significant performance advantage over traditional bell nozzles. As enemies of the United States develop offensive weapons with more and more capability, future missile defense interceptors (like PAC-3, THAAD, etc.) will naturally be required to have more and more performance.
“Using Sabalcore's HPC on-demand services, ASI was able to access our powerful Linux clusters designed to quickly run compute intensive applications, including ASI's computational fluid dynamics (CFD) application, while at the same time cutting costs significantly.” said John D. Van Workum, president at Sabalcore Computing, Inc.
“CFD is critical to our design efforts, which means that we cannot complete that design without Sabalcore’s Linux cluster. We, like many small businesses, cannot afford the luxury of buying and maintaining our own.” said Joseph Sims, Ph.D. technical director at Analytical Services, Inc.
“Without the Sabalcore Linux clusters available to us, we could not hope to support our design efforts with CFD running on a serial computer (e.g., a desktop workstation). Comparing the cost of buying access to Sabalcore clusters to buying, maintaining and replacing our own cluster is overwhelmingly in favor of Sabalcore. They truly represent a huge cost savings to us and to our customers.” said Sims.
Sabalcore is a client company of the University of Central Florida’s Business Incubation Program in the Central Florida Research Park.
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For more information, contact: Dr. Joseph D. Sims, Technical Director, Analytical Services, Inc, (256) 562-2191, simsj@asi-hsv.com; John D. Van Workum, President, Sabalcore Computing, Inc. 877-492-8027; john@sabalcore.com; Carol Ann Dykes, Site Manager, UCF Business Incubation Program, 407-882-0211, cdykes@mail.ucf.edu; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142 or LvershelCo@aol.com
“Using Sabalcore's HPC on-demand services, ASI was able to access our powerful Linux clusters designed to quickly run compute intensive applications, including ASI's computational fluid dynamics (CFD) application, while at the same time cutting costs significantly.” said John D. Van Workum, president at Sabalcore Computing, Inc.
“CFD is critical to our design efforts, which means that we cannot complete that design without Sabalcore’s Linux cluster. We, like many small businesses, cannot afford the luxury of buying and maintaining our own.” said Joseph Sims, Ph.D. technical director at Analytical Services, Inc.
“Without the Sabalcore Linux clusters available to us, we could not hope to support our design efforts with CFD running on a serial computer (e.g., a desktop workstation). Comparing the cost of buying access to Sabalcore clusters to buying, maintaining and replacing our own cluster is overwhelmingly in favor of Sabalcore. They truly represent a huge cost savings to us and to our customers.” said Sims.
Sabalcore is a client company of the University of Central Florida’s Business Incubation Program in the Central Florida Research Park.
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For more information, contact: Dr. Joseph D. Sims, Technical Director, Analytical Services, Inc, (256) 562-2191, simsj@asi-hsv.com; John D. Van Workum, President, Sabalcore Computing, Inc. 877-492-8027; john@sabalcore.com; Carol Ann Dykes, Site Manager, UCF Business Incubation Program, 407-882-0211, cdykes@mail.ucf.edu; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142 or LvershelCo@aol.com
Mattamy Homes Acquires 58 Home Sites at Canyon Trails in Goodyear Ariz., will introduce five new home designs
TEMPE - Mattamy Homes U.S. Group, the U.S. division of Canada’s largest home builder, recently acquired 58 home sites at Canyon Trails, located off Canyon Trails Blvd. and W. Yuma Rd. near I-10 in Goodyear.
Carolyn Morrison, vice president of operations at Mattamy Homes in Arizona, said the homebuilder plans to build three, four and five bedroom single-family homes at Canyon Trails that feature open great rooms and two and three car garages.
New homes at Canyon Trails will range in size from 1,400 square feet of living space to 2,500 square feet, priced from the $130s.
“We’re excited to open our new neighborhood before the end of the year, featuring five distinctive new home designs for the Canyon Trails community,” Morrison said. “Canyon Trails is a wonderful master planned community built around a five-acre park with lighted walking trails, open green spaces and neighborhood parks throughout,” she said.
