Wednesday, September 5, 2012

NAI Realvest Negotiates Lease for 3,240 Square Feet of Office Space in Longwood

MAITLAND, Fla. – NAI Realvest negotiated a new lease agreement for 3,240 square feet of office space at 1920 Boothe Circle in Longwood.

Michael Heidrich, principal at the firm, brokered the transaction representing the landlord Ray A. Kennedy of Maitland. The tenant is Longwood-based Jon M. Hall Company.

About NAI Realvest:
NAI Realvest, serving all of Central Florida, is a fully integrated commercial real estate operating company specializing in brokerage, development, investment, leasing and management, consulting and research services in the U.S. and worldwide. NAI Global is an international commercial real estate network with over 350 offices spanning the globe. Since 1978, clients have built businesses on the power of NAI Global’s expanding network. Extensive services include multi-site acquisitions and dispositions, sublease, tenant representation, lease administration and audit, investment services, due diligence and related consulting and advisory services. To learn more, visit www.NAIRealvest.com.


Cuhaci & Peterson designs new façade for Publix at Southside Shopping Center

Orlando, Fla -- Cuhaci & Peterson Architects, Engineers, Planners based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park recently completed design of renovations for the façade of the Publix supermarket at Southside Shopping Center on the corner of Orange Ave. and Michigan Street south of downtown Orlando.

Publix Super Markets, Inc. and Pineloch Management, Inc. assigned the design work which is complete and construction is scheduled to commence before the end of the year.

Mercantile Capital Corporation Provides Commercial Real Estate Loan in Orlando worth $535,000

Orlando, Fla. – Mercantile Capital Corporation, which ranks as one of the nation’s leading providers of U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 loans for small business owners who want to acquire or develop their own facilities, closed a commercial loan for Florida Vein Care recently for $535,000 in total project costs.

Florida Vein Care and Cosmetic Center offers some of the most advanced and effective vein and cosmetic treatments available in Central Florida. Dr. Richard Bragg treats all size veins and has also expanded the business to include cosmetic botox, fillers and weight loss. At Florida Vein Care, they combine state of the art equipment with the latest surgical and non-surgical techniques.

"I am so excited to own a beautiful newly renovated office in the growing East Orlando/Waterford area”, said owner, Richard Bragg, M.D. “With 14 years experience and offices in Lake Mary and Dr. Phillips, we are now readily accessible to all of Central Florida. My professional staff and I look forward to caring for and contributing to quality health care for all clients that walk through our doors."

The SmartChoice Commercial Loan Program helps owners of small to mid-sized businesses, like Florida Vein Care, have an opportunity to create wealth and financial freedom. Their specialization in SmartChoice Commercial Loans, also known as SBA 504 loans, allows borrowers, like Dr. Bragg, to own their commercial property with the highest cash-on-cash return financing available, without tying up their precious capital, so they can grow even faster.

20 New Homes under Construction at Providence Golf & Country Club Community South of Orlando

Providence, Fla. --- ABD Development Company, developer of Providence Golf & Country Club, is experiencing a building boom with 20 new homes under construction in three neighborhoods at the 1,800 acre master planned golf course community south of Orlando near Disney World.

Yuval Botansky, president of ABD Development Company, said ABD is building three luxury homes at Heritage Green at Providence, including one model home, one luxury home commissioned by a buyer, and one ready-to-move-in home Botansky said he expects to sell before it is completed.

Botansky said the Providence Golf & Country Club’s mini-building boom in Heritage Green has good reason: only one ready-to-move-in home remains for sale in that neighborhood.

At the same time, Botansky said 12 new homes are underway by Lennar at Cortland Woods at Providence. Three of those new Lennar homes will be ready to move in when they are completed, he added.

In addition, Meritage Homes has started construction of five new homes in Lexington Green at Providence. Two of those homes will be move-in-ready spec homes, Botansky said.

Home builders at Providence Golf & Country Club include Contempo Homes, Lennar, Meritage Homes, Toll Brothers and ABD Development.

NAI Realvest Negotiates Retail Lease with College Park Antique Dealer for 5,290 Square Feet

MAITLAND, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated a lease agreement for 5,290 square feet of retail space at 4321 Edgewater Drive in Orlando’s College Park area.

Michael Heidrich, principal at NAI Realvest, negotiated the transaction representing the landlord, Stout Real Estate, LLC.

The new tenant is College Park Antique Market, LLC.

About NAI Realvest:
NAI Realvest, serving all of Central Florida, is a fully integrated commercial real estate operating company specializing in brokerage, development, investment, leasing and management, consulting and research services in the U.S. and worldwide. NAI Global is an international commercial real estate network with over 350 offices spanning the globe. Since 1978, clients have built businesses on the power of NAI Global’s expanding network. Extensive services include multi-site acquisitions and dispositions, sublease, tenant representation, lease administration and audit, investment services, due diligence and related consulting and advisory services. To learn more, visit www.NAIRealvest.com.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

UCF Business Incubation Program Names Teresa Bridges Program Assistant in Sanford

ORLANDO, Fla. --- The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program has appointed Teresa Bridges as program assistant for its downtown Sanford site.

Gordon Hogan, director of the UCF Business Incubation Program, said Bridges earned her Associates Degree from Santa Fe State College in Gainesville.

Bridges was formerly a program assistant at the University of Florida, Hogan said.

