Hold-Thyssen Negotiates $2.15 Million Price in Sale of 302-Acre Thoroughbred Horse Farm in Ocala

OCALA, Fla. --- Hold Thyssen, Inc., a real estate services firm headquartered in Winter Park, with offices in Tampa, recently negotiated the $2,150,000 sale of a well-known thoroughbred horse racing farm and stables in Ocala. Robert Hold, president of Hold-Thyssen, Inc., was listing agent for the property along with George DeBenedicty of Ocala Ranches. Hold said the property known as Jupiter Island Partners at 13303 W. Highway 40, Ocala covers 302 acres and includes a half-mile racing track. Hold negotiated the deal representing the seller Jupiter Island Partners, LLC. The buyer was Jeff McGuire, an individual. Hold-Thyssen provides commercial property and leasing and management services to institutional and private investor clients nationwide. The 40-year old firm’s current portfolio includes more that 100 commercial properties throughout the United States.

Pulte Homes Releases 15 Oversized Preserve View and Water View Home Sites at Harrison Ranch in Parrish

Parrish, Fla. --- Pulte Homes recently opened a new development phase releasing 15 home sites at Harrison Ranch, located on Harrison Ranch Blvd. in Parrish between U.S. 301 and Erie Road. Sean Strickler, vice president of sales and operations for Pulte Homes in North Florida, said some home sites in the new phase include pond views or views of the nature preserve. Altogether, Pulte is offering 11 home designs at Harrison Ranch that range from three to seven bedrooms and up to six baths. Two model homes at Harrison Ranch are open daily for tours. The Dockside model can range from 2,536 square feet of living space to 4,262 square feet with three to seven bedrooms, and features a covered lanai, kitchen island and three-car tandem garage, along with Pulte’s Life-Tested™ features, such as a ‘super pantry,’ ‘super laundry,’ and flex room. Pulte’s new Oasis model, with 2,162 square feet of living space, offers three or four bedrooms, two baths and a flex room, along with a two-car garage. Options include a den, outdoor kitchen, drop zone, a covered lanai, and an extended garage. New homes at Harrison Ranch are priced from the high $100s. A 6,500 square foot community center with full-time activities director, planned resident events, a state-of-the-art fitness center, heated junior Olympic-size swimming pool, media/game room, lighted tennis courts and a children’s handicapped-accessible playground are among the amenities at Harrison Ranch. For more information, visit www.pulte.com/harrisonranch

NAI Realvest Closes Industrial Property Sales in Seminole County totaling over $1.4 Million

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated the sales of three industrial properties located in Oviedo, Sanford and Longwood totaling 20,600 square feet and $1,417,000. 00. Paul P. Partyka and Juan Jimenez at NAI Realvest represented the seller Akron, Ohio based ALH Properties, PLL in the $650,000 sale of a 10,000 square foot industrial flex building at 572 South Econ Circle in Oviedo. Buyer GIV Investments purchased the property for expansion. Michael Heidrich, principal at NAI Realvest and associate Kristen Kemp negotiated the $400,000 sale price on behalf of Calin Properties Inc., seller of a 5,000 square foot industrial building at 110 Rand Yard Rd. in Sanford. The local buyer, Platinum Granite of Sanford, LLC was represented in the transaction by James Lettieri of Hybrid Realty. In Longwood Heidrich represented sellers Dennis L. and Barbara Jarvis of a 5,600 square foot industrial facility at 1608 Cherrywood Lane. Local buyer MVP Property Group LLC paid $367,000 for the property and was represented by Scott Nance of Future Home Realty.

Hold-Thyssen Negotiates New Lease with National Homebuilder relocating division offices to Winter Park

WINTER PARK, Fla. --- Hold-Thyssen, Inc., a real estate services firm, recently negotiated a three-year lease agreement for 907 rentable square feet in Suite 201 at 243 W. Park Ave. in downtown Winter Park. Darby Hold, lease consultant for Hold-Thyssen, Inc., negotiated the transaction with the new tenant Weekley Homes, LLC representing the local landlord, New England Partners, LLC. Weekley, who was represented in the deal by Karen Jacobs of Orchid Lake Realty, relocated its Orlando division offices to the building because of the central location to its communities. Weekley is based in Houston with 18 division office across the U.S. Other major tenants at the New England Building include Harbor Community Bank, Kelly Price and Company and Faiella & Gulden Law Firm. Hold-Thyssen, Inc. provides commercial property and leasing and management services to institutional and private investor clients nationwide. The 40-year old firm’s current portfolio includes more that 100 commercial properties throughout the United States.

