Del Webb Stone Creek Celebration Welcomes 1000th Homeowner

Ocala, Fla. --- Del Webb Stone Creek in Ocala recently hosted a celebration to welcome its 1,000th homeowner – a couple from across the world – at the community’s Reunion Center Ballroom. Sean Strickler, vice president of sales for Del Webb in North Florida, said Dixie and Rene Tigcheler from The Netherlands purchased the Copper Ridge Loft home design by Del Webb. “This is a meaningful benchmark for Del Webb Stone Creek just seven years after opening,” Strickler said. “We both got a good feeling about Stone Creek when we visited three years ago in the spring. It’s full of friendly, caring, sociable, people from the office staff to the residents. We visited several Del Webb communities in various states but we knew Stone Creek was where we wanted to spend our retirement years,” said René and Dixie Tigcheler. “We look forward to our arrival in October and making new friends.” Bob Foisy, general sales manager at Del Webb Stone Creek, said he has been waiting for the 1,000th home buyer. “From the moment we gave the keys to the first homeowner at Del Webb Stone Creek seven years ago we knew this community would appeal to its own kind of active, vigorous and engaged residents and we were right,” Foisy said. “Del Webb Stone Creek is more than just a beautiful place to live, it is a thriving community of neighbors who have become best friends, and that energy powers everything we do from our sales and construction teams, lifestyle and property staff members, resident ambassadors, and all the people who work together to help make Del Webb Stone Creek a one-of-a-kind community,” Foisy explained. Del Webb Stone Creek offers active adults new, single-family homes priced from $133,990 to $271,990 in 17 distinct designs that range in size from 1,157 square feet of living space to more than 2,659 square feet. Visitors to Del Webb Stone Creek can take advantage of Explore Del Webb Stays, available for just $207 plus tax, for the month of September, including three night accommodations in a furnished villa with a fully stocked kitchen, golf and dinner vouchers, complimentary golf cart, and VIP access to Reflection Bay amenities. For October, November and December Explore Del Webb Stay pricing, visit the website at delwebb.com/stonecreek. One of the largest Del Webb communities in the U.S., Del Webb Stone Creek features Reflection Bay, an amenity center encompassing almost 50,000 square feet with fitness and event gathering areas, the Stone Creek Grille, Stone Creek Golf Club with an 18-hole championship golf course and recreational, social and educational activities to match every lifestyle. Model homes at Del Webb Stone Creek are open daily for viewing.

BBC Aerospace to Compete in Space Frontier Foundation’s 2013 Newspace Business Plan Competition

Orlando, Fla. --- BBC Aerospace, which is developing a spacecraft to deliver and retrieve satellites, has been chosen to participate in the Space Frontier Foundation’s 2013 NewSpace Business Plan Competition Oct. 22-23 at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif. Michael Gandia, Chief Technology Officer at BBC Aerospace, said the invitation award includes air fare and hotel accommodations, along with a two-day “boot camp” to help ready competitors to present their business plans before a panel of judges at Stanford University for a chance to win $100,000 prize plus investments, before audience that includes technology investment professionals from Silicon Valley. “This is a marvelous opportunity for us to secure research funds and we are honored to participate,” Gandia said. Currently, BBC Aerospace is focused on commercializing an innovative rapid metal manufacturing technology to generate revenue and for use in the near future to manufacture an innovative, proprietary space plane design that will enable dramatically cheaper, faster launch services to address the growing needs of government, industry and academic customers. BBC Aerospace is a member of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program in the Central Florida Research Park in East Orange County.

BOLD! Technologies names Louis Simeonidis chief marketing officer

Orlando, Fla. -- BOLD! Technologies has appointed Louis Simeonidis chief marketing officer. Lydia Chicles, chief innovation officer at BOLD! Technologies, said Simeonidis has more than 17 years of experience in mobile marketing and business development. Simeonidis formerly served as chief marketing officer at Applico, and previously across several of the world’s leading agencies and innovation firms, where he helped develop mobile strategies and solutions for clients ranging from Google, NBC, and ABC to the FBI, GM, AT&T, Verizon, the U.S. Army, Smirnoff, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, and Pfizer. “Louis Simeonidis is one of the world’s leading experts in mobile marketing strategies and development and we are very pleased he has joined the BOLD! Technologies team,” Chicles said. BOLD! Technologies developed an online advertising platform and suite of mobile apps designed to enable businesses to sponsor ads that present their brand, events and promotional offers in the context of support to local organizations, schools and other cause-related initiatives. “One of our core values is the belief that marketing can be as effective for social change as for growing market share,” Chicles said. BOLD! Technologies is a member of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program in the Central Florida Research Park in East Orange County.

