Monday, September 16, 2013

NAI Realvest Negotiates New Lease for 1,500 Square Feet of Professional Office Space in Lake Mary

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease agreement for 1,500 square feet of professional office space at 225 Waymont Ct. off Lake Mary Blvd. in Lake Mary. Senior Broker-Associate Mary Frances West, CCIM negotiated the transaction representing the local landlord, Deborah A. Williams. The tenant is Brett Beckman, DVM, PA d/b/a Orlando Veterinary Dentistry. Dr. Beckman has offices in Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte and Fort Myers. He is currently expanding his practice into Lake Mary with this new space.

NAI Realvest negotiates new office lease of 3,164 square feet for claims management firm on Morse Blvd. in Winter Park

MAITLAND, Fla. - NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease agreement for 3,164 square feet in the Keewin Center Office Building at 1079 Morse Blvd. in Winter Park. NAI Realvest Broker Associate Drew Saphos, CCIM, Principal Christie Alexander, Associate Paul Vera and George Livingston, chairman of the firm, represented the tenant, Canopy Claims Management, LLC, a full service property claims firm serving commercial and residential policyholders. The landlord for the 6,420 square foot building near the intersection of U.S. 17-92 was represented by Michael O’Shaughnessy Real Estate.

NAI Realvest negotiates new lease agreement with Jackson Law Firm, Gateway Plaza Building is 96 Percent Leased

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease agreement for 1,853 square feet of Class A office space in the Gateway Plaza building at 1201 S. Orlando Ave. (U.S. 17-92) at the intersection of Orange Ave. in Winter Park. The NAI Realvest office leasing team of Tom R. Kelley II, CCIM, Mary Frances West, CCIM and Chris Adams negotiated the lease representing the local landlord, Gateway Plaza LLC. The Jackson Law Firm is the new tenant at the 60,835 square foot Gateway Plaza which is now 96 percent leased. NAI Realvest and the Kelley/West/Adams team were named exclusive leasing agents for the Gateway Plaza building earlier this year.

Sundog Software LLC named one of 91 Top Simulation & Training Companies in 2013 by Military Training Technology Magazine

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Sundog Software LLC was named one of 91 Top Simulation and Training Companies in the U.S. by Military Training Technology, a leading simulation technology industry trade magazine. Frank Kane, founder and chief executive officer of Sundog Software LLC, said 2013 marks the company’s fifth consecutive year on Military Training Technology’s “A” list. Sundog Software specializes in the real-time rendering of natural environments such as sky, ocean, clouds and weather effects for professional game developers, military contractors, aviation companies, flight training simulators, architectural visualization and broadcast video developers. The company’s clients include NASA, the U.S. Navy and the FAA. Sundog Software is a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program at the Central Florida Research Park in East Orange County.

ICI Homes starts construction of four-bedroom Brazilia model Estate home at Avilla in Kissimmee

KISSIMMEE, Fla. --- ICI Homes, which ranks as one of Florida’s most active luxury community developers, has started construction of the four-bedroom Brazilia model estate home at Avilla, the gated luxury community located in the Disney area off Dwyer Blvd., south of W. Osceola Parkway in Kissimmee Priced from $385,900, the Brazilia model home is part of ICI Homes’ new Courtyard Collection of luxury homes, said Rosemary Messina, vice president of sales and marketing for ICI Homes. “The Brazilia model home was designed to feature wide open spaces for family living and social engagements,” Messina explained. A fully-equipped gourmet kitchen serves a gathering room, cafĂ© and dining room that total almost 700 square feet and open dramatically onto a huge private courtyard and covered lanai that can accommodate an optional swimming pool, fireplace and summer kitchen. The dining room can easily be converted into a study, Messina added. ICI Homes is building 81 luxury homes on estate home sites at Avilla with five distinctive designs that range in size from 2,500 square feet of living space to more than 3,500 square feet.

Pulte Homes to open a new community in Windermere area, Royal Estates in Spring 2014

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Pulte Homes plans to start construction of LifeTested® homes in the spring of 2014 at Royal Estates, located on Reams Road near C.R. 535 in the Windermere area. Sean Strickler, vice president of sales for Pulte Homes in the North Florida region, said Pulte Homes recently acquired the new community site with 169 single-family home sites to premier its new LifeTested® design series of homes with three-car garages. “Life Tested® home designs are inspired by homeowners,” Strickler said. “We continuously reach out to homeowners for feedback to improve our design process to best meet the needs of home buyers,” Strickler explained. “Life Tested® homes are designed and built for a new generation of home buyers with smarter use of living spaces and rooms they’ll use all the time, not just once a year,” he said.