About the UCF Business Incubation Program
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 200 emerging companies (including more than 134 current clients) create over $363 million in annual total economic output and more than 3,120 new jobs (taking direct and indirect and induced impact into account) with an average salary of $59,000. With ten facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Business Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development among the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Apopka, the City of Winter Springs, the City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, Osceola County, the City of Kissimmee, City of St. Cloud, Volusia County and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information about the Program and its clients and graduates, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu and UCFBIP on Facebook, on www.facebook.com/ucf4bip.


First Annual Ferry Fest Draws More Than 10,000 to Historic Mayport Village to Save the St. Johns River Ferry

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — More than 10,000 people turned out to show their support for the St. Johns River Ferry at the First Annual “Ferry Fest” at Historic Mayport Village recently.

The historic ferry — one of the last remaining public ferries in Florida — is in danger of closing if the Jacksonville Port Authority and Florida Gov. Rick Scott have their way, according to Rosemary Messina, vice president of sales and marketing for ICI Homes.

For thousands of Northeast Florida residents and many more thousands of area visitors, the St. Johns River Ferry is a treasure — and an economic generator — that ought to be preserved, Messina emphasized.

Don Wilford, president of North Florida said ICI Homes which is developing Amelia National Golf and Country Club near Amelia Island and several additional luxury communities such as Tidewater in the Jacksonville area, he is proud to support the effort to save the St Johns River Ferry.

“The St. Johns River Ferry has been in operation for more than half a century,” Wilford said. “Dozens of local businesses and thousands of residents and visitors depend on it,” he said.

ICI Homes played a key role in supporting “Ferry Fest” as a key sponsor.

“The weather was perfect, five different bands played, there were 10 gourmet food trucks to keep everyone nourished and the local art-host tours of the King House and free rides on the St. Johns River Ferry were just delightful,” Messina said.

Supporters included State Representative Janet Atkins, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown, Neptune Beach Mayor Harriet Pruett, Aaron Bean, candidate for State Senate and other dignitaries who pledged to keep A1A continuous from Key West to Main via the St. Johns River Ferry.

“It was a great event, it’s a great cause, and now we need to make sure our legislators and our governor are listening,” Messina said.

About ICI Homes
ICI Homes is ranked by Builder magazine as one of the top 100 homebuilders in the nation. The 32+-year-old firm builds new homes and resort facilities in the Volusia-Flagler region as well as in Jacksonville, Orlando, Melbourne and Tampa.



ABD Development Company reports only one move-in ready home remains for sale at Heritage Green at Providence

PROVIDENCE, Fla. – Only one move-in ready luxury home remains for sale at Heritage Green at Providence, the luxury golf course community ABD Development Company is developing off U.S. 17-92 just south of Orlando near Disney.

The home features a multiple award-winning design said Yuval Botansky, president of ABD Development Company.

The Portofino design, priced from the low $400s, offers four bedrooms and three baths in 3,000 square feet of living space with a two-car garage.

ABD Development Company is developing Providence Golf & Country Club on 1,800 acres. Other home builders at Providence include Contempo Homes, Lennar, Meritage Homes and Toll Brothers.

Community Close Out Nears at Palm Cove in Wesley Chapel — Only 20 Home Sites Remain for Sale

TAMPA, Fla. --- Only 20 of Ashton Woods Homes’ three, four and five bedroom home sites remain for sale at Palm Cove located in Pasco County off Boyette Road and S.R. 54 in Wesley Chapel. That’s the word from Michael Roche, vice president of sales and marketing for Ashton Woods Homes, the developer of the community.

New Ashton Woods homes at Palm Cove range from 1,634 square feet of living area to 2,639 square feet and are priced from the mid $150s.

Ashton Woods Homes, headquartered in Atlanta, is one of the nation’s largest private homebuilding companies with operations in growth communities in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Killeen, Orlando, Phoenix, San Antonio, Raleigh and Tampa. For more information, visit http://www.ashtonwoods.com .

Ryland Homes to Build new two and three bedroom Townhomes with Elevators and Gulf Beach Views at Sea Forest in Holiday

TAMPA, Fla. --- Ryland Homes has started presales of 110 new two and three bedroom town homes that come with private elevators and a sandy stretch of beach on the Gulf of Mexico at the gated community of Sea Forest in Holiday.

Tony Crimi, vice president of sales and marketing for Ryland Homes in the Tampa Bay region, said Sea Forest might be the perfect place to live.

“We plan to build 110 new two and three bedroom townhomes in the new phase at Sea Forest that range in size from 1,509 square feet of living space to 1,607 square feet,” he said.

The new townhomes will offer one-car garages, balconies and private open courtyards on the first floor. Each townhome will have its own elevator, Crimi said.

Ryland’s new townhomes at Sea Forest are priced from $156,990 to $164,990.

“That’s an amazing price for a gated community with beach access,” he said.

Sea Forest will feature two community swimming pools, a dog park and a fitness center.

“The most outstanding amenity at Sea Forest is clearly the beach” Crimi added.

Community residents will have access to a sparkling 1,500 foot sandy beach on the Gulf.

About Ryland Homes
With headquarters in Southern California, Ryland is one of the nation’s largest homebuilders and a leading mortgage-finance company. The company currently operates in 13 states across the country and has built more than 295,000 homes and financed more than 245,000 mortgages since its founding in 1967. Ryland is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RYL.” Visit www.Ryland.com