AgileSrc wins Phase I SBIR grant from the US Navy

Orlando, Fla. – AgileSrc, LLC, a software development firm specializing in the modeling and simulation industry, has been awarded a Phase I SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) grant from the Department of the Navy to develop an Extended Range Forecasting and Advanced Climate Applications Decision Support System. Mark Horn, chief executive officer of AgileSrc, said weather is recognized across the DoD as critical intelligence and is part of the Navy Battlespace on Demand (BonD) strategy. Climate analysis and forecasting can move decision-makers and warfighters from cope-and-avoid to a strategic or operational perspective that anticipates and exploits the weather. The Navy’s Advanced Climate Analysis and Forecast (ACAF) tool begins to address these challenges with a web-based user interface to create advanced climate analyses. “To fully exploit the state of climate science requires us to expand and improve ACAF capabilities to better meet the BonD strategy,” Horn said. AgileSrc and partner Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (AER) are developing a more robust and scalable support framework that can easily add new data resources, transform that data into actionable information, and effectively distribute the computational and network burden among operational and tactical environments. These capabilities will extend the Navy’s ACAF to significantly improve Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC) support to the field, and better extend decision superiority to Fleet and DoD forces, Horn explained. AgileSrc is a client company of the University of Central Florida’s Business Incubation Program at the Central Florida Research Park in East Orange County.

Pulte to Open Newest Phase at Trillium in Brooksville

Brooksville, Fla. --- Pulte Homes has opened a new phase with 80 home sites at Trillium, located in Brooksville off County Line Road just east of the Suncoast Parkway. Sean Strickler, division president for Pulte Homes in the West Florida region, said one and two-story single-family homes in the newest phase range from three to six bedrooms, priced from $131,990 with optional covered lanais and extended garages. With HOA fees set at $67 per month and no CDD fees, Trillium ranks as one of the most appealing neighborhoods in the Brooksville area. Altogether, Pulte plans to build 893 new homes at Trillium in one and two-story designs. Seven Life Tested® home designs are available. The community features a resort-style swimming pool with cabanas, a shaded children’s playground and a multi-purpose playing field. Pulte’s new homes at Trillium include Whirlpool® appliance packages including smooth-top electric ranges, microwaves and dishwashers, Shaw® carpet in designer colors, International Tile & Stone ceramic tile in all wet areas, and dual-pane insulated low-E windows and sliding glass doors. The decorated Compton model home at Trillium is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and from noon to 6 p.m. on Wednesdays and Sundays.

Blackton, Inc. Earns $2.8 Million Contract to Provide Flooring Materials for new Standard Pacific Luxury Community near Tampa

Orlando/ Tampa Fla. --- Blackton, Inc., a major provider of roofing and flooring materials for the home building industry, recently earned a $2.8 million contract to provide flooring materials for a new luxury community being developed by Standard Pacific Homes north of Tampa. Micky Blackton, chief executive officer of Blackton, Inc., said the contract for Standard Pacific’s upcoming flagship community includes all flooring treatments for the community, from wood and ceramic tile to carpeting. The new community, Meridian, is located in New Tampa off I-75 just south of Pasco County.

Partyka Group at NAI Realvest negotiates $1.95 Million Sale of retail outparcel in Titusville

ORLANDO, Fla. – Paul P. Partyka and Juan Jimenez – the Partyka Group at NAI Realvest – recently closed the sale of a 10,400 square foot retail outparcel at 3125 Columbia Blvd. in Titusville for $1,950,000.00. Partyka and Jimenez negotiated the transaction representing the seller, Titusville-based SBI Leasing, Inc. Local buyer UG Titusville FL LLC will be developing the property for two national tenants with long-term leases, according to Partyka. Josh Berger of Nine Point Group represented the buyer in the transaction.

Royal Oak Homes breaking ground on Laurel Estates

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Royal Oak Homes based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park will break ground on its newest community, Laurel Estates, located in Davenport off Hwy. 27, south of I-4 in March. Matt Orosz, co-president of Royal Oak Homes, said the home builder will offer 274 home sites at Laurel Estates for new three, four and five-bedroom homes priced from the high $100s starting in June. Homes at Laurel Estates will range from approximately1,800 square feet of living area to 3,300 square feet. Royal Oak Homes is a third-generation home builder whose track record boasts more than 14,000 new homes built in Central Florida over the past 30 years under the Cambridge Homes brand, one of the region’s most successful home builders in the 1980s and 1990s. Founded in 2011, Royal Oak Homes is rapidly becoming one of the largest and most active home builders in the Central Florida area, building in ten active communities in the region.

