Showing posts with label Citrus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Citrus. Show all posts

Friday, July 9, 2010

Rhodes+Brito Architects Completes Design Work for $7 Million First Phase of Florida Citrus Bowl Renovation

ORLANDO - Rhodes+Brito Architects of Orlando recently completed design work for the first phase of a major renovation of the Florida Citrus Bowl.

Ruffin Rhodes, co-founder and partner at Rhodes+Brito Architects, said the $7 million first phase of renovation work at the landmark 70,000-seat stadium will include the facility’s infrastructure and rest room facilities.

The facility, which opened in 1936 as the Orlando Stadium, accommodated a record crowd of 74,635 fans at WrestleMania XXIV in 2008.

Construction of Phase I of the renovations is underway, Rhodes said.

For more information, contact: Ruffin Rhodes, Rhodes+Brito Architects, 407-648-7288 ruffin@rbarchitects.com; Maximiano Brito, Rhodes+Brito Architects, 407-648-7288 max@rbarchitects.com

About Rhodes+Brito: Rhodes+Brito Architects, which opened in Orlando in 1996, currently employs a staff of 17, including seven registered architects. The firm served as lead architect for the Florida A&M University College of Law facility in downtown Orlando.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Ashton Woods Homes Acquires Site near Citrus Park Mall, Starts Construction of 34 New Homes Priced from Under $200,000

Ashton Woods Homes Acquires Site near Citrus Park Mall, Starts Construction of 34 New Homes Priced from Under $200,000

TAMPA, Fla. - Ashton Woods Homes acquired 34 home sites at Citrus Park Place, located off Gunn Hwy. north of the Citrus Park Mall in Tampa, and will soon start construction of a single-family model home that will open in November.

Michael Roche, vice president of sales and marketing for Ashton Woods Homes in the Tampa Bay region, said the homebuilder will start presales of single-family homes at Citrus Park Place by Sept. 1.

Roche said the model home under construction---a four-bedroom, three-and-a-half bath home with 2,506 square feet of living space and a two-car garage---will showcase Ashton Woods Homes’ PowerHouse Green energy-saving features, which meet Environments for Living™ performance standards, as well as the EPA's Energy Star™ program standards for new home construction.

New homes at Citrus Park Place are priced from the high $100s, Roche said.

For more information, contact:
Michael Roche, VP Sales & Marketing Ashton Woods Homes-Tampa/Orlando, 407-647-3700;
John Reny, President, Ashton Woods Homes-Tampa/Orlando, 407-647-3700;
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142

About Ashton Woods Homes:
Ashton Woods Homes is a subsidiary of the Great Gulf Group of Companies, a North American real estate conglomerate headquartered in Toronto, and currently has communities under development in Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Phoenix, Tampa, Denver and Orlando.