Wednesday, June 24, 2015

NAI Realvest Negotiates $1.5 Million Sale of Office Building in Orlando Central Park

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently brokered the $1,500,000 sale of an office building at 7001 Lake Ellenor Drive in Orlando Central Park in south Orlando.

Tom R. Kelley, II, CCIM, principal at NAI Realvest and associate Chris Adams,  negotiated the sale of the building with 41,700 rentable square feet representing the seller RGC Realty Group, LLC. 

The local buyer, Acorn Stairlifts, Inc., a manufacturer of stair lifts for the disabled, was already located nearby in Orlando Central Park.

UCF Business Incubation Program Promotes Michael Weiss to Site Manager of Orlando Incubator

ORLANDO, Fla.   --- The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program has promoted Michael Weiss to site manager of the UCF Business Incubator located at 3218 E. Colonial Drive in Orlando.

Gordon Hogan, director of the UCF Business Incubation Program, said Weiss joined the organization two years ago as program development manager and has been helping site managers create programs to help startup businesses accelerate growth.

Prior to joining the UCF Business Incubation Program, Weiss served as the assistant director of public relations for UCF’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management. Weiss also served as the associate director of public relations for Bonnier Corp. in Winter Park.

Weiss is an active member of the Florida Business Incubation Association, as well as the National Business Incubation Association, and he is an NBIA certified incubator manager. He is also a UCF alumnus, holding a master’s degree in mass communication.

In his new role, Weiss will oversee the day-to-day operations of the facility, as well as assist the incubator companies with a variety of entrepreneurial needs.  The Colonial Drive incubator currently assists 13 client companies.

Berkadia Negotiates $4.71 Million Price in Sale of Multi-Family Development Site in Boynton Beach

ORLANDO / BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. --- Berkadia, one of the nation’s largest and most active multifamily investment banking and research companies, recently negotiated a $4,710,000.00 price in a sale of the 4.69-acre multi-family development site at 500 E. Ocean Ave. in Boynton Beach.

Cole Whitaker, Managing Director for Berkadia based in Orlando, negotiated the sale with Senior Vice President Hal Warren and Broker Associate Mary Beale.   Berkadia represented the seller, Capstone Resdev, LLC who had the property approved for 341 units in a midrise building.

Skye at Boynton Beach, LLC acquired the site, located in downtown Boynton Beach at the signalized intersection of Ocean Avenue and South Federal Highway (U.S. 1) a mile from the ocean.

Berkadia, a joint venture of Berkshire Hathaway and Leucadia National Corporation, is an industry leading commercial real estate company providing comprehensive capital solutions and investment sales advisory and research services for multifamily and commercial properties.  Berkadia is amongst the largest, highest rated and most respected primary, master and special servicers in the industry.

Pulte Homes Breaks Ground at Newest Community of Village Lakes at Palencia in St. Augustine – Model Underway

St. Augustine, Fla. --- Pulte Homes recently started construction of a new luxury Eastfield model home at its newest community of Village Lakes at Palencia located off U.S. 1 in St. Augustine.

Lyndsey Patterson, director of marketing for Pulte’s North Florida division, said the homebuilder is offering five different Life Tested® single-family floor plans at Village Lakes at Palencia with flexible living spaces and a range of room options and customizing features.

Pulte has 79 homesites in the community with 50- and 60-foot widths for new homes that range from 1,708 square feet of living area to 3,139 square feet, with from three to five bedrooms and two to four full bathrooms.

Patterson said Pulte’s Life Tested® designs are filled with special features only found in a Pulte home, like the Drop Zone at the Owner’s Entry, and the Super Laundry room.

Homeowners in Village Lakes at Palencia will enjoy access to a comprehensive package of amenities including a full service fitness center, 10-court tennis complex, four swimming pools and extensive walking and biking trails and paths.  In addition, homeowners will have the option to purchase membership in Palencia’s Golf Club with use of an upscale golf course and country club facilities.

Village Lakes at Palencia homeowners will have a myriad of shopping and entertainment opportunities within Palencia’s outdoor Village Center.  The new neighborhood is walking distance to Palencia Elementary along with numerous parks and a children’s playground throughout the master planned community, which is only minutes from historic downtown St. Augustine.   

A community grand opening featuring tours of the new Eastfield model is planned for the fall.

Join the VIP interest list to receive exclusive updates on the unveiling, floor plans, and pricing.  Visit www.Pulte.com/VillageLakesatPalencia/

Ryland Homes Opens Phase 7 at Carolina Park in Mount Pleasant

CHARLESTON, S.C.  -- Ryland Homes has opened Phase 7 with 84 homesites at their Carolina Park community located off Carolina Park Blvd. and Hwy. 17 North in Mount Pleasant.

Gayle Jinks, vice president of sales and marketing for Ryland Homes in the Charleston-Myrtle Beach areas, said most of the homesites with at least 60' frontage are adjacent to protected wetlands and many have pond views.

Ryland is offering seven distinct floor plans in two and three-story designs at Carolina Park ranging from 2,072 to 2,964 base square feet, Jinks said.  New three and four bedroom homes in Carolina Park’s newest phase offer two-and-a-half to three-and-a-half bathrooms and are priced from the $410s

Two decorated model homes are open daily for touring at Carolina Park -- the three-story Coosaw model with four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths in 3,206 square feet of living space with a detached two-car garage;  and the two-story  Thompson, with 2,446 square feet of living space, three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths with a bonus room and a detached two-car garage.

The Thompson floor plan features a downstairs master bedroom, “a design very popular with today’s home buying families,” Jinks said. 

Carolina Park also has a townhome section that’s underway at the community which is convenient to the Mount Pleasant Town Center, downtown Charleston, the beaches and new hospitals.

Amenities on site include a Junior Olympic-size, zero entry swimming pool, tennis courts, a nautical playground and walking and biking trails.  

Rhodes+Brito Awarded Contract to Design Renovations for the Nemours Hospital Administrative Support Group in Lake Nona

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Rhodes+Brito Architects, based in Orlando, was recently awarded a contract to design a new office build-out of an existing four story building at Lake Nona.

Ruffin Rhodes, co-founder and partner at Rhodes+Brito, said the scope includes a complete interior fit out of the third floor of approximately 20,000 square feet and approximately 6,200 square feet of the fourth floor.

The building is located at Lake Nona Town Center 6941 Lake Nona Blvd. Orlando.

Rhodes+Brito, which opened in Orlando in 1996, currently employs a staff of 20, including seven registered architects. The firm has exceptional experience providing architectural services to a wide variety of agencies thorough the state of Florida, including municipal government agencies, federal, education, aviation and senior living facilities.