Stonegate Golf Club at Solivita in Kissimmee Appoints Christopher Sterrick Assistant Golf Course Superintendent

KISSIMMEE, Fla. --- Stonegate Golf Club at Solivita in Kissimmee has appointed Christopher Sterrick assistant golf course superintendent at The Oaks golf course. Christopher Russell, PGA, TPI, director of golf at Stonegate Golf Club at Solivita, said Sterrick is a certified associate in Golf Operation Management who was formerly with Orlando’s Universal Resort and most recently served as assistant superintendent at Sweetwater Country Club in Longwood. “Chris is passionate about the game and the courses he works on and he brings a strong work ethic to a highly motivated 10-person golf course grounds team,” Russell said.

Legends Golf & Country Club to Host Truett Invitational Golf Tournament Sept. 21 to Benefit Adopting Parents

Clermont, Fla. --- The Legends Golf & Country Club in Clermont will host the Truett Invitational Golf Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 21 to benefit adoptive parents Bobby and Kyndall Truett of Clermont Florida. Christopher Russell, PGA, said Kyndall Truett is a cancer survivor whose surgery left her unable to bear children. The Truett Invitational Golf Tournament will help support the Truetts in their quest to adopt a child, Russell explained. The Truett Invitational Golf Tournament will tee off with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Registration is $65 and includes golf, the awards dinner and auction following the tournament. Tickets to attend only the awards dinner cost $20. To register or learn more, contact Christopher Russell at 407-462-4341.

Stonegate Golf Club at Solivita Is Redesigning 8th and 9th Holes at The Oaks Golf Course, Work to be completed in Two Weeks

KISSIMMEE, Fla. --- Stonegate Golf Club at Solivita in Kissimmee has launched a major redesign of the 8th and 9th holes on The Oaks golf course. Christopher Russell, PGA, TPI, director of golf at Stonegate Golf Club at Solivita, said golf course architect George Clifton planned the work that will transform the 8th hole from a par 4 to a par 5. “Hole number 9 will become a par 4 and the par on the front side will remain a par 36, but with a different look from the tee that will allow for more decisions to be made on the approach,” Russell explained. Russell said the work will take approximately two weeks to complete.

Golden Bear Club’s Bart Bryant Earns his First Champions Tour Win as Clubhouse Cheers

Windermere, Fla. --- Gathering around the big-screen monitor in the clubhouse of Windermere’s Golden Bear Golf Club to watch fellow members win major PGA tournaments is becoming a tradition. But this time it was different, said Matthew Allen, general manager and director of golf at the Golden Bear Club at Keene's Pointe in Windermere said the cheers were a little louder this time. This time Golden Bear Club’s Bart Bryant – a 50-year old Champions Tour rookie – shot a 10 under 62 in the second round of the Dick's Sporting Goods Open in Endicott, NY on Saturday and then closed on Sunday with a 72 for a 16-under 200 and a one-stroke victory over Russ Cochran (67) and Corey Pavin (69). “I think the energy level was higher,” Allen said. “Bart Bryant could be any of a couple dozen guys at Golden Bear Club, for a little while he was all of us. He’s personable, he’s courteous, he’s extremely dedicated to his golf game and he’s a big winner,” Allen said. Bryant’s 10 under 62 on Saturday tied the record for the 33-year old tournament, Allen said, and Sunday’s climax marked Bryant as the Champions Tour’s 1,000th winner. “It’s always exciting when someone you know succeeds in a big way,” Allen said. “Everyone at Golden Bear Club was pulling for him, he’s a great guy, he works hard and he earned it,” Allen said.

Men’s Golf Assn. at Golden Bear Golf Club Donated Used Equipment worth more than $5,000 to Fairways for Warriors

WINDERMERE, Fla. --- The Men’s Golf Assn. at the Golden Bear Club at Keene’s Pointe in Windermere recently donated used golf equipment worth more than $5,000 to the Fairways for Warriors program, which helps returning military veterans recover from their wounds and disabilities and readjust to civilian life with golf outings. Matthew Allen, general manager and director of golf at the Golden Bear Club, said donations included 10 sets of irons, nine golf bags, 20 drivers and fairway woods and about 3,000 golf balls. Allen emphasized that Celebration Golf Management, which operates Golden Bear Golf Club, supports the Wounded Warriors project at all its facilities with free rounds of golf, lessons and fundraising golf tournaments.

Lennar Opens Sales of Single-Family Homes at Harmony, Model Underway, Grand Opening Planned

HARMONY, Fla. --- Lennar has started selling new single-family homes priced from the $180s at Harmony, the eco-friendly golf preserve community located on Schoolhouse Road off US 192 near St. Cloud in Osceola County. Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida Division, said Lennar has one model home underway at Harmony, with a grand opening planned for late September. Lennar’s single-family homes in Harmony will offer from three to six bedrooms and range in size from 1,500 square feet of living area to 2,600 square feet. All Lennar homes at Harmony will feature the homebuilder’s “Everything’s Included” pledge: a wide range of GE energy smart appliances, special features and upgrades at the one Lennar “everything’s included” price, Metheny said. The grand opening with presentation of decorated model and tours is scheduled for Sept. 28 and 29, Metheny added. Among the vast array of amenities at Harmony are the Johnny Miller Signature Design golf course that earned certification as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary achieved only by courses that maintain the highest degree of environmental quality; 12.5 miles of hiking trails; pristine Lakeshore and community parks; playgrounds; Town Square; Graze Restaurant and banquet facilities. Visit www.harmonyfl.com

Lennar’s Central Florida Division Promotes Randall Smith to Director of Construction

TAMPA, Fla. --- Lennar’s Central Florida Division has promoted Randall Smith to director of construction in the Tampa region. Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida Division, said Smith is a highly talented home building executive with more than 30 years of experience who joined Lennar last year as construction manager. Formerly Smith was vice president for another national builder. “Randy is one of the most knowledgeable home building executives in Florida with proven experience and he is more than up to the task of directing our construction efforts in the Tampa Bay area including Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties,” Metheny said. In his new role as director of construction, Smith will work closely with the construction team on schedules, prioritizing work activities, maintaining customer and trade partner relations, inspection of home for quality compliance, construction documents, recruiting hiring and supervising the construction staff.

