Rhodes+Brito Selected for Continuing Services Architects for Valencia College

ORLANDO, Fla., --- Rhodes+Brito Architects based in Orlando was recently selected as a continuing services architect for Valencia College. Ruffin Rhodes, co-founder and partner at Rhodes+Brito, said this award will involve projects for architectural services under $2,000,000 in construction and $200,000 in fees for design studies annually. Rhodes+Brito has completed several projects previously on the east and west campuses of Valencia College. Rhodes+Brito is a full-service architectural firm that opened its offices in downtown Orlando in 1996 to specialize in design of public facilities, including schools, airports and courthouses.

Stoneybrook West Golf Club to Host Frito Lay National Breast Cancer Fundraiser Tournament Oct. 18

WINTER GARDEN, Fla. --- Stoneybrook West Golf Club in Winter Garden will host the Frito Lay National Breast Cancer Golf Tournament on Oct. 18. Gene Garrote, president of Celebration Golf Management, which owns and operates Stoneybrook West Golf Club, said the annual Frito Lay golf tournament is one of the biggest in the Central Florida region. Registration for the golf tournament costs $100. For more information or to register for the tournament or to make a donation, call Amy Hudson 407-832-1517 or email Amy.h.hudson@pepsico.com .

Luxury Waterfront Property Owners Have a Whole New Marketplace to Sell Their Home

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty has long specialized in luxury properties on Central Florida lakes and rivers and the Brevard and Volusia County beaches, inlets and waterways. Now, luxury waterfront property owners have a powerful new marketplace to sell their homes. Sotheby’s International Realty has launched www.waterfrontpropertysir.com, a specialty market website that offers potential buyers detailed waterfront lifestyle and listing information and resources. “Waterfrontpropertysir.com covers the full spectrum of lifestyle types and properties that Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty markets globally, from oceanfront and beaches to riverfront, lakefront, islands and peninsulas, including boat or yacht harboring,” said Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty. Already, waterfrontpropertysir.com lists waterfront properties for sale worldwide valued at more than $13 billion. “For waterfront property owners, this is the most valuable marketing tool available today,” Soderstrom said.

NAI Realvest Negotiates New Industrial Lease Agreement in DeLand for Metals Recycling Firm

MAITLAND, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease agreement for 5,000 square feet of industrial space at 748 International Speedway Blvd. in DeLand. NAI Realvest Associate Michael Heidrich, Jr., negotiated the transaction representing the tenant, PMR Metal, LLC, along with Michael Heidrich Sr., principal at NAI Realvest. PMR Metals deals in the recycling of all types of metals and electronic devices. The landlord, RSP Commercial Investments, was represented Roger Baumgartner of Baumgartner Company. About NAI Realvest NAI Realvest, serving all of Central Florida, is a fully integrated commercial real estate operating company specializing in brokerage, development, investment, leasing and management, consulting and research services in the U.S. and worldwide. NAI Global is an international commercial real estate network with over 350 offices spanning the globe. Since 1978, clients have built businesses on the power of NAI Global’s expanding network. Extensive services include multi-site acquisitions and dispositions, sublease, tenant representation, lease administration and audit, investment services, due diligence and related consulting and advisory services. To learn more, visit www.NAIRealvest.com.

Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty Selected to Market Historic Moody House in Downtown Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty has been named exclusive sales and marketing agents for the Moody House, an historic downtown waterfront estate home designed by venerated Winter Park architect Nils M. Schweitzer. Schweitzer, who trained with Frank Lloyd Wright and incorporated many of Wright’s iconic design principles in his life’s work, ideally sited the 5,269 square foot luxury home on its 2.32 acre home site to take the best advantage of cooling breezes and dramatic views of Lake Holden. Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty, said the one-of-a-kind home site features fruit trees and prime lake frontage. International Luxury Home Specialists Michelle Hochfelder and Jane Scrima are representing the Moody property which is priced for sale at $650,000. Built in 1964 for the current owner, the four-bedroom, three-and-a-half bath home features custom cedar with unique light fixtures, soaring ceilings and interior and exterior walls constructed from Florida Field Stone. The home also features two wood-burning fireplaces and a spacious second level loft living area with views of the entire 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 global marketing services include luxury residential, new homes, new home communities, commercial and investment properties. In addition the company provides support to builders and developers locally and internationally. Visit www.StirlingSIR.com.

Two move-in ready homes by Ashton Woods Homes nearly complete, to open for viewing in fall

TAMPA, Fla. --- Ashton Woods Homes will have two ready-to-move-in luxury homes ready for viewing this fall at Grand Hampton in New Tampa, located on Dunham Station Drive off County Line Road just west of Bruce B. Downs Blvd. Michael Roche, vice president of sales and marketing at Ashton Woods Homes, said both homes offer 2,822 square feet of space, four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, two car garage priced at $279,990. Grand Hampton features a community clubhouse with multi-use aquatic center, tennis and basketball courts, extensive conservation areas, a park and lakes. 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 .

UCF Business Incubation Program Celebrates 13th Anniversary

ORLANDO, Fla. --- The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program is celebrating its 13th anniversary in October. The job-generating program now has three Orlando facilities at the UCF campus, in Central Florida Research Park and on SR 50 near downtown, and seven more in St. Cloud, Kissimmee, Sanford, Winter Springs, Leesburg, Daytona Beach and Apopka. Dr. Tom O’Neal, who founded the program and has guided it to prominence as one of the most active university-based business incubation programs in the U.S., said each incubation facility is a partnership that pairs the university with counties and local municipalities to support local startup businesses that demonstrate strong potential for success. Dr. O’Neal said a series of city-county partnerships as rank as the most critical elements of the UCF Business Incubation Program. Other partnerships with organizations such as the Florida High Tech Corridor and local professional service providers make the program a model other regions try to emulate. “City and county governments have a vested interest in generating local economic growth and business incubation programs have shown to be one of the most cost-effective economic development efforts a city or county can undertake,” Dr. O’Neal said. Since its launch in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has generated more than 3,000 home-grown jobs. Recently, Dr. O’Neal has been working on an Angel Investor Network to provide early stage funding for promising startup companies. “Talent and capital are the two biggest needs in the economic development arena,” Dr. O’Neal said. “We have talent. Our Angel Investor Network was created to link talented entrepreneurs with investors who can help turn good ideas into successful ventures that in turn create good jobs locally,” O’Neal said. About the UCF Business Incubation Program Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 300 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 $60,000. 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.