M/I Homes to Open its First Lake County Energy Star® Model Home at Serenity at RedTail in Sorrento

ORLANDO, Fla. --- M/I Homes will open its first Lake County Energy Star® Model Home in March at Serenity at RedTail in Sorrento. David Byrnes, area president, said every home M/I Homes builds in Florida is Energy Star® Certified as having met high standards for energy efficiency and environmental quality. “It means we strictly adhere to a rigorous design, engineering and construction protocol with standards that only 20 percent of new homes built in America today can meet,” Byrnes said. Those standards translate to major benefits for home buyers, Byrnes said. “Compared to a house built to code, EnergyStar® standards can save the home owner as much as 30 percent on energy bills,” Byrnes explained. “Best of all, while the home buyer saves money, we’re saving valuable resources for the good of our planet,” Byrnes said. Byrnes said M/I Homes plans to build 69 new homes at Serenity at RedTail, located at the RedTail Golf and Country Club community on State Road 46 in Sorrento. Eight different floor plans offer three to seven bedrooms and three to five baths, and will range from 2,300 square feet of living area to 5,400 square feet. Only 75-foot and 90-foot wide home sites are available, and prices range from $299,990 to the mid-$600s. Byrnes said 22 home sites offer views of the RedTail Golf Course, a 7,152-yard links-style course designed by Dave Harman. For more information visit mihomes.com.

Pulte’s Abbeyville model home is Picture-Perfect Frame for magnificent views at Waters Edge in Fort Myers

Fort Myers, Fla. --- Pulte Homes’ new Abbeyville model offers a picture-perfect frame for the majestic water views at Waters Edge, the popular Caloosahatchee River marina community located at 14940 Laguna Drive in Fort Myers. Scott Mairn, vice president of sales and marketing for Pulte Homes in Fort Myers, said Pulte has 32 new home sites at Waters Edge, including many with water views and two exclusive home sites that front on the magnificent Caloosahatchee River. Pulte’s five Life Tested® Classic Series of new home designs at Waters Edge offer lots of advantages---and lots of enviable choices for homebuyers. The Abbeyville can be built with two, three or four bedrooms, two or three baths, a flex room and many more options, including an optional sunroom and extended patio. With the sunroom, that totals an efficient 1,793 square feet of living space---not counting the two-car garage. Pulte’s Classic Series open design is nothing short of spectacular, linking family rooms, great rooms, foyers, dining nooks, lanais and sunrooms together---all served by open island kitchens---into huge family living spaces that are perfect for gatherings or entertaining. “Waters Edge is just such a magnificent neighborhood, and the home sites we have available are some of the last we’ll ever see this close to the river,” Mairn said.

Partyka Group at NAI Realvest Negotiates $6.1 Million Portfolio Sale of Six Industrial Buildings in Seminole County

ORLANDO, Fla. --- The Partyka Group at NAI Realvest recently completed the $6,100,000 portfolio sale of six properties with more than 108,495 square feet of industrial space located in the UCF area and Winter Springs in east Seminole County. The transaction was negotiated by Paul P. Partyka and Juan Jimenez of the NAI Realvest Partyka Group on behalf of the seller, Owen Family Venture, LLC, managed by local developer icon Roger Owen. A New York investor through various companies purchased the six properties that were 100 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Four buildings are located in SouthPark Business Center on South Econ Circle off Alafaya Trail (SR 434) in the Oviedo/UCF area. Boing, Crossfit Country and Orlando Volleyball Academy are major tenants. The two buildings in Winter Springs -- located on SR 419 north of SR 434 in Winter Springs Industrial Park – total 14,000 square feet and are both occupied by world renowned Bob Violett Model Jet Airplanes.

NAI Realvest negotiates $1.4 Million sale price for 9.69-Acre Industrial Development site in Southeast Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated a $1,425,000.00 sale price for a 9.69-acre parcel of land at 7627 Narcoossee Rd. in southeast Orlando. Michael Heidrich, principal at NAI Realvest negotiated the sale on behalf of the local seller, SB Condo Partners I, LLC. The buyer, Narcoossee Acres Storage, LLC of Lake Forest Ill., plans an industrial storage development for the site. Austin Anderson of Realty Executives represented the buyer.

Villages of Royal Palm enters home in Volusia Parade of Homes

PORT ORANGE, Fla. — Villages of Royal Palm, developed by Winston James Development of South Daytona Beach, has entered its prize-winning Churchill model home into this year’s Volusia County Parade of Homes. Jamie Allen Adley, president of Villages of Royal Palm, said the three-bedroom, two-bath Churchill offers 2,055 square feet of living space with a large screened lanai and a two-car garage. Adley said the spacious island kitchen has been re-designed. The Churchill model also features many upgrades like crown molding, granite countertops, wood cabinetry, designer light fixtures, stainless steel appliances, and it is fully furnished and decorated. The home is priced from the low $300s.