Wednesday, August 3, 2011

NAI Realvest Negotiates Four Leases totaling 20,834 square feet at Goldenrod CommerCenter in Orlando

MAITLAND, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated four lease agreements for a total of 20,834 square feet of industrial space at the Goldenrod CommerCenter.

Michael Heidrich, a principal in the firm, brokered all four transactions on behalf of the landlord, COP-Goldenrod, LLC of Maitland.

Central Florida Indoor Sports Center leased 12,216 square feet for three years and two months; Green Planet Landscaping & Irrigation, Inc. leased 4,412 square feet for two years; Calderon Automotive Repair Services, Inc. leased 2,206 square feet for three years, one month and Carl’s Tropical Tint renewed its lease of 2,000 square feet for two years.

Goldenrod CommerCenter located at 1460-1476 N. Goldenrod Rd. in Orlando is currently 90 percent leased.

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.

NAI Realvest Negotiates New 5.5-Year Lease of 5,473 Square Feet of Class A Office space in Maitland

MAITLAND, Fla. --- NAI Realvest recently negotiated a 5.5-year lease agreement for 5,473 square feet of Class A office space at 2200 Lucien Way in Maitland.

Mary Frances West, CCIM NAI Realvest Senior Broker Associate and Tom. R. Kelley, CCIM, a principal in the firm, negotiated the transaction representing the landlord Alliance Lucien Way, Inc. based in Warrington, Pa.

The new tenant, Workstream USA, Inc. is a local management consulting firm that helps companies cost-effectively maximize workforce productivity.

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.

Cotter Ryan Commercial to relocate to new headquarters at Savannah Park at Heathrow in September

LONGWOOD, Fla. --- Cotter Ryan Commercial LLC will relocate in September to new headquarters facilities the company designed and built at Savannah Park at Heathrow.

Scott Ryan, founder and president of Cotter-Ryan Commercial LLC, said the new facilities at 5739 Bryan Anthony Place totals 6,000 square feet of space. Cotter Ryan is currently talking to another company interested in leasing some 3,000 square feet in the building, Ryan said.

ICI Homes Names Tom Daddario North Florida Sales Manager

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --- ICI Homes, which ranks as one of the largest and most active luxury home builders and luxury community developers in the U.S., recently appointed Tom Daddario north Florida sales manager based in the Jacksonville office.

Rosemary Messina, vice president of sales and marketing for ICI Homes said Daddario has more than 20 years of experience in luxury home sales including executive sales positions with several top U.S. homebuilders.

Daddario has trained hundreds of sales associates and authored several articles and books for sales training.

ICI Homes builds luxury homes in nine communities in the northeast Florida region.

About ICI Homes
ICI Homes is ranked by Builder magazine as one of the top 100 privately owned homebuilders in the nation. The 30+-year-old firm builds new homes and resort facilities in the Volusia-Flagler region as well as in Jacksonville, Orlando, Melbourne and Tampa.

Cuhaci & Peterson Architects Awarded Contract to Design Interior Improvements for School of Rock in Oviedo

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Cuhaci & Peterson Architects, LLC based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park was recently awarded a contract to design interior improvements for the 5,000 square foot School of Rock located in Oviedo in Southeast Seminole County.

Lonnie Peterson, chairman at Cuhaci & Peterson Architects, said Jacksonville-based TrekCorp awarded the design contact.

Daytona Beach Business Incubator Goes from “Innovation to Realization” in Less than Nine Months

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. --- A community partnership was officially forged recently (July 27) as representatives from Volusia County and the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program cut the ribbon on the new 8,000-square-foot business incubator at the Daytona Beach International Airport.

More than 200 people – including representatives of federal, state, county and city government, airport officials as well as UCF and other universities and school officials from Volusia – gathered outside of 601 Innovation Way to hear county and UCF spokesmen talk about the $1.4 million renovation that turned part of the airport’s international terminal building into the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program – Daytona Beach International Airport.

“This is a special day for all of us,” said Rick Karl, the airport’s director of aviation and economic resources, who thanked the county for “having the guts to take this project on.”

Some in the crowd commented on the great location of the incubator, while others speculated that the location should help attract venture capitalists.

Gordon Hogan, director said the UCF Business Incubation Program currently serves 108 client companies and provides a wide range of services in a campus-like environment, including affordable office space, as well as access to a receptionist, a site manager, business mentors, educational classes and necessary business equipment. The centers also have off-site clients, who utilize all of the services except actual office space.

The Daytona Beach incubator – which will be led by Site Manager Doris Garzon-Bernal, former manager at Daytona State College’s Small Business Development center – eventually can house up to 20 start-up companies in a supportive environment designed to accelerate growth and create local employment opportunities.

The first tenant in the center is Mel Hall, the founder of I-RED LLC [Innovation Research Engineering and Development], an alternative energy company that is developing wind turbine technology that could provide low-cost sustainable electrical power similar to that used on Mag-lev trains.

