March Silent Auction and Cocktail Party to Benefit Volusia/Flagler Animal Rescue Group

ORMOND BEACH – The 3rd annual Spring Cocktail Party and Silent Auction, a benefit for the Rescued Hearts Animal Shelter, will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 19 at the Ormond Lakes Clubhouse on Ormond Lakes Boulevard.

The event will feature cocktails, savory appetizers and tempting desserts on the lake view deck. But, the highlight will be a silent auction of artwork, unique gifts and other items donated by local businesses and individuals, according to newly-elected president Julie Beard.

“We’re very excited to host this event again this year,” Beard said. “We have lots of interesting items that will be on display for those planning to bid on a great item while they help support animal welfare.”

Beard said the event is a large part of the group’s annual fundraising efforts to purchase land to build the Rescued Hearts Animal Shelter and Spay/Neuter Hospital.

The 501C(3) non-profit agency organized in 2007 to help find homes for animals in Volusia and Flagler counties and places dogs and cats in foster homes until they are adopted or until their “state-of-the-art-with-heart” shelter is built.

The agency’s short-term plan is to obtain land in Volusia County and construct a facility to help decrease local government’s cost to house or euthanize unwanted animals.

Other goals are to establish an aggressive spay/neuter program, help animals stay at home to prevent the need for housing, and provide superior care and quality of life for animals.

Tickets for the event are $25 per person and all proceeds will be designated for the group’s Property Acquisition Fund. Reservations can be made by calling Judy Thompson at 386-252-1050.

For details about Rescued Hearts, visit www.rescuedheartsanimalshelter.com.
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For more information about this release, please contact: Julie Beard, President, Rescued Hearts Animal Shelter, 386-626-3003, jbstables@gmail.com, or Judy Thompson, 386-252-1050; Charlene Hager-Van Dyke, Larry Vershel Communications, 386-532-8862 or chagervandyke@yahoo.com

Henin Signature Homes Starts Construction of Two New Luxury Ready-To-Move-In Homes at Riveria Bella in DeBary

DEBARY, Fla. – Henin Signature Homes, a division of the Henin Group, has started construction to two new luxury homes at Riviera Bella, the unique community overlooking the St. Johns River in DeBary.

Jerome Henin, founder and president of the Henin Group, said both homes will be available for sale and ready-to-move-in by April.

One home, with four bedrooms and two baths in 1,868 square feet of living space, offers a two car garage priced from $187,900.

The other ready-to-move-in home offers five bedrooms and three baths in 3,570 square feet of living space priced from $259,900 with a two car garage.
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For more information, contact: Jerome Henin, Founder & President, Henin Group, 407-425-7888

Henin Realty to Open Realty Office in Miami’s South Beach on Feb. 1, Realtor Cina Melin Appointed Director of Operations

ORLANDO - Henin Realty, a division of luxury residential developer the Henin Group, will open a realty office at 407 Lincoln Rd. in Miami’s South Beach area Feb. 1.

Jerome Henin, founder and principal of the Henin Group and Henin Realty, said the firm recently leased the 1,500 square foot office facility.

Henin appointed Realtor Cina Melin director of operations of the Henin Group’s South Florida division.

Melin, who is fluent in French, Spanish, and some Russian, has more than 15 years of experience in real estate sales.

The Henin Group is developing Riviera Bella overlooking the St. Johns River in DeBary.
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For more information contact: Jerome Henin, Founder & President, Henin Group, 407-425-7888

NAI Realvest Negotiates Two New Office Leases in Orlando and Lake Mary

MAITLAND, Fla. --- NAI Realvest recently negotiated two new lease agreements for office space in Orlando and Lake Mary. NAI Realvest Principal Tom R. Kelley II, CCIM negotiated both transactions.

In Lake Mary Kelley represented the landlord in a lease agreement for 1,275 square feet of
office space at 153 Parliament Loop in Regency Pointe. Jonathan Fitzgerald of KW Commercial represented the tenant, JD Insurance & Financial Group of Lake Mary.

