ORLANDO, Fla. --- ICI Homes, the award-winning community developer and luxury home builder headquartered in Daytona Beach will host a realtor preview reception from 5 to 8 p.m. July 18 at the Cypress Reserve Villas, the gated luxury resort community at 2865 Dennis Drive in Kissimmee.
Rosemary Messina, vice president of sales and marketing at ICI Homes, said presales of the new luxury villas at the gated community, have already started.
New three bedroom, two bath homes at the Cypress Reserve Villas, range in size from 1,700 square feet of living space to 1,830 square feet, priced from $200,000.
New villa homes at Cypress Reserve Villas feature an open and spacious great room with granite counter tops in the kitchen and 42 inch cabinets with crown molding, tiled bathroom floors and cultured marble vanities.
The Cypress Reserve Villas features a community swimming pool, tennis courts and playground.
About ICI Homes
ICI Homes is ranked by Builder magazine as one of the top 100 homebuilders in the nation. The 32+-year-old firm builds new homes and resort facilities in the Volusia-Flagler region as well as in Jacksonville, Orlando, Melbourne and Tampa.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Park Square Homes Starts Construction of new Four Bedroom Model Home at Harmony by St. Cloud
ORLANDO, Fla. – Park Square Homes has started construction of a new model home at Harmony, one of Central Florida’s green certified communities located off U.S. 192 by St. Cloud.
Anthony Rouhana, marketing coordinator at Park Square Homes, said the new model home at Harmony offers four bedrooms and two and a half baths in 2,620 square feet of living space with a two car garage.
Park Square Homes is building three, four and five bedroom homes at Harmony that range in size from 2,081 square feet to 3,524 square feet priced from the $190s.
Visit www.parksquarehomes.com
About Park Square Homes
Park Square Homes is one of Central Florida’s premier production and vacation homebuilders. Founded in Orlando in 1984, the company has constructed thousands of homes in Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties. Park Square Homes is ranked as one of the largest homebuilders in Central Florida and is considered a pioneer and innovator in Florida’s resort home market.
Anthony Rouhana, marketing coordinator at Park Square Homes, said the new model home at Harmony offers four bedrooms and two and a half baths in 2,620 square feet of living space with a two car garage.
Park Square Homes is building three, four and five bedroom homes at Harmony that range in size from 2,081 square feet to 3,524 square feet priced from the $190s.
Visit www.parksquarehomes.com
About Park Square Homes
Park Square Homes is one of Central Florida’s premier production and vacation homebuilders. Founded in Orlando in 1984, the company has constructed thousands of homes in Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties. Park Square Homes is ranked as one of the largest homebuilders in Central Florida and is considered a pioneer and innovator in Florida’s resort home market.
Ryland Homes acquires 28 home sites at Brightwood Trails in Durham, to start construction of new single family homes
DURHAM, N.C. – Ryland Homes recently acquired 28 home sites at Brightwood Trails, located off Sherron Road near Highway 70 East in Durham.
Krista Long, vice president of sales and marketing at Ryland Homes for the Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham areas, said the award winning home builder plans to build new three, four and five bedroom single family homes in the first phase at Brightwood Trails that range in size from 1,900 square feet of living space to more than 3,600 square feet.
New homes at Brightwood Trials will be priced from the $180s.
Long said Ryland Homes plans to build 60 new homes in additional phases at Brightwood Trails.
Brightwood Trails features a community swimming pool, open air cabana and playground.
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."
Krista Long, vice president of sales and marketing at Ryland Homes for the Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham areas, said the award winning home builder plans to build new three, four and five bedroom single family homes in the first phase at Brightwood Trails that range in size from 1,900 square feet of living space to more than 3,600 square feet.
New homes at Brightwood Trials will be priced from the $180s.
Long said Ryland Homes plans to build 60 new homes in additional phases at Brightwood Trails.
Brightwood Trails features a community swimming pool, open air cabana and playground.
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."
UCF’s Dr. Tom O’Neal Reelected to the Board of Directors of the National Business Incubation Assn.
ORLANDO, Fla., – Dr. Tom O’Neal, president of the Florida Business Incubation Assn., (FBIA) executive director of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute and associate vice president for research and commercialization at the University of Central Florida, was recently re-elected to the board of directors of the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA).
Dr. O’Neal, founder of the UCF’s Business Incubation Program, said the NBIA is the world’s leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.
“Each year, the NBIA provides thousands of professionals with information, education, advocacy and networking resources to assist early stage companies accelerate their growth and generate new economic activity and new jobs,” O’Neal said.
