Friday, June 25, 2010

Crossman & Company Senior Associates Courtney Kowalchuk and Justin Greider named Top Central Florida Brokers by CoStar Group

ORLANDO - Crossman & Company Senior Associates Courtney Kowalchuk and Justin Greider were each recently given CoStar Group’s Power Broker award in the Central Florida retail property category for 2009.

CoStar Group, the leading provider of marketing and information services to commercial real estate professionals in the U.S. ranked area retail property brokers by volume of commercial leases transacted.

John Crossman, president of Crossman & Company, said Kowalchuk negotiated retail leases valued at $17 million in 2009. Greider’s lease and sales transactions were valued at more than $16.3 million.
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For more information please contact: John Crossman, CCIM, President, Crossman & Company, 407-581-6218, jcrossman@crossmanco.com; Molly Delahunty, Research Analyst, Crossman & Company, 407-581-6220, mdelahunty@crossmanco.com

About Crossman & Company: Crossman & Company is one of the largest third-party retail leasing and management companies in Florida with over 16 million square feet under leasing and/or management. Founded in Orlando in 1990, Crossman & Company is a full service commercial real estate firm that advises its clients in leasing, management, development and investment sales of retail and office properties and serves clients including Publix Super Markets, Inc., Lake Nona, PREIT, and LaSalle Investment Management. Please visit www.crossmanco.com, or call 407-423-5400 for more information.

ABD Development Company Completes Design of Two New Model Homes at Heritage Green at Providence in Davenport

ORLANDO - ABD Development Company has completed design work for two new model homes at Heritage Green at Providence, the multiple award-winning luxury golf course community ABD is developing in the Loughman-Davenport area south of Disney.

David Kohn, president of ABD Development Company, said the 2,600 square foot model homes are part of ABD’s smaller, smarter executive model homes with four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and two-car garages priced from the $350s.

Construction will start within the next 90 days, Kohn said.

ABD Development Company will host a Realtor preview when the homes are completed before the end of this year.

Visit www.abddevelopment.com.

For more information contact: Alene Raskin, Marketing Manager, ABD Development Company 407-370-6400; David Kohn, President, ABD Development Company 407-370-6400

Only Five Town Homes Remain for Sale at Via Lago in Winter Park

LAKE MARY - Only five town homes remain for sale at Via Lago, the luxury town home community M/I Homes developed off Hanging Moss Rd. between SR 436 and Forsythe Rd. in Winter Park.

Jeff Kaizer, vice president of sales and marketing at M/I Homes, said luxury town homes at Via Lago range from 1,600 to 1,900 square feet of living space and are priced from $154,990 to $168,990, with ground floor one-car garages.

M/I Homes has built 70 town homes at Via Lago in 11 buildings.

“Home buyers are impressed that this is an established neighborhood,” Kaizer said.
Community amenities include gated entry, children’s playground and golf putting green.
Visit www.mihomes.com.

The Via Lago sales office at 2403 Passamonte Drive in Winter Park is open Sunday and Monday noon to 6 p.m. and Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For sales information call 407-657-1238 or Visit www.mihomes.com.

For media information contact: Jeff Kaizer, MIRM, MCSP, VP of Sales & Marketing, M/I Homes, 407-531-5121; Tim Hall, Division President, M/I Homes Central Florida, 407-531-5100

About M/I Homes: M/I Homes (NYSE: MHO), based in Columbus, Ohio, has built and sold more than 78,000 new homes since 1976 and ranks as one of America’s most active homebuilders. M/I Homes builds single-family homes and town homes in 23 communities in Orange, Seminole and Lake Counties, and won the prestigious Grand Award in the Central Florida Parade of Homes four times within five years. To learn more, visit www.mihomes.com.

Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida appoints Natalie Feldman Senior Associate to focus on Distressed Properties, Multifamily and Land

TAMPA - Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida has appointed Natalie T. Feldman, CCIM, CIPS, as a senior associate in the firm’s Tampa office. She will focus on distressed properties, multifamily assets and land sales.

Feldman previously handled receivership services for the RTC including 13 consolidated portfolios through BEI/Ritz, and served as the director of marketing for RealPage, Inc., a national provider of apartment technology services. Additionally, she was a principal with the commercial services firm of Eisner, Feldman & Grant Inc. in Clearwater, Florida.

“Natalie is a highly experienced commercial property specialist and we expect her to play a big role in our growth in the Tampa Bay region,” said Mia Jarrell, managing director for Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida’s Tampa office.

Feldman graduated from the University of Texas in Austin and has 26 years of experience in commercial real estate.

About Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida: Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida is an affiliated commercial real estate services firm specializing in the leasing and sale of office, industrial, retail, land and investment properties. Currently Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida has 30 brokers divided among its Tampa, Orlando and Melbourne offices which serve the entire mid-Florida marketplace.

About Grubb & Ellis: Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE:GBE) is one of the largest and most respected commercial real estate services and investment companies in the world. Our 6,500 professionals in more than 100 company owned and affiliate offices draw from a unique platform of real estate services, practice groups and investment products to deliver comprehensive, integrated solutions to real estate owners, tenants and investors. The firm’s transaction, management, consulting and investment services are supported by highly regarded proprietary market research and extensive local expertise. Through its investment subsidiaries, the company is a leading sponsor of real estate investment programs that provide individuals and institutions the opportunity to invest in a broad range of real estate investment vehicles, including public non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), mutual funds and other real estate investment funds. For more information, visit www.grubb-ellis.com.