NAI Realvest Negotiates New Retail and Office Leases in Winter Park and Oviedo for Hair and Pool Designers

MAITLAND, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated two new leases – a retail lease in Winter Park for a hair designer and an office lease in Oviedo for a pool designer – totaling more than 3,800 square feet. NAI Realvest Associate Mitch Heidrich negotiated a new retail lease of 1,300 square feet at 400 South Orlando Ave., Suite 112 in Winter Park representing the local tenant, Catwalk Hair Design, Inc. The landlord New England Courtyard LLC of Winter Park was represented by Trish Debell of Southeastern Realty. At the same time Heidrich negotiated a lease agreement for 2,514 square feet on behalf of new tenant Advantage Pools & Spas, Inc., a local pool designer, at 348 W. SR 434 in Oviedo. Scott Garrett of Results Real Estate Partners LLC represented the landlord DK Properties LLC in the transaction.

Dave Brewer Inc sees uptick in homes, remodels - Starts Construction of Two Custom Homes, Remodeling Division starts Two Major Additions

SANFORD, Fla. -- Dave Brewer, Inc., a leading custom homebuilder that focuses on luxury homes valued at $1 million and up, has started construction of two custom homes. The firm’s remodeling division – Dave Brewer Constructors – has also started two large projects. Matt Trask, vice president at Dave Brewer, Inc., said work has started on a 6,000 square foot home at Heathrow Woods as well as a 12,000 square foot lakefront home in Mount Dora. The two-story Heathrow Woods home, in a Traditional design, will offer five bedrooms, four baths and a four-car oversized garage. Special features include a one-of-a-kind billiards room and state of the art energy efficient elements and materials throughout. The home located on the Dora Chain of Lakes, is a six bedroom, five bath, two-story Key West design that offers a two-story executive library. The home will feature a combination game room-theatre with 25-foot ceilings. Trask said Dave Brewer Constructors has two major remodeling projects underway including a 450 square foot addition to an Alaqua Lakes home featuring a stunning outdoor living area, and a 650 square foot addition to a home on Lake Louise.

NAI Realvest Negotiates Long Term Renewal Lease with FAA for nearly 50,000 square feet of Class A office space at The Citadel in Southeast Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated a renewal lease agreement for 49,998 square feet in Citadel International III, a Class A office building located at 5950 Hazeltine National Drive in southeast Orlando. Principal Matt Cichocki negotiated the transaction along with NAI Realvest Principal Kevin O’Connor and Senior Associate Mary Frances West, CCIM representing the landlord, Citadel Partners, LTD, based at The Villages, Fla. The tenant is the Federal Aviation Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The FAA has been a tenant in the building since 1997 and has renewed its lease for another long term. NAI Realvest is exclusive management and leasing representative for the property and West leads The Citadel leasing team that includes NAI Realvest principals Kevin O’Connor and Matt Cichocki.

Lennar Offers Whopping Six Percent Commissions to Realtors Who Sell New Homes at Select Communities in the Orlando, Clermont and Space Coast regions

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Lennar’s Central Florida Division is offering up to six percent commissions to Orlando-area Realtors who sell new Lennar homes at select communities in the Orlando, Clermont and Space Coast regions: Emerson Park in Apopka, Cortland Woods at Providence in Davenport, Somerset Landing at Wyndham Lakes in south Orlando, Treviso in Sanford, Stoneybrook Hills in Mount Dora, Heritage Isle in Viera in Brevard County and Heritage Hills in Clermont. Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida Division, said Realtors will earn five percent commission for any home they sell in the select communities if the home closes by Nov. 30. In addition, Metheny said Realtors who successfully complete Lennar’s Realtor ACES program will earn another one percent commission. “Lennar recognizes that area Realtors are the backbone of the housing industry in Florida and we want to reward them for their efforts,” Metheny said. Realtors can earn the additional one percent or six percent total for sales of new homes in select Lennar communities in Central Florida if they successfully complete Lennar’s ACES program. Realtors can register for Lennar’s ACES Realtor program at www.lennarlovesrealtors.com and complete the online orientation program to pass the test and be eligible for the expanded commission, Metheny added.