Kelley brokered a lease transaction in Orlando for 750 square feet of office space at 2212 Hillcrest St. where Brian Adams Photographics is the new tenant and Whirly Properties, LLC is the landlord. * * *

For more information contact: Tom R. Kelley II, CCIM, Principal, NAI Realvest, 407-875-9989, tkelley@realvest.com; Patrick Mahoney, President NAI Realvest, 407-875-9989 pmahoney@realvest.com; Beth Payan or Larry Vershel, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142

About NAI Realvest: NAI Realvest, covering 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 325 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.

Tolaris Realty Group reports November sales best in three years

LAKE FOREST – Tolaris Realty Group, based at Lake Forest off SR 46, west of Sanford, reported that sales during this past November rank as the best month for the company in the last three years.

Richard Bavec, president of Tolaris Realty Group, said the realty group closed on sales of eight homes that totaled $2.5 million.
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For more information, contact: Richard Bavec, President, Tolaris Realty Group, 407-402-9866; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, LV Communications, 407-644-4142

Avalon Park Group names Rich Browning vice president

ORLANDO - Avalon Park Group, which is developing Avalon Park in east Orlando, has appointed Rich Browning vice president.

Eric Marks, senior vice president at Avalon Park Group, said Browning has more than five years of experience, including management positions at NAI Realvest in Maitland and BB&T Bank. Browning is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s MBA program.

For more information contact:
Stephanie Hodson, Marketing Director, Avalon Park Group, 407-658-6565; Beat Kahli, Owner/Founder, Avalon Park Group, 407-658-6565; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142

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.

NAI Realvest Forms Central Florida Commercial Property Investment Services Group

MAITLAND - NAI Realvest, which ranks as one of Central Florida’s largest commercial property companies, has formed a Commercial Property Investment Services Group to serve investors and property owners throughout the Central Florida region.

George Livingston, chairman of NAI Realvest, said the NAI Realvest Investment Services Group will cover all property types from retail and office to hospitality, industrial and multi-family apartments.

Livingston and NAI Realvest principal Christie Alexander specialize in industrial properties, Livingston said.

Mez R. Birdie, CCIM, CPM, SCSM, director of retail and investment services at NAI Realvest, will head the Investment Services Group’s retail division, Livingston said.

Thomas E. Hankins, CCIM, SIOR, will head the Investment Services Group’s office division.
Paul Vera, AIA, a development and investment analyst at NAI Realvest, will head the Investment Services Group’s apartment division.

Livingston explained that the market for commercial investment properties is growing as a result of the real estate downturn.

“Property values have declined and some property owners have already put distressed commercial properties on the market,” Livingston said. “Those dynamics are bringing investors back into the market in bigger numbers,” he said.

For more information, contact: George Livingston, Chairman Emeritus, NAI Realvest 407-875-9989 glivingston@realvest.com

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 325 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 Global forms U.S. Investment Services Group led by NAI Realvest in Maitland

MAITLAND – NAI Global has formed an Investment Services Group to provide expert investment property service to institutional and private commercial real estate sellers and buyers. Twelve senior investment brokers have been designated as Directors. The Directors will have regional and property type responsibilities.

George Livingston, chairman emeritus of NAI Realvest in Maitland and one of the Directors, said NAI Global Investment Services Group offers investors tremendous expertise and reach in marketing and acquisitions of office, industrial, retail, hospitality and multi-family properties.

“This founders group will be expanded on a select basis to ensure coverage of every major market in the country.

“We will have the whole country covered with local, highly knowledgeable experts,” Livingston said. We will be backed by the national and international depth of the NAI Global net system.

NAI Global is the world’s largest commercial property network with offices in 47 states in the U.S. and in 55 countries.

For more information, contact: George Livingston, Chairman Emeritus, NAI Realvest 407-875-9989 glivingston@realvest.com

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 325 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.

Three Avalon Park Groups Join Hands with Schools to Create Community Garden

ORLANDO - Residents of Avalon Park in east Orlando have created a unique partnership to develop a community garden.

Stephanie Hodson, marketing coordinator for Avalon Park Group, which is developing the neotraditional community, said the Avalon Park Property Owners Association is behind the project that includes the Avalon Park Garden Club, Avalon Church and Avalon Park’s schools.