The NBIA currently serves more than 1,000 members in more than 60 nations. Some 25 percent of NBIA’s membership is located outside the U.S.
About the National Business Incubation Association
With more than 7,000 business incubators worldwide, the NBIA – the world's leading organization in advancing business incubation – estimates that in 2005 alone, North American incubators assisted more than 27,000 start-up companies that provided full-time employment for more than 100,000 workers and generated annual revenue of more than $17 billion, according.
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.
Dr. O’Neal, founder of the UCF’s Business Incubation Program, said the NBIA is the world’s leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship.
“Each year, the NBIA provides thousands of professionals with information, education, advocacy and networking resources to assist early stage companies accelerate their growth and generate new economic activity and new jobs,” O’Neal said.
The NBIA currently serves more than 1,000 members in more than 60 nations. Some 25 percent of NBIA’s membership is located outside the U.S.
About the National Business Incubation Association
With more than 7,000 business incubators worldwide, the NBIA – the world's leading organization in advancing business incubation – estimates that in 2005 alone, North American incubators assisted more than 27,000 start-up companies that provided full-time employment for more than 100,000 workers and generated annual revenue of more than $17 billion, according.
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.
FORTRESS CONSTRUCTION GROUP STARTS CONSTRUCTION OF 12,000 SQUARE FOOT MEDICAL FACILITY IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO
ORLANDO, Fla. --- Fortress Construction Group, Inc. recently started construction of a new $1.4 Million, 12,000 square foot medical facility at 326 N. Mills Ave. for the Central Florida Pulmonary Group (CFPG).
Charles Ayers, president of Fortress Construction Group, Inc. said the project includes the state-of-the-art medical facility along with new parking and complete renovation of existing medical offices. The renovation/design pricing is still in process.
The project is a challenging one, Ayers said.
The site is relatively small, with the existing 7,500 square foot medical office building that will remain open while construction is under way, Ayers explained.
James Garritani, R.A. of DDP Architects P.A. designed the new facility.
“Our focus was to soften the transition between the commercial buildings of Mills Avenue and the adjacent historic residential areas,” Garritani said.
“The City of Orlando was very helpful in accommodating the needs of the client and helping to craft a compatible design at the streetscape level,” he said.
Ayers said the new medical facility, expected to open by the end of this year, will accommodate future growth.
Central Florida Pulmonary Group, which specializes in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine, expects to add about 20 new positions over the next two years. The new facility will provide a variety of services including Respiratory Therapy, the CFPG Institute of Sleep Medicine, CT Scan, DEXA Scan, and a Drive-Through Pharmacy.
Visit www.Fortressconstructiongroup.com
Charles Ayers, president of Fortress Construction Group, Inc. said the project includes the state-of-the-art medical facility along with new parking and complete renovation of existing medical offices. The renovation/design pricing is still in process.
The project is a challenging one, Ayers said.
The site is relatively small, with the existing 7,500 square foot medical office building that will remain open while construction is under way, Ayers explained.
James Garritani, R.A. of DDP Architects P.A. designed the new facility.
“Our focus was to soften the transition between the commercial buildings of Mills Avenue and the adjacent historic residential areas,” Garritani said.
“The City of Orlando was very helpful in accommodating the needs of the client and helping to craft a compatible design at the streetscape level,” he said.
Ayers said the new medical facility, expected to open by the end of this year, will accommodate future growth.
Central Florida Pulmonary Group, which specializes in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine, expects to add about 20 new positions over the next two years. The new facility will provide a variety of services including Respiratory Therapy, the CFPG Institute of Sleep Medicine, CT Scan, DEXA Scan, and a Drive-Through Pharmacy.
Visit www.Fortressconstructiongroup.com
First GREEN Bank Celebrates Saturday Grand Opening with Live Music and a Host of Family-Oriented Activities
ORMOND BEACH – Rain drops and cloudy skies didn’t dampen Saturday’s (6/9) grand opening of the First GREEN Bank at 175 W. Granada Blvd. or prevent bank officials from enlightening the community to the bank’s respect for the environment.
Nestled alongside the tents sheltering singers, a caricature artist, a face-painter and a balloon-twister were exhibits of battery-operated cars, solar-energy products and complimentary all-natural hot dogs.
“We encourage our employees to be green by recycling and using less water and electricity,” said Chairman and CEO Kenneth E. LaRoe, as he gestured toward an hybrid Prius, one of 12 logoed company cars that are used by couriers and other employees. “We also hope that our motto of ‘a local bank with a global mission’ will resonate with customers as well.”
