Ryland Homes Starts Presales of ENERGY STAR® Certified Single-Family Homes with Brick exteriors at Foxfield in Mooresville – Model Underway

CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- Ryland Homes has started construction on a new five-bedroom, two-story ENERGY STAR® certified luxury model home at Foxfield, Ryland’s newest community in the Charlotte region, located off Hwy. 115 just east of I-77 on East Waterlynn Road in Mooresville in the Lake Norman area. Krista Long, vice president of sales and marketing for Ryland Homes in the Charlotte region, said the Reseda model offers 3,564 square feet of living space with four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and a two-car garage priced from $320,990. The Reseda two-story luxury home features brick exteriors on all four sides, a formal living room, a formal dining room, an upstairs bonus room, master bedroom sitting area, and optional fifth bedroom and full bath downstairs. Long said the Reseda model also offers options that include two additional full baths upstairs and a screened porch or sunroom. Ryland Homes is building 20 luxury homes in the first phase at Foxfield and plans to build 104 new homes altogether. Long said presales are underway of Ryland’s three, four and five-bedroom single-family homes available in eight distinctive floor plans at Foxfield. New homes range in size from 2,388 square feet of living space to over 3,564 square feet and are priced from the $270s. All new homes in the 52+ acre community offer brick exteriors on all four sides, Long said, along with the coveted ENERGY STAR® certification for energy efficiency and environmental quality.

Ryland Homes Opens Ravens Ridge on Stoney Point Road in South Forsyth County

ATLANTA, Ga. --- Ryland Homes recently opened Ravens Ridge, a new gated community located off of Peachtree Parkway approximately one mile south of exit #13 off of Ga. Hwy 400 in South Forsyth County. Bill Carter, vice president of sales and marketing at Ryland Homes in the Atlanta region, said Ryland will begin marketing Ravens Ridge from their Ravenswood model. Ravens Ridge offers six of the homebuilder’s most popular floor plans in its Georgian and Masters Collections. “All of our homes in Ravens Ridge will feature four sides brick, granite countertops in the kitchen and most will come with side-entry garages,” Carter said. Altogether, Ryland plans to build 30 single family homes at Ravens Ridge. The home sites in Ravens Ridge will average over one-third of an acre. Four and five bedroom homes at Ravens Ridge will be priced from the mid $300s and will range in size from 3,318 square feet of living space to over 5,000 square feet. “The oversized home sites in a gated community that’s in a commuter friendly location with access to great schools will provide our home buyers with an unparalleled value for the area,” Carter added. For more information, visit www.ryland.com

RedTail Golf Club in Sorrento rolls out fleet of 72 shiny new ClubCar Precedent i2L Excel Golf Carts

ORLANDO, Fla. --- RedTail Golf Club, located in Sorrento, recently launched a fleet of 72 sporty new ClubCar Precedent i2L Golf Carts. Gene Garrote, president of Celebration Golf Management, which operates RedTail Golf Club, said the new Precedent i2Ls are powered by the most efficient drive train in the golf cart industry and a suspension that rides more like a sports car than an electric cart. “Mile for mile, the new Precedent i2L electric cart is the best of its kind,” Garrote said. Recently one more addition was made at RedTail: a new beverage cart that is already servicing guests and members, Garrote said.

Del Webb Southshore Falls Starts Development of Final Phase of Single-Family Home Sites

Apollo Beach, Fla. --- Del Webb Southshore Falls has started development of the final phase of single-family home sites at the popular active-adult community located on Sunset Falls Drive off S. Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41) in Apollo Beach. Scott Teal, sales consultant for Del Webb Southshore Falls, said the new home sites include some real gems---and very few backyard neighbors. “Almost all of the home sites in the new phase back up to conservation areas, offering homebuyers more privacy, and many of them are bordered by the beautiful Shady Glen Trail System,” Teal explained. “The neighborhood design allowed for many private back yards, oversized home sites and we really saved the best for last. The great part is that the HOA takes care of the yard maintenance so you can have an oversized home site and not have the burden of taking care of it,” said Teal, Two and three-bedroom single-family homes in the new phase at Del Webb Southshore Falls will range in size from 1,730 square feet of living space to 2,278 square feet with two to three bedrooms and two baths. Home owners in the new phase at Del Webb Southshore Falls will have access to the 14,000-square foot Wellspring Club with its Seven Seas Grand Ballroom, heated tropical lagoon-style swimming pool, auxiliary pool and resistance swimming pool, state-of-the-art fitness center, tennis, pickleball and bocce ball courts, putting green, billiards room, Internet Café, library, card room, arts and crafts room and social clubs.