“Property Manager, Tracy Durham, has been organizing all of the details including working with Avalon Church to set aside a parcel of land to be used for the garden,” Hodson reported. “The project will afford students a hands-on opportunity to learn gardening and nutritional skills and a provide place for town home and apartment residents to plant their own vegetables,” Hodson explained.

Hodson said the garden, which will kick off its first planting season this spring, will reserve a special space for a butterfly garden of native flowers.

If all goes well---gardening is subject to the trials of nature, after all---Hodson said the entire Avalon Park community can benefit.

“We hope to produce great vegetables we can sell in our Farmers Market, with proceeds going to the Avalon Park Foundation.”

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For more information about this release, please contact: Stephanie Hodson, Marketing Coordinator, Avalon Park Group, 407-658-6565

Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida Names Michaelann Murphy Retail Group Associate in Tampa

TAMPA - Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida, associated with 130 Grubb & Ellis offices worldwide, has named Michaelann Murphy an associate in the firm’s Retail Group in the Tampa Bay region.

Jeffrey Sweeney, SIOR, president of Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida with offices in Tampa, Orlando and Melbourne, said Murphy, a recent graduate of the University of Tampa, has more than five years of experience in retail property leasing and sales.

Murphy was most recently an associate handling in-line retail leasing for Stuart S. Golding Company shopping centers in the Tampa Bay region.

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. Visit http://www.commercialfl.com/.

About Grubb & Ellis: Named to The Global Outsourcing 100™ in 2009 by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals™, Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE) is one of the largest and most respected commercial real estate services and investment companies in the world. Our 6,000 professionals in more than 130 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 Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors, 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), tenant-in-common (TIC) investments suitable for tax-deferred 1031 exchanges and other real estate investment funds. For more information, visit http://www.grubb-ellis.com/.

Stirling Sotheby’s Commercial Group Negotiates New Long-Term Office Lease at Lexington Park in Sanford

SANFORD - Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty Commercial Group, recently negotiated a new five-year lease agreement at Lexington Park, the professional office campus located off S.R. 46 and Mangoustine Ave. adjacent to Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford.

Frank Dever, managing director of Stirling Sotheby’s Commercial Group, negotiated the lease agreement representing both the landlord, Lex15, LLC of Lake Mary and the new tenant, Sanford-based GMTR, P.A.

The new tenant leased 1,200 square feet of space for its pain management medical practice at 1444 Lexington Green Lane.

For more information contact:
Frank Dever, Managing Director, Stirling Sotheby’s Commercial Group 407-571-2234

American Society of Interior Designers Awards Gribble Interior Group of Orlando Two Coveted First Place Prizes for Adaptive Reuse, Individual Space

ORLANDO Fla. --- The Florida North Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers recently awarded Gribble Interior Group of Orlando two First Place prizes in the ASID 2009 Design Competition at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando.

Gribble Interior Group took First Place honors in the Adaptive Reuse and the Individual Space award categories.

Alice Gribble ASID, Grant Gribble ASID, IIDA and Linda Hartmann ASID were present to accept the awards.

“We are very excited about the awards,” said Grant Gribble, co-founder and partner of Gribble Interior Group.

“Competitive awards and the recognition of our peers are important benchmarks in our industry and we worked very hard to excel,” he said.

With more than 40,000 members, the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) ranks as the oldest and largest professional association for interior designers. The Florida North chapter includes more than 800 members from Vero Beach to Jacksonville and the entire Florida panhandle.

For more information contact:

Grant Gribble, ASID, IIDA, Partner, Gribble Interior Group, 407-423-1224; grant@gribbleinteriors.com

Linda Hartmann, ASID, Gribble Interior Group, 407-423-1244; Linda@gribbleinteriors.com

Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com

Avalon Park Group forms partnership with Mye Dash, Inc. to develop enrichment programs for at-risk youth

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Avalon Park Group in east Orlando has formed a partnership with Mye Dash, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that coordinates enrichment programs for at-risk children.

Stephanie Hodson, marketing coordinator at Avalon Park Group, said Mye Dash, Inc., recently leased 250 square feet of office space in downtown Avalon Park.

Hodson said the partnership is establishing a youth advocacy council that will help develop a wide range of programs for young people in east Orlando that includes sports, the arts, community service and educational ventures.

