Cuhaci & Peterson Architects awarded contract to design “Retail Center” by Palm Beach Mall

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Cuhaci & Peterson Architects Engineers Planners, based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park, recently won a contract to design a new “retail center” located off I-95 by the Palm Beach Mall on Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Lonnie Peterson, chairman at Cuhaci & Peterson Architects, said the power center totals 310,100 square feet and the developer is New England Development in Boston.

Cuhaci & Peterson Architects awarded contract on redevelopment project in Hialeah

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Cuhaci & Peterson Architects Engineers Planners, based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park started work on a redevelopment project with Sears Holding Co. on a former K-Mart facility in Hialeah. Lonnie Peterson, chairman at Cuhaci & Peterson, said the facility, originally 100,000 square feet and now under construction, will be home to an 18,000 square foot Aldi grocery store and an 80,000 Sears store. Cuhaci & Peterson Architects is one of the nation’s leading designers of retail space with projects that total more than two million square feet annually.

Cuhaci & Peterson Architects complete design work on Eagle Creek Center

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Cuhaci & Peterson Architects Engineers Planners, based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park, recently completed design work on Phase One of a new Eagle Creek Retail and Business Center. Lonnie Peterson, chairman at Cuhaci & Peterson said Eagle Creek is located off Narcoossee Rd. and Phase One of the center will offer around 28,000 square feet of restaurant, retail and professional office space that will be ready for occupancy in the fall of 2014. The owner and developer of the project is Emerson International, Inc. Cuhaci & Petersen Architects is one of the nation’s leading designers of retail space with projects that total more than two million square feet annually.

Cuhaci & Peterson awarded Design Contracts for Seven Leslie's Pool Mart Stores

Orlando, Fla. – Cuhaci & Peterson Architects Engineers Planners, based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park, were recently awarded contracts to work on designs for seven Leslie’s Pool Mart stores. Lonnie Peterson, chairman at Cuhaci & Peterson, said all seven are 3,000-4,000 square feet and are located in Madison, Ala., Olive Branch, Miss., Arnold, Md., E. Newport N.Y., Mishawauka, Ind., Bradenton and Punta Gorda, Fla. Cuhaci & Peterson Architects is one of the nation’s leading designers of retail space with projects that total more than two million square feet annually.

Cuhaci & Peterson Architects report revenues up by more than 15 percent over last year

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Cuhaci & Peterson Architects Engineers Planners, based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park, reports that the firm’s volume of design projects has hit an all-time high, pushing revenues for this year up more than 15 percent over last year. Jed Downs, president of Cuhaci & Peterson, said the firm’s staff has grown to meet the demand of a nationwide client base that includes Publix, Winn Dixie, The Fresh Market, Wawa, Walmart and Darden. Cuhaci & Peterson currently employs 150 architects, engineers, planners and support staff in Orlando and Philadelphia. “Last summer we employed 120 people,” Downs said. “We have grown our staff by more than 16 percent and we are actively seeking qualified professionals now,” he said. Cuhaci & Petersen Architects is one of the nation’s leading designers of retail space with projects that total more than two million square feet annually.

M/I Homes plans January opening for Hickory Hammock on Johns Lake in Winter Garden with lakefront, 100-foot homes sites

ORLANDO, Fla. --- M/I Homes plans to open for presales a first phase in January at Hickory Hammock, the gated community of one and two-story single-family homes located on Johns Lake in Winter Garden off Stoneybrook West Parkway. David Byrnes, area president of M/I Homes in Central Florida, said 491 new three-, four- and five-bedroom homes are planned at Hickory Hammock. The first phase will consist of 80-foot, 90-foot and 100-foot home sites priced from the mid $300s up to $800,000. Byrnes said the first phase will include six lakefront home sites. Ultimately, 80 lakefront home sites are planned at Hickory Hammock. M/I Homes will open one new model home at Hickory Hammock in February, Byrnes added. The two-story Grandview model home at Hickory Hammock offers five bedrooms and four baths in 4,770 square feet of living space with a game room. The Grandview model home is priced from $521,990 with a three-car garage. Hickory Hammock will feature a community clubhouse with a swimming pool and children’s playground, Byrnes said.

Royal Oak Homes adding additional model home at Avalon Reserve in Winter Garden, priced from High $200s

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Royal Oak Homes is adding a new show home to its model center at Avalon Reserve community with 66 oversized homesites located off Avalon and Marsh Roads in Winter Garden. Matt Orosz, co-president at Royal Oak Homes, said the new model will be a Hawthorne plan that features four to six bedrooms, three-and-a-half to five baths in 3,541 square feet of living area priced from the low 300s. ‘ “The Hawthorne is one of our best sellers and will be a nice complement to the existing Parker floor plan which has over 4,700 square feet,” Orosz said. Royal Oak Homes is offering four and five bedroom homes at Avalon Reserve that range from 2,500 square feet of living space to 4,700 square feet with prices ranging from the $260s to the mid-$300s. 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.

Emerson International Negotiates Three Office Lease Agreements in Orlando, Maitland, Winter Park

Altamonte Springs, Fla. --- Emerson International recently negotiated three office lease agreements in Orlando, Winter Park and Maitland that total over 6,600 square feet of space. Kenneth Koch, director of leasing, negotiated one lease agreement representing Emerson, the landlord at Major Plaza II, 5750 Major Center Blvd. in southwest Orlando near International Drive. The new tenant, Abreu Tours, leased 2,858 square feet of space. Koch represented the landlord at 2600 Maitland Center Parkway in a lease expansion agreement for a total of 3,190 square feet. CREI Advisors is the tenant. Zac Starkey, Commercial Associate at Emerson International, negotiated a new long-term lease for 560 square feet of office space in Emerson’s Louisiana Office Park, 1177 Louisiana Ave. in Winter Park. The new tenant is Attaining Balance, Ltd.

Dicapta CEO Maria Diaz is one of 30 finalists in running for John C. Maxwell Leadership Award

Winter Springs, Fla., --- Maria Diaz, chief executive officer of Dicapta, the company that provides video and film closed captioning, subtitling and dubbing for people with sensory limitations , is one of 30 finalists in the running to win a John C. Maxwell Leadership Award, to be presented Feb. 21 at the Orlando Marriott World Center. The John C. Maxwell Leadership Awards recognize and honor individuals and organizations whose achievements, contributions and qualifications have made them outstanding in their profession. The Awards will be presented for specific accomplishments that are truly extraordinary, widely recognized as such, and of a positive and lasting quality. Diaz, co-founder of Dicapta, is a researcher and developer of video description in Spanish who has served as Director of accessibility projects for the U.S. Department of Education since 2005. Founded 12 years ago, Dicapta has focused on providing people with hearing or visual disabilities an opportunity to have equal access to information. The company’s services include caption insertion (electronic closed subtitles), video description, subtitling and dubbing, live dubbing and CART (putting words into text in real time). Dicapta is a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program located at 1511 E. S.R. 434 in Winter Springs.

New Tenant to bring Tempting Aroma to Aloma Business Center

WINTER PARK, Fla. --- Aloma Business Center recently negotiated a new long-term lease agreement for 1,875 square feet of industrial space and developer Winston Schwartz said he can’t wait for the new tenant to move in. All From Scratch, LLC is an established specialty bakery based in Oviedo. Aloma Business Center is located on Aloma Ave. near the Greeneway (SR 417).