Hendricks & Partners Acquired By Berkshire Hathaway Joint Venture Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC

Orlando, Fla. --- Hendricks & Partners, one of the nation’s largest and most active multi-family investment banking and research companies, has been acquired by Berkadia Commercial Mortgage, LLC, a joint venture of investment giant Berkshire Hathaway and Leucadia National Corporation, a major U.S. holding company with diverse investments. Cole Whitaker, partner who heads Hendricks & Partners in the southeast, said the new firm is now called Hendricks-Berkadia. “The acquisition brings substantial new resources to our work negotiating acquisitions and sales of investment-grade multi-family properties,” Whitaker said. In 2012, Whitaker and Associate Partner Hal Warren sold some 2,400 units and negotiated 525 acres in land transactions. “Berkadia Commercial Mortgage unites two of the great financial powerhouses and Hendricks-Berkadia is now able to provide sound access to financing for major acquisitions,” Whitaker said. Whitaker, one of the Central Florida region’s most prolific brokers of multi-family properties, joined Hendricks & Partners three-and-a-half years ago.

46 Foot Exhibit Wall in Newly Remodeled Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club Sales Center Tells History of ICI Homes

Ormond Beach, Fla. --- A 46 foot long display at Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club’s newly remodeled sales center in Ormond Beach tells the history of Daytona community developer ICI Homes with a unique blend of maps and pictures and soon, a touch-screen video display. Rosemary Messina, vice president of sales and marketing for ICI Homes, said the display is a look back at ICI Homes’ 34 years of experience creating luxury communities from the Volusia area to Orlando and north to Jacksonville. Messina said the display---more than four feet tall---while looking back, focuses squarely on the future for prospective home buyers. “The new display wall provides a very clear picture of the luxury amenities at Plantation Bay and all the options available to customize a wide array of luxury homes,” Messina said. The most popular displays come near the end. “The section that illustrates Plantation Bay’s award-winning eFactor energy-wise engineering and construction is the one that garners the most interest,” Messina explained. Messina said ICI Homes took more than a month to extensively remodel the 1,188 square foot sales center but it was well worth the effort. “This is the first impression many people get when they come to visit Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club,” Messina said. “It’s a real showplace.” Unveiling of the Plantation Bay remodeled sales center and exhibit wall will be held for all Volusia/Flagler Realtors on Feb. 7 from 5-7 p.m. To RSVP, call Audrey at 386-437-4164.

RYLAND HOMES CHARLESTON DIVISION NAMES NEW SALES COUNSELOR

Charleston/Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Ryland Homes in the Charleston/Myrtle Beach region recently named Tina Jones a new home sales counselor for its community of Brickhope Plantation in Goose Creek. Don McDonough, division president for Ryland Homes in the Charleston region said Jones has more than 16 years of experience as a top producer in new home sales with community developers and other national homebuilders in South Carolina. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, a licensed realtor and she received the coveted sales professional certification from National Assn of Homebuilders. “We expect Tina to continue her superlative career and play a major role in our growth and development in the Charleston-Myrtle Beach region,” said McDonough. Ryland Homes builds three, four and five bedroom single family homes at Brickhope Plantation priced from the $130s.

NAI Realvest Negotiates New Lease for 3,512 Square Feet at Boardwalk Plaza near UCF to Graffiti Junktion

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease agreement for a 3,512 square foot unit to Graffiti Junktion in the Boardwalk Plaza at 3100 Alafaya Trail in Oviedo. NAI Realvest principals Matt Cichocki and Kevin O’Connor negotiated the transaction representing the landlord, Boardwalk Plaza LLC of Gardena, Calif. The tenant ANAJ Investments LLC will operate a Graffiti Junktion American Burger Bar at the location. This will be the fifth location for Graffiti Junktion in Orlando and brings Boardwalk Plaza’s occupancy up to 100 percent.

NAI Realvest Leases Office Space to Osceola County for County and State Health clinic in Poinciana CommerCenter East

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new long term lease with Osceola County at Poinciana CommerCenter East in Kissimmee for a new health clinic for Osceola County and State of Florida. Michael Heidrich, a principal at NAI Realvest brokered the transaction representing the landlord and developer, Small Bay Partners, LLC of Maitland. Osceola County leased 5,460 square feet of office space at 1701 and 1705 Business Center Lane. The tenant also leased a temporary space at 1723 Business Center Lane with 1,620 square feet until build-out of 1701 and 1705 is completed and ready for move-in.