Thursday, April 26, 2012

Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty named exclusive sales agents for luxury home of Author, Speaker Mike Dooley

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty has been named exclusive sales agents for a $475,000 luxury home in Southwest Orlando owned by noted author and entrepreneur Mike Dooley.

Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty said Dooley is a former Price Water House Cooper’s International tax consultant turned New Age Spiritual guide and author of New York Times best seller Infinite Possibilities: The Art of Living Your Dreams and Leveraging the Universe: 7 Steps to Engaging Life’s Magic.

Dooley heads TUT Enterprises, an adventure travel club that has more than 403,000 members in 192 countries worldwide.

The custom designed luxury home, located at 10340 Cypress Isle Court, offers four bedrooms and three baths in 2,772 square feet of living space on a park-like half acre homesite with rare palms and exotic trees and seven foot manicured hedges on both sides.

Soderstrom said the luxury home features a large private screen enclosed pool, along with a spacious covered patio for entertaining.

Stirling Sotheby’s International Luxury Home Specialist Michelle Hochfelder is representing the property.

About Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty
Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty is affiliated with Sotheby’s International Realty, the largest luxury real estate brand in the world. Stirling Sotheby’s exclusive services include luxury residential, new homes, new home communities, commercial and investment properties, in addition to supporting builders, developers, lenders, and asset managers. The company operates two performance zones which serve all of Central Florida. Visit www.StirlingSIR.com.

Ashton Wood Homes Opens Eight Estate Home Sites,20 Traditional Home Sites at Laureate Park in Lake Nona

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Ashton Woods Homes has opened eight Estate Series home sites for sale at Laureate Park, located off Tavistock Lakes Blvd. in Lake Nona, the master planned community in Southeast Orlando.

Michael Roche, vice president of sales and marketing at Ashton Woods Homes in the Orlando region, said four and five bedroom Estate Series homes on 70 foot home sites range in size from 2,898 square feet of living space to 3,847 square feet and are priced from $394,990.

Standard features in the Estate Series homes include 12-foot ceilings, gourmet kitchens and three-car garages.

Roche said Ashton Woods has also opened 20 more traditional home sites for sale at Laureate Park to build three and four bedroom homes with two or two-and-a-half baths that will range in size from 2,026 square feet to 2,491 square feet, priced from $289,990.

Ashton Woods Homes, headquartered in Atlanta, is one of the nation’s largest private homebuilding companies with operations in growth communities in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Killeen, Orlando, Phoenix, San Antonio, Raleigh and Tampa. For more information, visit http://www.ashtonwoods.com .

PARK SQUARE HOMES APPOINTS ANTHONY ROUHANA INTERNET HOME SALES AND MARKETING COORDINATOR

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Park Square Homes has appointed Anthony Rouhana Internet Home Sales and Marketing Coordinator.

Vishaal Gupta, president of Park Square Homes, said Rouhana is a graduate of the University of Florida and has more than three years of experience in marketing and advertising.

Ryland Homes Opens 35 Home Sites in New Phase Priced From the $360s at Eagles Landing at The Palisades in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Ryland Homes has opened 35 new home sites at Eagles Landing at The Palisades, the master planned community located off Highway 49 in southwest Charlotte.

Krista Long, vice president of sales and marketing for Ryland Homes in the Charlotte region, said Ryland plans to build 35 new single family homes priced from the $360s in its newest phase at the community.

The full brick single family luxury homes priced from the $360s will range in size from 3,144 square feet of living space to more than 4,000 square feet, Long said.

Some new homes at Eagles Landing at The Palisades will feature first floor master bedrooms and game rooms. Basement and golf course home sites are available, Long added.

Nestled on the banks of Lake Wylie, The Palisades earned Audubon International’s highest certification.

The Palisades features a Jack Nicklaus designed championship golf course and private country club, soccer training complex and more than seven miles of hiking and nature trails. The private Palisades Episcopal School in the community with Junior Kindergarten through 8th Grade offers small group instruction and an exceptional classical curriculum.

The Tim Wilkison Signature Sports Complex at The Palisades features a swimming pool and waterslide, state-of-the-art fitness center and an award winning tennis complex.

