Crossman Career Builders Establishes Scholarship at FSU to Provide More Opportunities in Real Estate Education to Talented Minority Students

ORLANDO – One of Florida’s most successful and well-known business leaders, John M. Crossman, CCIM, who is widely known for his work with college students and his commitment to diversity, has established the Crossman Career Builders Scholarship at Florida State University for students from diverse demographic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Crossman, son of popular pastor and notable 1960s civil rights leader Reverend Ken Crossman, is continuing on the mission that he started decades ago and while CEO at the one of Orlando’s most successful commercial real estate firms:  Let’s get more professional real estate courses into colleges and universities and make them available to deserving and talented minority students.   

 

As a frequent speaker and lecturer on this topic throughout the South at universities and real estate industry conventions nationwide, Crossman has been emphasizing that real estate is one of the most reliable means of accumulating and expanding personal wealth.   Crossman also presented this idea in 2014 to the Congressional Black Caucus in Washington D.C.

 

“I know plenty of commercial real estate CEOs who really want more minorities and women in the industry but they can’t find enough applicants with the educational background needed,” he said. 

 

Crossman has regularly reached out to his colleagues in commercial real estate for support by articulating that “Commercial real estate is just rife with opportunity for talented minorities if we can provide them with the educational background.”

 

Crossman Career Builders pledged $54,000 for the scholarship that will provide diverse students with not only opportunities to educate themselves within such a rewarding industry, but will in turn open doors for those minorities to begin sitting at tables where decisions are made that impact their neighborhoods.  

 

Crossman, an FSU alumnus who has been listed as one of the top 500 Most Influential Business Leaders in the state by Florida Trend magazine, says this mission that he’s been so passionate about for so many years couldn’t be more important than today, as the nation struggles in an upsurge of racial tension and unrest.

 

For more information about Crossman Career Builders please visit https://crossmancb.com/ and if interested in supporting the new diversity scholarship visit the FSU Foundation’s website .  

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Hold-Thyssen Leases New Location for Top NY MedSpa at Tampa’s Covington Professional Park -- Owner Relocates Business and Permanent Residence to Florida

Tampa --- Hold-Thyssen, Inc. recently completed a long-term lease agreement at Covington Professional Park with a top ageless skin and body treatment spa moving out of Long Island, NY.

The new tenant, who will be opening their doors in early 2021, is a successful business relocating to Florida that selected the high-end medical/professional office campus with a dynamic tenant roster in a well-established area to grow. The owner who currently employs a staff of five is also moving permanent residence out of NY to Florida.

Transaction specialist Theresa Margaris at Hold-Thyssen’s Clearwater office brokered the multi-year lease of the 1,250 square foot suite at 13648 W. Hillsborough Ave. representing both the Landlord, Biji, Inc. and the tenant.

Covington Professional Park is located on the south side of W. Hillsborough Ave. approximately one-quarter mile east of Race Track Rd.

Hold-Thyssen, Inc. provides commercial property brokerage 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.

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Dream Finders Home Opens New Model For Viewing at Amelia Concourse in Fernandina Beach

FERNANDINA BEACH – A spacious two-story Dream Finders Homes model has opened on Amaryllis Court at Amelia Concourse, a 172-home community situated between Interstate 95 and State Road A1A in Fernandina Beach.

The Fleming II with Bonus model – which is presented with four bedrooms, three baths and a two-car garage – also can be built with up to five bedrooms, four baths and a three-car garage, according to Brad Muston, Dream Finders’ Division President.

“The Fleming II is one of our most popular homes because of its versatility,” he said. “In addition to being built as a one- or two-story home, we also offer innumerable upgrades and options ranging from coffered ceilings, bay windows and hidden sliding-glass doors to extended lanais and garages, as well as a variety of changes that may be made in the kitchen.”

Located in the Nassau County School District, Amelia Concourse amenities include a clubhouse and fitness center, splash park, and a beach-entry swimming pool, along with a covered pavilion and lots of green space, all just minutes from shopping, restaurants, entertainment and Amelia Island beaches.  

Muston said homebuyers can choose from 13 floor plans at Amelia Concourse that range from 1,521 to 3,512 square feet with prices starting in the mid $200,000s.  

For more information, please visit www.dreamfindershomes.com or call 888-214-1164. 

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