FIRST GREEN BANK EARNS BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU SEAL OF APPROVAL

MOUNT DORA, Fla. --- First Green Bank, the Lake County Bank that will expand to downtown Orlando this year, has earned the Better Business Bureau’s official seal of approval. Kenneth LaRoe, chairman of First Green Bank, said the Better Business Bureau---known more formally as the BBB---recently notified First Green Bank that it has earned the right to display the BBB Accredited Business seal on collateral materials such as the First Green Bank web site at www.FirstGreenBank.com. “This is a real feather in our cap,” LaRoe said. “Frankly, given our philosophy and all the work we do to make Central Florida a better, richer and more fulfilling community, I would be more than a little surprised if we didn’t surpass the BBB’s criteria for good business,” LaRoe said, “and we’d take immediate steps to correct that.” First Green Bank ranks as one of the nation’s safest, banks and one of the nation’s greenest banks as well. LaRoe said First Green Bank’s customer-centered, values based business model has created a corporate culture that he hopes other businesses will imitate and improve on. “I’d like to think that every transaction expresses, in part, the sort of bedrock values of service and community for which Central Florida deserves to be proud,” LaRoe said. Apparently, the Better Business Bureau agrees.

Orlando Based GiveJet Offers SkyRoutes, a New Program Offering Guaranteed Access to Private Jets at a Substantial Savings.

Orlando, Fla. --- GiveJet LLC, based in Orlando, recently announced a new plan to provide clients with guaranteed access to private jets flying more than 22,000 routes at substantial savings. Jeremy A. Levy, president of GiveJet LLC, said GiveJet’s Sky RoutesTM program offers passengers quick, convenient and affordable access to charter jet flights to and from virtually any city in the U.S.--with a credit card, which most jet card providers will not allow. “Our new SkyRoutesTM campaign was designed to appeal to more corporate clients and affluent travelers,” Levy said. Levy said GiveJet developed its Sky RoutesTM program to offer a more flexible and affordable alternative to clients who now depend on fractional ownership or jet cards to secure charter jet services. “With GiveJet’s Sky RoutesTM a client can feel like an owner at a fraction of the cost,” Levy said. “We offer on-demand availability on a trip-by-trip basis at affordable rates without the typical minimum investment, which usually runs to six to seven figures,” Levy added. One big advantage, Levy said, is that SkyRoutesTM clients can book flights with their credit card. “That is a significant new development in the corporate and affluent travel class that makes us unique,” Levy said. Levy said GiveJet’s Sky RoutesTM program offers reduced pricing between over 22,000 city pairs representing the most common domestic destinations, and also serves Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and remote regions of the U.S. GiveJet LLC is a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program located in Central Florida Research Park in east Orange County. All charter flights arranged by GiveJet LLC are operated by FAR Part 135 air carriers that exercise full operational control of charter flights at all times.

Tolaris Realty Group to Serve as Exclusive Sales, Marketing Agents at Lake Irish Estates on Markham Woods Rd.

LAKE FOREST, Fla. --- Tolaris Realty Group has been selected to serve as exclusive sales and marketing agents at Lake Irish Estates, a new community of luxury estates priced from the $600s located near Heathrow on Markham Woods Road. Rick Bavec, a principal at Tolaris Realty Group, said new home sales is an important niche that is showing signs of a stronger comeback. “We are currently negotiating with developers of several exclusive communities in the Central Florida region to take over sales and marketing on an exclusive broker basis,” Bavec said. Bavec has more than 30 years of experience in onsite sales and marketing management in luxury gated communities including Alaqua, Heathrow, Victoria Park and Lake Forest.