About Ryland Homes
With headquarters in Southern California, Ryland is one of the nation's largest homebuilders and a leading mortgage-finance company. The Company currently operates in 24 homebuilding divisions across the country and has built more than 285,000 homes and financed more than 235,000 mortgages since its founding in 1967. Ryland is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "RYL."

SeaGate Homes to Start Spec Homes in Three Different Communities

PALM COAST – SeaGate Homes, Flagler County’s largest and most active home builder, plans to start construction on three spec homes in three different communities in May.

Two of the homes – a 2,770-square-foot Summerland model and a 2,048-square-foot Sea Spray – will be built in St. Augustine’s Whisper Ridge and Seagrove communities, respectively. The third, a 2,446-square-foot Worthington – will be in Palm Coast, according to Michael Sawdai, SeaGate’s vice president of operations.

The Worthington – a four-bedroom, two-bath, plan – will be priced at $202,900 and located in Palm Coast’s Cypress Knoll community. One of SeaGate’s most popular plans, the home will feature tile floors, stainless-steel appliances, 42" cabinets with crown molding, and granite countertops.

The Summerland is a four-bedroom, three-bath, three-car garage plan that will be built on a one-third acre lakefront lot in the final phase of Whisper Ridge Reserve. It will include an inviting double-door entry, decorative arches, coffered ceilings, a 32-foot covered lanai, and a pool bath, as well as an oversized master suite with two large walk-in closets. Sawdai said it will be priced at $289,900.

The four-bedroom, two-bath Sea Spray will be located in the quaint beachside, master-planned community of Seagrove on Anastasia Island. Built in a Craftsman style, the home will feature a large, welcoming front porch, a tray ceiling in the master, and a spacious kitchen with a bay window breakfast nook. It will be priced at $299,900.

For more information, please call 386-445-1616 or visit www.SeaGateHomes.com.

About SeaGate Homes:
SeaGate Homes, Flagler County’s largest homebuilder, is an 18-year-old, family-owned company with headquarters in Palm Coast. SeaGate builds quality homes at communities in St. Augustine, Palm Coast, as well as through their On-Your-Lot program in Volusia, Flagler and St. Johns counties. Prices range from the $100s to the $400s.

HOMETOWN HEALTH TV RECEIVES LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD

LEESBURG, Fla. – Hometown Health TV LLC, a Lake County health and medical-oriented TV production company, received a 2012 Lake County Community Service Award recently (April 25).

In its 22nd year, the 2012 awards were sponsored by the Lake County League of Cities, the Daily Commercial, Leadership Lake, the Chamber Alliance of Lake County, Lake-Sumter Community College’s Business Resource Center and Lake Receptions.

The “Entrepreneur Award” – given to Hometown Health President Marc Robertz-Schwartz√ at a recognition banquet in Mount Dora – was presented for the company’s “continued dedication and commitment” to Lake County and its residents.

“By name and definition, Hometown Health TV is hyper local to our hometown. To be recognized for our commitment to our community is not only extremely gratifying and humbling, but proof that we are delivering on our core values of educating, informing and being a significant corporate citizen to the residents of Lake County,” Robertz-Schwartz said.

A client of the University of Central Florida’s Business Incubation Program in Leesburg, Hometown Health TV launched in 2009 with the goals of developing cost-effective video and web platforms for physicians and healthcare professionals, while creating a valuable waiting room experience for patients by educating, informing and entertaining. For more information, visit www.YourHometownHealth.com.

About Hometown Health TV
Hometown Health TV is complemented by its website www.YourHometownHealth.com and a YouTube channel, both of which include access to the most recent content featured in the video program, as well as profiles of the participating medical professionals and support content.

About the UCF Business Incubation Program
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 200 emerging companies (including more than 134 current clients) create over $363 million in annual total economic output and more than 3,120 new jobs (taking direct and indirect and induced impact into account) with an average salary of $59,000. With ten facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Business Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development among the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Apopka, 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, Volusia County and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information about the Program and its clients and graduates, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu and UCFBIP on Facebook, on www.facebook.com/ucf4bip.