Dr. Tom O’Neal, executive director and founder of the UCFBIP, referred to the incubator – UCF’s ninth Central Florida location in the 12-year-old program – as a long-term investment that can only be successful with community support.

“This is a partnership and it will be a partnership forever,” Dr. O’Neal said, adding that Volusia County Council Chairman Frank Bruno played a large role in making the project a reality. “A lot of people were involved in this, but Frank was instrumental in getting this thing going.”

In a nutshell, Bruno said the incubator simply means “jobs” to Volusia County.

“There’s a lot of talent coming out of our colleges and universities,” Bruno said. “This allows them to bring their ideas here, to the incubator, where they can grow and create even more jobs.”

Business incubation has shown to be the most cost-effective way of generating new economy development and job growth in the local community.

About the UCF Business Incubation Program:
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 160 emerging companies (including more than 100 current clients) create over $800 million in annual revenue and more than 1,600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With nine facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Business Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, 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, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.

Sale of 4.36-Acre Lakefront Estate in Orlando Marks Convergence of Two Major Economic Trends

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty’s recent sale of the $3.3 million Joey Fatone estate on the Butler Chain of Lakes near Windermere marks the convergence of two global economic trends we may see more of in the future.

The buyer was one of thousand’s of Chinese families whose increasing affluence is a clear sign of China’s booming economy.

The seller, singer-celebrity Joey Fatone, formerly of ‘N Sync, designed and built the 12,370 square foot mansion with six bedrooms, 10 baths, a million-dollar resort style swimming pool and an air conditioned garage for six vehicles that has a private kitchen, a bath and rotating floors. To view a video of the property visit http://youtu.be/4ff8uXouiho.

Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty International Luxury Home Specialists Sally Andy and David Warren represented the property in the sale. Visit www.sallyandy.com.

Stirling Sotheby’s marketed the Fatone estate through its worldwide network of realtor associates in 43 countries, according to Andy.

“The Fatone estate is a unique luxury property whose market includes the world’s most affluent potential buyers and they can live anywhere on the planet,” she said.

“Our marketing program was truly worldwide in scope,” Warren said. “The ramifications of this style of marketing are pretty significant for the Central Florida area as a whole,” he said.

“In the eyes of the world, we are significantly enhancing the value of Central Florida as a destination, not only for visitors but for families who want to live here,” added Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty.

Fatone was recently featured on the ABC reality show “Dancing with the Stars” and is currently hosting “Karaoke Battle U.S.A,” which premiers on ABC TV Aug. 12.

The Fatone property, located on “Millionaire’s Row” on Kilgore Road near Windermere, offers private security-gated entry, a 3,800 square foot master suite, private boathouse and dock, game room, in-house theater room, and state-of-the-art electronics, surveillance and security systems throughout the property.

The Sally Andy and David Warren team are one of the top producing real estate teams at Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty.

About Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty:
Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty is affiliated with Sotheby’s International Realty, the largest luxury real estate brand in the world. Stirling Sotheby’s exclusive services include luxury residential, new homes, commercial, property management, in addition to supporting builders, developers, lenders, and asset managers. The company operates three performance zones which serve all of Central Florida. Visit www.StirlingSIR.com.

Golden Brothers Studios in Kissimmee Will Host Final Open Casting Call for Feature Film, Wants 200 Extras and Secondary Actors

ORLANDO, Fla., --- Golden Brothers Studios, LLC a Kissimmee based production company and film studio, will host a final open casting call from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 3, 4 and 5 to cast 200 extras and secondary actors in the upcoming Golden Brothers feature film production 365 Decision Time.

Golden Brothers Studio Producer Giovanni I. Reyes, said the cast auditions will be held at its offices at the UCF Business Incubator in Kissimmee, located in the Kissimmee City Center at 111 Monument Ave.

365 Decision Time is a feature length drama set for production in the Central Florida area later this year.

“Divorce, a middle child accused of murder, the younger one facing a decision of abortion and the adultery of the oldest are among the challenges that will attempt to destroy the unity of this family,” Reyes said. “These individual situations will lead to hard decisions that will change their lives.”

Reyes said co-producer Benjamin Guadalupe announced the award-winning cinematographer Jose Ambrano Cassela (Second Coming, The Sacred, The Tenant) will be filming the story along with Ariel Santiago.

Prospective cast members can visit www.365DecisionTime.com, phone 407-966-4227, or email talent@goldenbrothersstudios.com for registration information, casting locations, dates and guidelines.

About Golden Brothers Studios:
Golden Brothers Studios, based in Kissimmee, is an independent filmmaking company founded by three professionals with more than 50 years of combined experience in the audiovisual and multimedia medium. The mission of the company is production of feature films and television programs that convey a positive, uplifting message to a cultural society who frequently witnesses the disintegration of the family unit and lacks positive role models and spiritual foundation. It strives to produce films and programming with the latest technological advancements available to present relatable life issues, providing solutions that will positively change lives.

About the UCF Incubation Program:
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 160 emerging companies (including more than 100 current clients) create over $800 million in annual revenue and more than 1,600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With nine facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Business Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, 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. Please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.