Lennar eyes Orlando, Brevard markets for bigger share of growth as housing market recovers

ORLANDO, Fla., --- Central Florida, particularly the Orlando area and Brevard County, will play a big role in Lennar’s growth as the housing market recovers. Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida division, said the home builder already ranks as the most active home builder in the Orlando region and Tampa Bay, and more is in store for the Orlando region, including the Clermont and Melbourne areas. “We are actively seeking sites for new communities, and we are aggressively recruiting new home consultants throughout Central Florida and the Space Coast,” Metheny said. Currently, Lennar is building single family villa and town homes in 23 communities in the Orlando region along with award-winning active adult communities in Melbourne and Clermont, resort vacation homes in the Kissimmee area and luxury homes priced from the mid-$300s at RedTail Golf Course community in Sorrento in Lake County. Recently, Metheny promoted veteran home builder executive Don Lunko to land development manager in the Orlando region with a red hot to-do list that includes new phases at Emerson Park in Apopka and Heritage Hills in Clermont. “Florida economic recovery is proceeding at a healthy rate and several factors, including pent-up demand, increased employment, and the steadily increasing wave of new retiring baby boomers will bolster new home sales throughout the region for the next decade,” Metheny said.

NAI Heritage and NAI Realvest Complete $1.175 Million sale of Vacant Land in Sumter County

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A 4.27 acre parcel located at 4477 East County Road 466 in Oxford, Fla. – west of The Villages in Sumter County – recently sold for $1,175,000. Randy Buss of NAI Heritage in Ocala, negotiated the transaction representing Branch Banking and Trust Company, the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based seller referred by Robert Blackwell, SIOR of NAI Realvest in Orlando. The buyer, Self Storage Associates, Inc. of Windermere, was represented in the transaction by Austin Anderson of Realty Executives-Lake County in Clermont.

NAI Realvest Negotiates Sale of Half Acre Multifamily Development Site on A1A in New Smyrna Beach

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- NAI Realvest, based in Orlando, recently negotiated the sale of 0.52 acres of multifamily residential development land located at 2202/2204 South Atlantic Ave. in New Smyrna Beach. Chris Butera, investment associate at NAI Realvest, brokered the transaction representing the seller, TD Bank of Portland, Maine. The buyer, Scarpello Development, based in Hawthorne, Fla. outside of Gainesville, paid $202,500 for the property which is located one block from the beach.

NAI Realvest negotiates $1 million sale price for 13,500 square foot Assisted Living Facility on 12.7 acres in Apopka

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated the $1 million sale of a 13,500 square foot assisted living facility and its 12.7-acre site at 700 East Welch Rd. in Apopka. Paul P. Partyka, principal and managing partner at NAI Realvest, negotiated the transaction. Business Support Services Group acquired the site from the Central Florida Association for Christian Scientists and plans to continue operating the facility to provide assisted living care. Renovations are planned prior to a grand opening, Partyka added.

NAI Realvest negotiates $73,000 sale price for Longwood office condominium

ORLANDO, Fla. — NAI Realvest recently negotiated the $73,000 sale of an office condominium at Crown Oak Center off I-4 and SR 434 in Longwood. NAI Realvest associate Juan Jimenez and managing partner Paul P. Partyka negotiated the sale of the 1,190 square foot office suite representing Zions First National Bank the Salt Lake City-based seller. The local buyer, Yashcon Investments, LLC was represented in the transaction by Raj Dasaee of DE-SAI Realty.

NAI Realvest Negotiates Two Industrial Leases at Poinciana CommerCenter East in Kissimmee and Hanging Moss CommerCenter in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated two lease agreements totaling 5,550 square feet of industrial space at Poinciana CommerCenter East in Kissimmee and at Hanging Moss CommerCenter in Orlando Michael Heidrich, principal at NAI Realvest, represented landlord COP-Hanging Moss, LLC in a renewal lease agreement with Sunshine Hydroponics for 4,200 square feet at 6100 Hanging Moss Rd. The tenant garden shop was not represented by an additional broker. At the same time, Heidrich brokered a new lease representing the landlord Small Bay Partners LLC and the tenant JBO Fitness, LLC for 1,350 square feet in Poinciana CommerCenter East at 1741 Business Center Lane. The tenant who relocated from another Kissimmee industrial center was not represented in the agreement by a separate broker.

NAI Realvest negotiates $1.08 Million Sale of professional office condominium for HQ of national marketing firm

ORLANDO, Fla. -- NAI Realvest recently negotiated the $1,080,000 sale of the entire second floor condo at 5739 Byron Anthony Place in Savannah Park at Heathrow off International Parkway and SR 46 in Sanford. Paul P. Partyka, principal and managing partner at NAI Realvest, who represented the local seller Home Office Holdings, LLC, said the property was purchased by 5739 BAP LLC d/b/a Xcel Media a provider of innovative direct mail campaigns for auto dealers nationwide. Xcel Media will be locating their headquarters in the new class A office building which is part of the Savannah Park at Heathrow mixed use project.