AceApplications LLC Earns Key Certifications to Qualify For Contracts at Orlando International Airport

Orlando, Fla. --- AceApplications LLC, which provides Information Technology consulting services, software application and web development, and technical training for small and large businesses, government agencies and schools, recently earned three key certifications that qualify the firm to compete for contracts for the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority. Courtney Powell, president of AceApplications, said the firm earned certifications as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) for federal contracts, and two certifications for non-federal contracts: Minority/Woman Business Enterprise (M/WBE) and Local Developing Business (LDB). Established in 2001, AceApplications LLC is a state and county certified minority owned business. AceApplications is a member of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program in the Central Florida Research Park in East Orange County.

NAI Realvest Closes Sale of Orlando Industrial Portfolio in Orange, Seminole Counties for $24 Million

ORLANDO, Fla. --- NAI Realvest recently closed the sale of an industrial portfolio in Orange and Seminole counties that totals more than 525,000 square feet of space. The transaction was handled by the NAI Realvest investment team of George Livingston, Chairman, Principal Christie Alexander, Broker Associate Drew Saphos, CCIM, and Paul Vera, along with Principal Michael Heidrich, who will continue to lease the portfolio for the new owners. Blue Vista Capital Partners in Chicago and Rio Hondo Capital Partners of Baltimore, in a joint venture, paid $24 million for the portfolio. The seller of the properties was Cornerstone Core Properties REIT. The portfolio includes Monroe CommerCenter North, located at 4150-4200 Church St. in Sanford; Monroe CommerCenter South, at Church Street and Monroe Road in Sanford; Hanging Moss CommerCenter at 6100-6148 Hanging Moss Rd. in Orlando; and Goldenrod CommerCenter, 1460-1476 Goldenrod Rd. in east Orlando. All four CommerCenter properties were developed within the past 12 years by Realvest Development and Small Bay Partners LLC, a group that included Livingston, banker Geof Longstaff and longtime area developer Howard Schieferdecker. NAI Realvest Property Management will continue to serve the new owners as management agent for the portfolio.

NAI Realvest negotiates $750,000 Sale of professional office condominium to medical group for ambulatory care at Savannah Park

SANFORD, Fla. -- NAI Realvest recently negotiated the $750,000 sale of the entire first floor at 3739 Byron Anthony Place a professional office building in Savannah Park located off International Parkway and SR 46 in Sanford. Paul P. Partyka, principal and managing partner at NAI Realvest, who represented the seller Pinnacle Bank of Orange City, said the condominium totals 9,883 square feet and was purchased by Long Island International LLC of Longwood, a doctor investment group who will open an ambulatory care facility. Sanjay Kumar of Florida Residential Commercial & Investment represented the buyers in the transaction.

NAI Realvest Negotiates sale of three-acre development site for small office buildings in Winter Springs

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. --- NAI Realvest recently negotiated the sale of 3.10 acres of vacant land on the southeast corner of SR 434 and Winding Hollow Blvd. in Winter Springs. Paul P. Partyka, managing partner at NAI Realvest, negotiated the transaction representing the seller, Wintersprings Land LTD based in Maitland. The buyer, Altamonte Springs-based Florida Trust Administration LLC, paid $210,000 for the land and plans to build Phase 2 of several small stand-alone office buildings for users and investors. Gary Medley of Florida Trust Services represented the buyer in the transaction.

NAI Realvest Appoints Veteran Realtor Jeff Clark Associate, Industrial Specialist

ORLANDO, Fla. -- NAI Realvest one of central Florida’s largest commercial real estate services companies and active developers of industrial facilities, has named veteran Orlando Realtor Jeff Clark as an associate and industrial properties specialist. Robin L. Webb, CCIM, managing director at NAI Realvest, said Clark has ranked as the top performing real estate associate in the Baldwin Park area of Orlando since 2003. He was also formerly a broker with Prudential Mortgage Services. In his new role Clark will focus on representing industrial clients for leasing and sales. “Jeff Clark is one of the most knowledgeable real estate brokers in the Central Florida region and we expect him to play a big role as we grow,” Webb said. Clark earned his B.A. Degree in Business Administration from Auburn University and is a member of the National Association of Realtors.