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For more information, contact: Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 Lvershelco@aol.com
About Mattamy Homes: Mattamy Homes, www.mattamyhomes.com, expanded into the U.S. in 2003 and is headquartered in Winter Park, Fla., with divisions in Arizona, Minneapolis, Charlotte, Jacksonville and Orlando. The homebuilder, the largest and most active in Canada with annual revenues exceeding $1.3 billion, was ranked among the highest of all homebuilders in the greater Toronto and Ottawa areas in a nationwide customer satisfaction survey conducted by J.D. Power Associates.
Carolyn Morrison, vice president of operations at Mattamy Homes in Arizona, said the homebuilder plans to build three, four and five bedroom single-family homes at Canyon Trails that feature open great rooms and two and three car garages.
New homes at Canyon Trails will range in size from 1,400 square feet of living space to 2,500 square feet, priced from the $130s.
“We’re excited to open our new neighborhood before the end of the year, featuring five distinctive new home designs for the Canyon Trails community,” Morrison said. “Canyon Trails is a wonderful master planned community built around a five-acre park with lighted walking trails, open green spaces and neighborhood parks throughout,” she said.
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For more information, contact: Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 Lvershelco@aol.com
About Mattamy Homes: Mattamy Homes, www.mattamyhomes.com, expanded into the U.S. in 2003 and is headquartered in Winter Park, Fla., with divisions in Arizona, Minneapolis, Charlotte, Jacksonville and Orlando. The homebuilder, the largest and most active in Canada with annual revenues exceeding $1.3 billion, was ranked among the highest of all homebuilders in the greater Toronto and Ottawa areas in a nationwide customer satisfaction survey conducted by J.D. Power Associates.
Orlando Weekly Readers vote Ride Green Scooters the best Chinese scooter dealer in Central Florida
ORLANDO - Readers of Orlando Weekly recently voted Ride Green Scooters on W. Fairbanks Avenue in Winter Park the Central Florida region’s favorite provider of low-cost, energy-efficient Chinese motor scooters.
Brian Schwartz, general manager at Ride Green Scooters, said he’s delighted with the recognition.
Ride Green Scooters specializes in sales of gas and electric Chinese scooters priced from under $1,000 to more than $2,500, and services all makes and models.
“Most of the world relies on this sort of commuter transportation because of its extreme efficiency and low cost,” Schwartz said. “As we Americans grow more energy conscious, scooters are increasing rapidly in popularity. Now you see them everywhere you go,” he said.
Ride Green Scooters is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and Sunday noon to 5 at 671 W. Fairbanks Ave. Visit www.ridegreenscooters.com
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For more information, contact: Brian Schwartz, Principal, Ride Green Scooters 407 467-3214; Ron Schwartz, Principal, Ride Green Scooters 407-342-3648; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142
Brian Schwartz, general manager at Ride Green Scooters, said he’s delighted with the recognition.
Ride Green Scooters specializes in sales of gas and electric Chinese scooters priced from under $1,000 to more than $2,500, and services all makes and models.
“Most of the world relies on this sort of commuter transportation because of its extreme efficiency and low cost,” Schwartz said. “As we Americans grow more energy conscious, scooters are increasing rapidly in popularity. Now you see them everywhere you go,” he said.
Ride Green Scooters is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and Sunday noon to 5 at 671 W. Fairbanks Ave. Visit www.ridegreenscooters.com
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For more information, contact: Brian Schwartz, Principal, Ride Green Scooters 407 467-3214; Ron Schwartz, Principal, Ride Green Scooters 407-342-3648; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142
Lennar opens newly decorated Amalfi model home at Hampton Lakes at Riverhall in Alva
FORT MYERS - Lennar has opened the newly redecorated Amalfi model home at Hampton Lakes at Riverhall Country Club, located off Palm Beach Blvd. east of I-75 at Riverhall Parkway in Alva.
Matt Devereaux, director of sales for Lennar’s Southwest Florida Division, said professional interior decorators at Gordon’s Fine Furnishings in Fort Myers designed the new Amalfi model home interiors with a striking eye.
“The new Amalfi is simply gorgeous,” Devereaux said.
“New single family homes at Hampton Lakes at Riverhall range in size from 1,677 square feet of living space to 3,283 square feet priced from the $100s, Devereaux said.