FIRST GREEN BANK TO OPEN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO FACILITY BY LATE NOVEMBER

MOUNT DORA, Fla. – First Green Bank, the Mount Dora-based community bank that ranks as one of the nation’s greenest banks and one of the nation’s safest banks, will open a branch location at 1118 S. Orange Ave. in downtown Orlando. Kenneth LaRoe, chairman and chief executive officer of First Green Bank, said the downtown Orlando location will be the bank’s fourth Central Florida office. The bank’s headquarters facility on U.S. 441 in Mount Dora is one of the only two commercial buildings in Florida to qualify for the U.S. Green Building Council’s Platinum rating for energy efficiency and sustainability. First Green Bank’s sustainability efforts led American Banker Magazine to rank First Green Bank as one of America’s “greenest” banks. Earlier this year, First Green Bank was named the U.S. Green Building Council’s 2011 Business of the Year. A recent survey of more than 7,300 U.S. Banks by Microsoft Network (msn.com) ranked First Green Bank one of the 359 safest banks in the U.S. and one of only 12 in Florida. In February, First Green Bank opened a branch location in Ormond Beach. First Green Bank also maintains a branch facility in Clermont. LaRoe said he plans to open the downtown Orlando bank location in late November. Meanwhile, LaRoe said he expects to open a Winter Park location by the summer of 2013 and later a location in The Villages.

Stock Construction Joins Lennar Homes at Treviso Bay Luxury Golf Course Community in Naples

NAPLES, Fla. --- Stock Construction, part of the award winning community developer Stock Development, whose portfolio of exclusive residential communities in southwest Florida includes Lely Resort, Paseo, Olde Cypress, and Secoya Reserve in North Naples, has joined Lennar Homes at Treviso Bay luxury golf course community, located five minutes south of downtown Naples on Tamiami Trail East, off U.S. 41. Lennar, one of Florida’s largest home builders and developers of luxury communities throughout Florida including Heritage Bay Golf & Country Club in North Naples, acquired Treviso Bay and its Arthur Hills-designed golf course --- the only PGA Tour Tournament Players' Club (TPC) golf course in southwest Florida --- last year. Darin McMurray, president of Lennar Homes Southwest Florida, said Stock Construction will build an initial 26 luxury homes in the first phase at Treviso Bay priced from the $600s. Stock will start construction of two model homes---the Muirfield III and the Ponte Vedra Grande---that will open next year. “Stock Construction brings a wealth of experience and a reputation for exceptional quality design and construction to Treviso Bay and we are delighted to welcome them,” McMurray said. Stock Construction plans to build new single-family luxury homes at Treviso Bay ranging in size from 3,250 square feet of living space to more than 4,000 square feet priced from the $600s. Lennar Homes, which has sold more than 80 luxury homes at Treviso Bay over the past eight months, is building Terrace Condominiums priced from the low $200s, Verandas from the mid-$200s, Coach Homes from the low $300s and single-family luxury homes priced from the high $400s to the $700s.

Lennar Reports sales of 40 Terrace Condominiums in Two Months, Starts Construction of 16 Coach Homes at Riverstrand in Bradenton

BRADENTON, Fla. --- Lennar Homes started construction of 16 new Coach Homes priced from the $230s at Riverstrand, the gated golf and country club community located within Heritage Harbor in Bradenton off S.R. 64. Zach Bouchard, marketing manager for Lennar Homes in the Southwest Florida region, said Lennar’s new Coach Homes at Riverstrand are priced from $239,990 to $269,900. At the same time Bouchard said Lennar sold 40 Terrace Condominiums in the last 60 days at Riverstrand with an average sale price of $140,000 - $150,000. Every new home built at Riverstrand comes with Lennar’s “Everything’s Included” pledge that everything is included in one price from granite kitchen countertops, wood cabinets, stainless steel appliances to crown molding and tile in living areas. River Strand Golf & Country Club membership is also included with the purchase of every new home. River Strand is located on the 27-hole Arthur Hills-designed River Strand golf course, and the community features a members-only 39,000 square foot clubhouse that offers both fine and casual dining, eight lighted Har-Tru tennis courts and an aqua practice driving range, Bouchard added.