Celebration Golf Management Appoints Chad Poling Director of Golf at RedTail Golf Club in Sorrento

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Celebration Golf Management, which operates nine Central Florida golf clubs and two more in South Carolina and Tennessee, recently promoted Chad Poling to director of golf at RedTail Golf Club in Sorrento. Gene Garrote, president of Celebration Golf Management, said Poling will oversee golf operations and lesson programs at RedTail. “Chad Poling has a real passion for teaching,” Garrote said. Poling was the 2004 NCAA Division III National Champion and three-time All-American at Ohio Wesleyan University. He played professionally for three years on the NGA Tour and was featured in a Sports Illustrated “Faces in the Crowd” story, Garrote added. Poling joined Celebration Golf Management in 2007 at Celebration Golf Club.

NAI Realvest Negotiates Lease of 5,561 square foot Finwall Building in Colonial Town area near downtown Orlando

MAITLAND, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated a lease agreement for the 5,561 square foot office facility known as the Finwall Building at 940 N. Ferncreek Ave. off Colonial Drive (SR 50) and Mills Avenue (US 17-92) in Orlando Paul P. Partyka, managing partner at NAI Realvest, brokered the transaction representing the landlord, Ferncreek LLC of Winter Park. The new tenant, Orlando-based Institute of Financial Operations, outgrew its former facility and the new building is more functional with room for the projected growth of the organization, said Partyka.

NAI Realvest Negotiates New Office Lease at University Court in East Orlando for State Representative Joe Saunders Local office

ORLANDO, Fla. --- NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease agreement for 1,122 square feet of office space at University Court located at 3361 Rouse Rd. off University Blvd. in east Orlando. Senior Associate Mary Frances West, CCIM negotiated the transaction representing the landlord, RREF Interchange-Fl, Rouse, LLC c/o Charles Wayne Properties of Daytona Beach. The tenant, State Representative Joseph Saunders, headquartered in Tallahassee, leased Suite 130 at University Court for the local office to serve his East Central Florida constituency.

Ryland Homes Starts Construction of Four-Bedroom Frost II Model Home at Arbor Reserve

Bradenton, Fla. --- Ryland Homes has started construction of the four-bedroom Frost II model home at Arbor Reserve, a new gated enclave of single-family homes located three miles west of I-75 on Lockwood Ridge Road one-half mile south of S.R. 70 (53rd Ave. E.) and north of University Blvd. in Bradenton. Tony Crimi, vice president of sales and marketing for Ryland Homes in the Sarasota region, said the Frost II model home offers four bedrooms and two-and-one-half baths in 2,284 square feet of living space with a two-car garage. Ryland Homes plans to build 52 new three and four-bedroom homes at Arbor Ridge that range in size from 1,481 square feet of living space to 2,600 square feet with two and three-car garages. Crimi said the Frost II model home will open in April. Arbor Ridge will feature a community swimming pool, cabana, a private park and lake views, Crimi added. Visit www.ryland.com/tampa.

First Green Bank promotes Tracy Durrance to Branch Manager in Clermont

Mount Dora, Fla. – First Green Bank recently promoted Tracy Durrance to branch manager of its banking facility at 1391 Citrus Tower Blvd. in Clermont. Kenneth LaRoe, chairman of First Green Bank, said Durrance has been with the bank and worked with the Clermont team since First Green Bank opened in 2009. Durrance attended Brevard Community College and is a Clermont resident. She has more than five years of banking experience and prior to her promotion she was the assistant branch manager in Clermont, LaRoe said.

NAI Realvest Names Robin L. Webb Managing Director of Brokerage, Projects 20 Percent Growth This Year

MAITLAND, Fla. -- NAI Realvest, the Maitland-based real estate and investment firm that ranks as one of Central Florida’s most prominent commercial property brokerages and developers, has named Robin L. Webb, CCIM, CPM, as managing director of brokerage operations. Patrick Mahoney, president, said Webb comes to NAI Realvest with some 35 years of experience as a commercial broker including the last 22 at Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT including six as managing director for Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT for the state of Florida. First on Webb’s agenda is to expand brokerage services at NAI Realvest along with investment and specialty services. At present, NAI Realvest has 31 brokers and Webb plans to hire significantly more this year. Webb, educated at Georgia State University in Atlanta, got his start as a broker in the Orlando market, where he opened his own brokerage that merged Prudential Florida and then Coldwell Banker NRT, Mahoney said. While at Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT he was responsible for directing the operations of 275 sales people and a property management team of 12. In his days in sales, Webb has a closed sales volume that exceeded one billion dollars and he has been ranked as the highest volume producer in the southern region. In addition to receiving the CCIM designation, Webb is both a certified property manager (CPM) and a certified hotel administrator (CHA) with over three decades of operations experience. Webb is also heavily involved in professional affiliation operations as former president of the Florida CCIM chapter and the 400-member Central Florida Commercial Assn. of Realtors. He was awarded the 1999 Hank Thompson award by the Florida CCIM chapter for outstanding contributions to commercial real estate and was Florida Realtor Commercial Council chairman. Among his many other industry activities, he served as interim president of CCIM Technologies, Inc. and is a director of both the CCIM Education Foundation and the CCIM Institute.

VOLUSIA LAW FIRM AND CAR DEALERSHIP UNITE AGAIN TO OFFER ANTI-TEXTING PROGRAM TO STUDENT DRIVERS STARTING APRIL 29

VOLUSIA COUNTY, FL – The law firm of Rue, Ziffra & Caldwell is partnering once again with Gary Yeoman’s Ford Lincoln to offer a week of simulated teen driving classes that intend to show student drivers the dangers of texting while driving. The Port Orange-based firm and the Daytona Beach dealership have become regular partners as the two companies sponsored the first simulated texting session last September, and they’ve funded numerous safe-driving classes for teens the past two years, according to Carlos Lira, general manager at Gary Yeoman’s. “It’s great working with Rue, Ziffra & Caldwell, as we agree on the importance of letting our teens learn – by using the simulators themselves – how deadly texting and driving can be,” he said. The training program – which filled up quickly last year – puts students in the driver’s seat while they use a state-of-the-art , hands-on texting and driving simulator. The sponsors say they hope to have as many as 5,000 local students use the educational equipment this year. The five days of classes – which is presented free of charge by the law firm and car dealership – will begin April 29 at DeLand High School and continue April 30 at University High School, Orange City; May 1 at Atlantic High School, Port Orange; May 2 at Matanzas High School, Palm Coast; and May 3 at Warner Christian Academy, South Daytona. National statistics show that about 50 percent of drivers between the ages of 18 and 24 text while driving. Currently, Florida is one of a handful of states with no restrictions on texting or talking on a cell phone while driving. Data compiled from simulated sessions throughout the United States showed that nearly all of those who got behind the wheel failed after speeding, swerving and sometimes even striking simulated pedestrians. “We’ve seen too many reports of teen-age drivers who either injured others or themselves because of this type of distractive driving,” said Allan L. Ziffra, president of the personal-injury firm. “So, we’re very motivated to offer this type of program to help prevent more accidents.” For more information about the program, please visit rueziffra.com or garyyeomansford.com, or call 386-788-7700.