First GREEN Bank was named Florida’s 2011 Green Company of the Year by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Central Florida Chapter. The company’s 12,000 square foot Mount Dora headquarters is only the second privately built commercial building in Florida to qualify for the Council’s Platinum LEED certification. The bank has another branch in Clermont and plans to open an Orlando branch by the end of this year, he said.
The 6,000 square foot Ormond Beach branch, which is being leased for the next three years, is slated for a transformation soon, according to Market Executive Jim Hester.
“We haven’t made a lot of changes here yet,” said Hester, a native of Ormond Beach. “But, we plan to replace all of the lighting and plumbing to make it a more sustainable building. We’d also like to put in an electric car-charging station and solar panels.”
Hester, who manages five employees in Ormond Beach, said the branch office opened in February and held a standing room-only mixer last Thursday 6/7 during a torrential downpour.
“It was phenomenal,” he said. “It was flooding outside and we probably had 150 people in here. It’s going so well here that we might build our own building like we did in Mount Dora.”
And, according to Head Teller Susette Drogo the environment isn’t the only thing important to the leaders of First GREEN Bank.
“They also like to take care of their employees,” she said, referring to zero interest loans available to employees who purchase cars that get more than 30 mpg, and to an area in the office with exercise machines. “We have some healthy rowing competition going on right now.”
LaRoe said he would like to hire only employees who are already environmentally conscious for his bank, but that isn’t always feasible.
“I’d like all of our employees to be green, but it’s easier to hire a good banker and then teach them to live green.”
Nestled alongside the tents sheltering singers, a caricature artist, a face-painter and a balloon-twister were exhibits of battery-operated cars, solar-energy products and complimentary all-natural hot dogs.
“We encourage our employees to be green by recycling and using less water and electricity,” said Chairman and CEO Kenneth E. LaRoe, as he gestured toward an hybrid Prius, one of 12 logoed company cars that are used by couriers and other employees. “We also hope that our motto of ‘a local bank with a global mission’ will resonate with customers as well.”
First GREEN Bank was named Florida’s 2011 Green Company of the Year by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Central Florida Chapter. The company’s 12,000 square foot Mount Dora headquarters is only the second privately built commercial building in Florida to qualify for the Council’s Platinum LEED certification. The bank has another branch in Clermont and plans to open an Orlando branch by the end of this year, he said.
The 6,000 square foot Ormond Beach branch, which is being leased for the next three years, is slated for a transformation soon, according to Market Executive Jim Hester.
“We haven’t made a lot of changes here yet,” said Hester, a native of Ormond Beach. “But, we plan to replace all of the lighting and plumbing to make it a more sustainable building. We’d also like to put in an electric car-charging station and solar panels.”
Hester, who manages five employees in Ormond Beach, said the branch office opened in February and held a standing room-only mixer last Thursday 6/7 during a torrential downpour.
“It was phenomenal,” he said. “It was flooding outside and we probably had 150 people in here. It’s going so well here that we might build our own building like we did in Mount Dora.”
And, according to Head Teller Susette Drogo the environment isn’t the only thing important to the leaders of First GREEN Bank.
“They also like to take care of their employees,” she said, referring to zero interest loans available to employees who purchase cars that get more than 30 mpg, and to an area in the office with exercise machines. “We have some healthy rowing competition going on right now.”
LaRoe said he would like to hire only employees who are already environmentally conscious for his bank, but that isn’t always feasible.
“I’d like all of our employees to be green, but it’s easier to hire a good banker and then teach them to live green.”
Henin Homes at Riviera Bella offers free upgrades worth $15,000 on new homes purchased by June 30
DEBARY, Fla. --- Riviera Bella, the award-winning gated, luxury community overlooking the St. Johns River in DeBary, is offering home buyers in June up to $15,000 worth of free upgrades on new homes purchased by June 30.
Jerome Henin, president of Henin Homes at Riviera Bella, said upgrades can include anything from porches, wood flooring, a patio and swimming pool to French doors, garage extension, granite countertops an energy saving package and other options.
Only 17 home sites remain for sale at Riviera Bella, where Henin Homes is building luxury homes that range in size from 1,600 square feet of living space to 4,500 square feet priced from $193,900.
Jerome Henin, president of Henin Homes at Riviera Bella, said upgrades can include anything from porches, wood flooring, a patio and swimming pool to French doors, garage extension, granite countertops an energy saving package and other options.
Only 17 home sites remain for sale at Riviera Bella, where Henin Homes is building luxury homes that range in size from 1,600 square feet of living space to 4,500 square feet priced from $193,900.
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