All Riverhall residents enjoy membership in the 20,000 square foot Town Hall amenity center, which includes a two-story, 14,000 square foot recreation center with 8,500 square foot lagoon-style swimming pool, fitness center and all sorts of outdoor sports courts and activities fields.
Riverhall is a master-planned community designed to include distinct villages, a school, fire station, town hall and a town square. Set among 1,500 acres of oak hammocks where more of the land is preserved as open space and lakes, the gated communities at Riverhall are connected by meandering trails and sidewalks.
For more information, contact New Home Counselors Jeff Dew or Chad Erickson at 239-693-1241 at the Lennar Welcome Home Center, 3089 Riverhall Parkway, Alva, FL 33920 and visit www.Lennar.com.
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For more information contact: Matt Devereaux, Director of Sales, Lennar-Southwest Florida 239-278-1177 ext. 357; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 Lvershelco@aol.com
Matt Devereaux, director of sales for Lennar’s Southwest Florida Division, said professional interior decorators at Gordon’s Fine Furnishings in Fort Myers designed the new Amalfi model home interiors with a striking eye.
“The new Amalfi is simply gorgeous,” Devereaux said.
“New single family homes at Hampton Lakes at Riverhall range in size from 1,677 square feet of living space to 3,283 square feet priced from the $100s, Devereaux said.
All Riverhall residents enjoy membership in the 20,000 square foot Town Hall amenity center, which includes a two-story, 14,000 square foot recreation center with 8,500 square foot lagoon-style swimming pool, fitness center and all sorts of outdoor sports courts and activities fields.
Riverhall is a master-planned community designed to include distinct villages, a school, fire station, town hall and a town square. Set among 1,500 acres of oak hammocks where more of the land is preserved as open space and lakes, the gated communities at Riverhall are connected by meandering trails and sidewalks.
For more information, contact New Home Counselors Jeff Dew or Chad Erickson at 239-693-1241 at the Lennar Welcome Home Center, 3089 Riverhall Parkway, Alva, FL 33920 and visit www.Lennar.com.
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For more information contact: Matt Devereaux, Director of Sales, Lennar-Southwest Florida 239-278-1177 ext. 357; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 Lvershelco@aol.com
Data Transfer Solutions Earns Contracts from Colorado DOT and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Nevada
ORLANDO - Data Transfer Solutions, LLC (DTS), based in Orlando’s Avalon Park, recently earned two contract awards from the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in Nevada.
A. M. “Trey” Fragala III, AICP, PMP, chief operating officer at DTS, said the Colorado DOT extended its contract with DTS for another year at an estimated value of $112,000.
New work for Colorado DOT includes a Data Access User Needs Study and maintenance of the Online Transportation Information System (OTIS) that DTS developed for Colorado DOT.
OTIS includes six different applications that supply transportation information in the form of maps, pictures, tables, and reports, Fragala explained.
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency contract, valued at an estimated $50,000, includes work to enhance security, reporting and functionality of the Tahoe region’s Defensible Space Database, which includes the land area surrounding important structures such as communications towers and utilities.
“We are developing an online map viewer that will give planners a clear picture of the defensible areas they must protect in the event of wildfires,” Fragala explained.
“This information gives first responders the opportunity to stop fires from reaching important structures,” he said.
Data Transfer Solutions, LLC is an Orlando-based firm that provides asset management, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), transportation planning/engineering, web design, database/software applications, and video and multimedia production services to local governments and regional and state agencies throughout the U.S.
For more information, contact: A. M. “Trey” Fragala, III, AICP, PMP, Chief Operating Officer, Data Transfer Solutions, 3680 Avalon Park East Blvd., Suite 200, Orlando, 32828; 407-382-5222; tfragala@edats.com Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com
A. M. “Trey” Fragala III, AICP, PMP, chief operating officer at DTS, said the Colorado DOT extended its contract with DTS for another year at an estimated value of $112,000.
New work for Colorado DOT includes a Data Access User Needs Study and maintenance of the Online Transportation Information System (OTIS) that DTS developed for Colorado DOT.
OTIS includes six different applications that supply transportation information in the form of maps, pictures, tables, and reports, Fragala explained.
