Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida negotiates eight year office lease for The Florida Bar in Tampa Airport Marriott Hotel

TAMPA – Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida, associated with 130 offices worldwide, recently negotiated an eight-year office lease of 8,746 square feet in the Tampa Airport Marriott Hotel at 4200 George Bean Parkway.

Mia Jarrell, managing director of Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida in Tampa, and Anne Deason-Spencer, vice president of the firm’s office group, negotiated the transaction representing The Florida Bar. The landlord is Tampa-based Marriott Hotel Services, Inc.

The Florida Bar is an official agency of the Florida Supreme Court charged with administering a statewide disciplinary system to enforce Supreme Court rules of professional conduct for the 88,000 plus lawyers admitted to practice law in Florida. It is dedicated to promoting professionalism among its members and to advocating for access to affordable legal services and to the courts for all Floridians.
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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 Tampa, Orlando and Melbourne offices which serve the entire mid-Florida marketplace. Visit www.commercialfl.com.

About Grubb & Ellis: Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE:GBE) is one of the largest and most respected commercial real estate services and investment companies in the world. Our 6,500 professionals in more than 100 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), mutual funds and other real estate investment funds. For more information, visit www.grubb-ellis.com.

Blackton, Inc. supplies roofing products to re-roof the Marriott at Heathrow Hotel

MAITLAND, Fla. --- Blackton, Inc., the Orlando based, family-owned firm that ranks as one of Central Florida’s largest suppliers of flooring and roofing products to builders, recently supplied roofing materials to re-roof the Marriott at Heathrow Hotel in Lake Mary.

Bruce Blackton, chief operating officer at Blackton, Inc., said S&S Roof Tile of Longwood is the roofing contractor for the project.

“With the slowdown in home building we have seen substantially fewer big orders for residential roofing and flooring products, but many commercial property owners and landlords are remodeling and improving their properties to better compete for tenants and customers, Blackton said.

For more information, contact:
Sean Monett, President Blackton, Inc. 407-898-2661 x146 sean@Blacktoninc.com
Michael Blackton, Chief Executive Officer, Blackton Inc. 407-898-2661
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142

Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty to Welcome 200 Participants to Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates Conference at Universal Studios

Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty to Welcome 200 Participants to Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates Conference at Universal Studios

ORLANDO, Fla. – Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty plans to welcome more than 200 participants at the Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates 2009 Southeast Region Networking Conference May 14 and 15 at the Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Studios Orlando.

Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty, said conference participants will include Mike Good, president and chief executive officer of Sotheby’s International Realty, Philip White, chief operating officer of the firm, and Wendy Purvey, senior vice president of marketing.

Sotheby’s International Realty affiliates include more than 10,000 real estate professionals in over 500 offices in 36 countries and territories worldwide.

Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty (http://www.stirlingsir.com/), the network’s Central Florida affiliate, is one of the largest in the southeast.

For more information, please contact:
Roger Soderstrom, Founder/Owner Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty 407-588-1260

Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142

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, worldwide auctions, property management, in addition to supporting builders, developers, lenders, and asset managers. The company operates five performance centers which serve all of Central Florida.

Hotels in New York, Washington, D.C., Florida offer Valuable Packages, Special Incentives to Improve Bookings during Summer Travel Season

Hotels in New York, Washington, D.C., Florida offer Valuable Packages, Special Incentives to Improve Bookings during Summer Travel Season

MAITLAND, Fla. - CRSHotels.com, one of the nation’s largest online select hotel reservations systems, reports that hotels in New York, Washington, D.C. and Florida are developing valuable packages and special incentives to improve bookings during the summer travel season.

“Many of the packages and special incentives are uniquely valuable because smaller, select hotels are competing with major chain properties for guests,” said Carlos Giraldo, president of CRSHotels.com.

The online booking agency, which posted sales worth more than $18 million last year, is working with hotel clients to develop and promote the packages, Giraldo said.
“Select hotels can offer substantially more value in a package or incentive offer because they aren’t governed by corporate mandates and chain hotel requirements,” Giraldo said.

For more information, please contact:

Carlos H. Giraldo, President Central Reservation Service Corp. (CRSHotels.com) 407.376.5368; carlos@crshotels.com

Larry Vershel or Beth Payan Larry Vershel Communications 407.644.4142; lvershelco@aol.com