For more information about this release, please contact:
Stephanie Hodson, Marketing Coordinator, Avalon Park Group, 407-658-6565
Brendon Dedekind, VP of Acquisitions, Avalon Park Group, 407-658-6565
Eric Marks, Vice President, Avalon Park Group, 407-658-6565
Beat Kahli, Owner / Founder, Avalon Park Group, 407-658-6565
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142

Avalon Park Group Appoints Nationally-Renowned Interior Designer for State-of-the-Art Adult Independent, Assisted Living Facilities

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Avalon Park Group has appointed a nationally-renowned interior designer to plan interior features, appointments and color schemes in the new state-of-the-art independent adult and assisted living facilities under development in downtown Avalon Park.

Ross Halle, Town Planner at Avalon Park, said he appointed Bonnie Manson, president of Interior Design Associates, Inc., of Nashville as interior designer for the facilities.

Manson, who has more than 28 years of experience in interior design, has earned numerous national and regional design awards and specializes in adult and senior care facilities.

Avalon Park’s adult independent and assisted living facilities are scheduled to start construction next summer. The first phase, planned to be 100,000 square feet, will facilitate assisted living and memory care, and is projected to cost approximately $20 million.

“Interior design for adult living facilities is a critical element and a highly specialized skill,” Halle said.

“Color schemes, textures, furnishings and even layout are essential,” Halle added

For more information about this release, please contact:
Ross Halle, VP Architecture/Town Planner Avalon Park Group 407-658-6565
Stephanie Hodson, Marketing Coordinator, Avalon Park Group, 407-658-6565
Beat Kahli, Owner / Founder, Avalon Park Group, 407-658-6565
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142

Stirling Sotheby’s Commercial Group Negotiates New Long-Term Lease at Lexington Park in Sanford

SANFORD, Fla. --- Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty Commercial Group, recently negotiated a new 10-year lease agreement at Lexington Park, located off S.R. 46 and Mangoustine Ave. adjacent to Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford.

Frank Dever, managing director of Stirling Sotheby’s Commercial Group, negotiated the lease agreement representing both the landlord, Lexington Real Estate Developers, LLC and the new tenant, Brisson Funeral Home, Inc.

Brisson leased 4,251 square feet of space for a funeral home at 710 Lexington Green Lane which will open in January 2010.

For more information, please contact:
Frank Dever, Managing Director, Stirling Sotheby’s Commercial Group 407-571-2234
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142

Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida Negotiates New Lease Agreement with Brevard's Largest Physicians Group for 10,500SF Industrial/Office Facility

MELBOURNE, Fla. --- Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida, associated with 130 offices worldwide, recently negotiated a lease agreement for a 10,500 square foot industrial/office facility at 1575 NASA Blvd. in Melbourne.

Scot W. Marschang, broker associate with the Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida Industrial Group, negotiated the transaction representing the landlord, C&L Investment Properties, Inc. of Oakland Park, Fla.

The tenant, Melbourne Internal Medical Associates (MIMA), Brevard’s largest independent physicians group, leased the property for a purchasing and maintenance facility, which is conveniently located to its new headquarters on Gateway Drive.

Marschang, who has more than 20 years of experience in property owner and medical office tenant representation, said he knew the MIMA organization, which is widely serving the area, would be a good fit.

Contact:Scot W. Marschang, Broker Associate, 2108 W. New Haven Avenue, West Melbourne, FL 32904, 321.984.1957

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 40 brokers divided among its Orlando, Tampa and Melbourne offices to serve the entire mid-Florida marketplace.

About Grubb & Ellis:
Named to The Global Outsourcing 100™ in 2009 by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals™, Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE) is one of the largest and most respected commercial real estate services and investment companies in the world. Our 6,000 professionals in more than 130 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), tenant-in-common (TIC) investments suitable for tax-deferred 1031 exchanges, mutual funds and other real estate investment funds. For more information, visit www.grubb-ellis.com.

Three Brokers working as a Team at Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida Post 45 Commercial Lease Transactions

ORLANDO, Fla. – Three brokers working as a team in the Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida Office Group in Orlando have completed 45 commercial lease transactions since Jan. 1.