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency contract, valued at an estimated $50,000, includes work to enhance security, reporting and functionality of the Tahoe region’s Defensible Space Database, which includes the land area surrounding important structures such as communications towers and utilities.
“We are developing an online map viewer that will give planners a clear picture of the defensible areas they must protect in the event of wildfires,” Fragala explained.
“This information gives first responders the opportunity to stop fires from reaching important structures,” he said.
Data Transfer Solutions, LLC is an Orlando-based firm that provides asset management, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), transportation planning/engineering, web design, database/software applications, and video and multimedia production services to local governments and regional and state agencies throughout the U.S.
For more information, contact: A. M. “Trey” Fragala, III, AICP, PMP, Chief Operating Officer, Data Transfer Solutions, 3680 Avalon Park East Blvd., Suite 200, Orlando, 32828; 407-382-5222; tfragala@edats.com Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com
360 Software Corp. to develop simulator software for Arab Academy for Science & Technology in Egypt
ORLANDO - 360 Software Corp., an Orlando based simulation developer, was recently awarded a major contract to develop simulator applications and equipment for the Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport in Alexandria, Egypt.
Gus Perez-Poveda, president of 360 Software Corp., said the simulator 360 Software it is developing will help the Arab Academy teach maritime technicians how to operate the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), which links shipboard, satellite and terrestrial communications to provide instant automatic alerts in the event of a marine emergency.
Poveda said Global Simulations, Inc., and MPRI, a division of L3 Communications, Inc., awarded 360 Software the contract.
“The GMDSS simulator is a highly realistic, low cost device to train sailors to handle emergencies efficiently, Poveda explained.
360 Software’s GMDSS simulator employs touch-screen technology and virtual GMDSS equipment.
“Our GMDSS simulator allows the instructor to create realistic multi-channel communications scenarios with a virtual device that looks and functions like the real GMDSS equipment,” Poveda said.
360 Software, a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program located in the Central Florida Research Park in East Orlando, is a leading provider of photo-realistic virtual equipment that simulates the look and functions of the real hardware to train technicians to operate communications equipment and aircraft and transportation gauges, panels, and displays.
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For more information, contact: Gus Perez-Poveda, Chief Executive Officer, 360 Software Corporation 407-380-6322; gpoveda@360softwarecorp.com; Carol Ann Dykes, Site Manager, UCF Technology Incubator 407-882-0211, cdykes@mail.ucf.edu; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 Lvershelco@aol.com
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About the UCF Incubation Program: Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 140 emerging companies (including 90 current clients) create over $800 million in annual revenue and more than 1,600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With eight facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, The City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, Osceola County, the City of Kissimmee, City of St. Cloud and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.
Gus Perez-Poveda, president of 360 Software Corp., said the simulator 360 Software it is developing will help the Arab Academy teach maritime technicians how to operate the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), which links shipboard, satellite and terrestrial communications to provide instant automatic alerts in the event of a marine emergency.
Poveda said Global Simulations, Inc., and MPRI, a division of L3 Communications, Inc., awarded 360 Software the contract.
“The GMDSS simulator is a highly realistic, low cost device to train sailors to handle emergencies efficiently, Poveda explained.
360 Software’s GMDSS simulator employs touch-screen technology and virtual GMDSS equipment.
“Our GMDSS simulator allows the instructor to create realistic multi-channel communications scenarios with a virtual device that looks and functions like the real GMDSS equipment,” Poveda said.
360 Software, a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program located in the Central Florida Research Park in East Orlando, is a leading provider of photo-realistic virtual equipment that simulates the look and functions of the real hardware to train technicians to operate communications equipment and aircraft and transportation gauges, panels, and displays.
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For more information, contact: Gus Perez-Poveda, Chief Executive Officer, 360 Software Corporation 407-380-6322; gpoveda@360softwarecorp.com; Carol Ann Dykes, Site Manager, UCF Technology Incubator 407-882-0211, cdykes@mail.ucf.edu; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 Lvershelco@aol.com
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About the UCF Incubation Program: Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 140 emerging companies (including 90 current clients) create over $800 million in annual revenue and more than 1,600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With eight facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, The City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, Osceola County, the City of Kissimmee, City of St. Cloud and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.
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