NAI Realvest Negotiates New/Renewal Leases at Goldenrod CommerCenter in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease for 2,206 square feet of industrial space at Goldenrod CommerCenter, 1468 N. Goldenrod Rd. in east Orlando. Michael Heidrich, principal at NAI Realvest and associate Kristen Kemp brokered the transaction representing the landlord, Goldenrod SPE, LLC. El Palo Fuerte LLC, an indoor baseball training firm, leased suite 210 with 2,206 square feet Heidrich also brokered a renewal lease agreement for the same landlord. Mobile Oval Auto Repair LLC renewed their lease of Suite 325 with 2,191 square feet at 1476 N. Goldenrod Rd. in Goldenrod CommerCenter.

Hold-Thyssen Reports New Leases That Total 60,000 Square Feet in Colony Crossing Retail Center Turnaround

TAMPA, Fla. --- Hold-Thyssen Real Estate Services in Tampa recently leased 60,000 square feet of space at the Colony Crossing Shopping Center located on W. Hillsborough Ave. at the intersection of Elliott Drive in Tampa adjacent to the Walmart Neighborhood Center. Richard Fisher, vice president of investor services at Hold-Thyssen’s Tampa office, negotiated all three lease agreements, which include 15,000 square feet leased to The Round Up, a Country and Western entertainment center; 3,000 square feet to Greenberg Dental and 42,000 square feet to PK’s Play Zone and Grille, a family entertainment center which is scheduled to open by the end of year. The new leases boost the former Publix shopping center’s occupancy from 17 to 68 percent and have generated strong interest in the property from other Tenants that want to be part of the new project, Fisher said. Fisher and Hold-Thyssen reported earlier they leased 3,466 square feet at Colony Crossing to Dosa Hut an Indian vegetarian restaurant whose recent grand opening was attended by over 2300 patrons.

Park Square Homes to open new phase of luxury resort homes at Bellavida Resort in Kissimmee

Kissimmee, Fla. --- Park Square Homes will open a new phase of luxury resort homes this fall at Bellavida Resort, located on Marcello Blvd. between Poinciana Blvd. and U.S. 192 south of Oren Brown Rd. in Kissimmee. Jeff Menzel, director of sales and marketing for Park Square Homes, said the homebuilder plans to start off with 93 resort homes in the newest phase at Bellavida Resort offering Park Square’s Pacific Series of homes designed with Mediterranean features. Three distinctive floor plans are available to choose from in the unique Pacific Series along with wide range of options. Resort homes in the new phase will range in size from 1,835 square feet of living space to 3,378 square feet with from four to six bedrooms and three to six baths. New resort homes at Bellavida Resort are priced from the $300s. Menzel said sales of resort homes at Bellavida Resort have been steady all summer but will increase dramatically in the fall. Bellavida Resort features a gated entrance, luxury clubhouse, exterior painting and roof maintenance, common area and landscape maintenance, fitness center, resort pool and spa, basketball and volleyball courts and basic cable.

Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty Appoints Paula Cox International Luxury Home Specialist

LAKE MARY, Fla. --- Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty has appointed Paula Cox an International Luxury Home Specialist in the firm’s Heathrow/Lake Mary Marketing Center. Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of the Lake Mary based realty firm, said Cox earned her Florida Real Estate License in 1978 and has more than 30 years of experience in residential real estate. She earned her Florida Real Estate Broker’s License in 1980. “Paula Cox has a wealth of experience in luxury golf course and country club communities throughout Central Florida,” Soderstrom said. “She has been an award-winning sales associate at some of the area’s most dynamic communities.” Cox was formerly a top producer at Sabal Point, Tuscawilla and Brentwood Club and for a couple of years she was owner/operator of her own brokerage representing Turtle Creek and other southwest Orlando area custom home communities At Tavistock Realty at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club Cox spent 11 years working with professional golfers and other high-profile buyers and sellers. Most recently she was an agent with Fusilier Realty. At Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty Cox will focus on the Lake Nona and Seminole County areas.

NAI Realvest negotiates a New and Three Renewal Leases totaling more than 14,000 Square Feet at Hanging Moss CommerCenter in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease and three lease renewal agreements for industrial space totaling 14,075 square feet at Hanging Moss CommerCenter in Orlando. Michael Heidrich, a principal at NAI Realvest and associate Kristen Kemp represented landlord Hanging Moss SPE, LLC and brokered a lease transaction with Molimedic, Inc. who sells new, used and refurbished medical and lab equipment. The new tenant leased Suite 510 with 2,000 square feet at 6100 Hanging Moss Rd. Heidrich negotiated three lease renewals at Hanging Moss CommerCenter with longtime tenants Food Factory, Inc. occupying 6,200 square feet and Joseph M. Hooper 1,875 square feet at 6148 Hanging Moss Rd, and with Henry Auad and Fabian Pinilla at 6112 Hanging Moss Rd. occupying 4,000 square feet.

Local Health Food Company Partners with Faith-Based KeHE Distributors

DeLand, Fla. – DeLand Bakery & Natural Market a certified organic and gluten free bakery has announced a business partnership with KeHE Distributors, a faith-based supply chain partner located in Naperville, Ill. KeHE, the largest privately owned wholesale distributor of health and natural food products in the natural products industry, has relationships with numerous health food stores around the nation. Last month, they acquired Nature’s Best, a California-based distributor of health and natural food products. Its partnership with DeLand Bakery & Natural Market is intended to help the 25-year-old DeLand company expand and receive national recognition, according to Connie Bernal√, site manager of the UCF Business Incubator in Daytona Beach. “Hopefully, this new enterprise will increase our incubator client’s sales across the country,” she said. When the DeLand Bakery joined the incubator program in 2012 there were 49 employees, Bernal said. Now they employ 62 people and the plan is to continue hiring as the sales grow. Located at 933 N. Woodland Blvd., the company is the healthy place to go for everything from organic, ethnic, kosher and gluten-free food to natural beauty and household products and cleaners to healthful pet foods and supplies. The 42,000 square foot superstore also features an on-site deli and, of course, an aromatic bakery. DeLand Bakery & Natural Market is a client of the University of Central Florida’s Business Incubation Program at Daytona Beach International Airport. For details, visit www.delandnaturalmarket.com or call 386-736-7919.

Cuhaci & Peterson Completes Design of The Fresh Market in Livingston, N.J.

Bluebell, Pa. – Cuhaci & Peterson Architects Engineers Planners recently completed the design of a new Fresh Market store at 277 Eisenhower Parkway in Livingston, N.J. Lonnie Peterson, chairman at Cuhaci & Peterson, said the 23,000 square foot Fresh Market store is in The Village at Livingston shopping center at the intersection of Route 10 and Eisenhower Parkway. Construction is now underway at the facility and should be completed for opening this fall. Cuhaci & Peterson, headquartered in Orlando with offices in the Philadelphia area, has designed 24 Fresh Market stores throughout the U.S. in less than four years. One of the nation’s leading designers of retail space, Cuhaci & Peterson handles projects that total more than two million square feet of retail space annually.