Jeff Sweeney, SIOR, president of Grubb & Ellis/Commercial Florida, with offices in Orlando, Tampa and Melbourne, said Jay Dixon and Robert Kellogg, vice presidents of the firm’s Office Group and associate Jerry Thornbury, rank among the top office leasing associates in the Central Florida area, representing both landlords and tenants.












Jay Dixon

“Jay Dixon, Robert Kellogg and Jerry Thornbury are three of the most aggressive young guns and innovative commercial real estate executives I have ever worked with,” Sweeney said. “They have perfected the team concept.”












Robert Kellogg

“Despite a serious recession and one of the worst job markets we have seen in decades, Dixon, Kellogg and Thornbury have rewritten the rule books in the interests of their clients and their results speak for themselves,” Sweeney said.












Jerry Thornbury

Contact:
eff Sweeney, SIOR, 407-481-5387, 315 E. Robinson St. Suite 555, Orlando, FL 32801, http://www.commercialfl.com/

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 40 brokers divided among its Orlando, Tampa and Melbourne offices to serve the entire mid-Florida marketplace.



About Grubb & Ellis:
Named to The Global Outsourcing 100™ in 2009 by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals™, Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE) is one of the largest and most respected commercial real estate services and investment companies in the world. Our 6,000 professionals in more than 130 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), tenant-in-common (TIC) investments suitable for tax-deferred 1031 exchanges, mutual funds and other real estate investment funds. For more information, visit http://www.grubb-ellis.com/.

Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida Appoints Charles Alloway a Vice President in Retail Group

TAMPA, Fla. --- Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida, associated with 130 Grubb & Ellis offices worldwide, has appointed Charles Alloway a vice president in the Retail Services Group at the firm’s Tampa office.

Jeff Sweeney, SIOR, president of Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida, with offices in Tampa, Orlando and Melbourne, said Alloway has more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate in the Tampa Bay market, including 18 years with the Development Team at McDonald’s Corporation and three years in brokerage closing over 60 million in transactions as acquisition agent for Fifth Third Bank, McDonald’s, Panda Express Restaurants and others.

Most recently, Alloway served as regional director of real estate in the Tampa office of Armstrong Development Properties, Inc. a Pennsylvania based development company known for their work with CVS Pharmacy and Publix Supermarkets.

“Charlie is one of the most experienced commercial real estate executives in the Tampa Bay region and an excellent addition to our Retail Services team,” Sweeney said.

Alloway will partner with Retail Services Group vice president Michelle Seifert, and will focus on both landlord and tenant representation, Sweeney said.

Contacts:
Michelle Seifert, VP Retail Services 813-830-7285
Jeffrey Sweeney, President 407-481-5387
Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142

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 40 brokers divided among its Orlando, Melbourne and Tampa offices to serve the entire mid-Florida marketplace.

About Grubb & Ellis:
Named to The Global Outsourcing 100™ in 2009 by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals™, Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE) is one of the largest and most respected commercial real estate services and investment companies in the world. Our 6,000 professionals in more than 130 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), tenant-in-common (TIC) investments suitable for tax-deferred 1031 exchanges, mutual funds and other real estate investment funds. For more information, visit http://www.grubb-ellis.com/.

NAI Realvest negotiates lease agreement for 22,500 square feet at Monroe CommerCenter South in Sanford

ORLANDO, Fla. -- NAI Realvest recently negotiated the renewal agreement for 22,500 square feet of industrial space at Monroe CommerCenter South in Sanford.

Michael Heidrich, a principal in the firm, brokered the transaction on behalf of the landlord, COP-Monroe, LLC of Maitland and the tenant, Builders Services Group, Inc.

The Sanford-based tenant renewed its current lease at 4140 Flex Court at the center.

For more information, contact:
Michael Heidrich, Principal, NAI Realvest 407-875-9989 mheidrich@realvest.com;
Patrick Mahoney, President, NAI Realvest 407-875-9989 pmahoney@realvest.com;
Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com.

About NAI Realvest:
NAI Realvest, covering 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 through NAI Global, an international commercial real estate network with over 325 offices spanning the globe. Since 1978, clients have built their 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.