Commercial Florida Management Reports Huge Increase in Commercial Property Management Assignments

Commercial Florida Management Reports Huge Increase in Commercial Property Management Assignments

ORLANDO, Fla. - Commercial Florida Management, based in Orlando, reports it has grown its portfolio of managed properties in Florida from under 500,000 square feet of space a year ago to more than 5.5 million square feet.

Robert R. Horton, vice president of Commercial Florida Management, said the firm’s largest single client is a Boston real estate firm that owns 1.7 million square feet of commercial properties in Florida.

Horton said approximately 12 percent of Commercial Florida Management’s portfolio includes distressed properties from Jacksonville to Fort Lauderdale.

About Commercial Florida Management:
Orlando based Commercial Florida Management specializes in property and asset management of office, industrial, retail, land and investment properties.

Contact:
Robert Horton, Commercial Florida Management, Vice President, (Office) 407-481-5403 ex.26, 408 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Orlando, FL 32803, www.commercialfl.com

John Crossman to Speak June 25-26 at University of Florida on Trends in Retail Development at 2009 Retail Smarter Symposium

John Crossman to Speak June 25-26 at University of Florida on Trends in Retail Development at 2009 Retail Smarter Symposium

ORLANDO, Fla. - Longtime Orlando-area commercial property broker John Crossman, president of Crossman & Company, will be a featured speaker at the 2009 Retail Smarter Symposium at the University of Florida’s David F. Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research June 25-26 in Gainesville.

Crossman, who ranks as one of the area’s most successful retail property brokers, said his topic is titled, “Trends in Retail Development During Tough Economic Times.”

“Economic transitions are always a challenge, and challenges generate new strategies and new concepts,” Crossman said. “The current economic cycle is already generating new trends in the retail development field and some of them are very exciting,” Crossman said.

For more information please contact:

John Crossman, CCIM, President, Crossman & Company, 407-581-6218, jcrossman@crossmanco.com

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

About Crossman & Company:

Crossman & Company is one of the largest third-party retail leasing and management companies in Central Florida, based upon the total number of retail square footage. Founded in Orlando, Fla. 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. Please visit http://www.crossmanco.com/, or call 407-423-5400 for more information.

Coldwell Banker Commercial Agent Sells former DeBary Italian Restaurant to Couple with a Taste for the Far East

Coldwell Banker Commercial Agent Sells former DeBary Italian Restaurant to Couple with a Taste for the Far East

DEBARY – A DeBary dining fixture – that for more than 35 years has specialized in everything from seafood to Italian cuisine – has been sold and is undergoing renovations that will transform it into a Chinese restaurant.

Karen Burgess, a Coldwell Banker Commercial AI Group associate, said the 4,376-square-foot building at 54 South U.S. Highway 17-92 in DeBary recently was sold to Jie Chao Huang and Qing Qing Haung of Deltona for $285,000.

The sellers were Allen C. Woodruff and Han M. Woodruff of Lake Mary, according to Burgess, who represented both parties.

Burgess said Won’s Restaurant – which most recently was an Italian restaurant named Bella Vita – is expected to open in the next few months after a remodeling project is completed.

About Coldwell Banker Commercial AI Group:
Owned and operated by commercial real estate veterans John Wanamaker and Chuck Rudis, Coldwell Banker Commercial AIG is a leader in the listing, leasing and selling of properties, as well as a premier developer of community-friendly and LEED-accredited projects for small business owners.

For more information about this release, please contact:
Chuck Rudis, John Wanamaker or Stepan Babanin, Coldwell Banker Commercial AI Group, 386-775-8633, chuck@cbcaigroup.com, john@cbciagroup.com or stepan@cbciagroup.com
Charlene Hager-Van Dyke, Larry Vershel Communications, 386-837-8780, 407-644-4142 or chagervandyke@yahoo.com

ABD Development introduces new affordable floor plans at Wyndham Lakes Estates

ABD Development introduces new affordable floor plans at Wyndham Lakes Estates

ORLANDO, Fla. - ABD Development Company has introduced new affordable floor plans at Windsor Landing at Wyndham Lakes Estates, located off Town Center and Landstar Blvds. in southeast Orlando.

David Kohn, president of ABD Development Company, said one new floor plan offers three bedrooms with 3,000 square feet of living space priced from the mid $300s.

A second, two-story floor plan offers three bedrooms in 2,500 square feet.

Kohn said 20 home sites remain for sale at Windsor Landing at Wyndham Lakes Estates, including 15 lakefront home sites on Lake Wyndham.

New four, five and six-bedroom homes at Windsor Landing are priced from $499,900 to more than $1 million and range in size from 2,900 square feet to 5,000 square feet.

For more information, contact:

Sofi Coffey, Marketing Manager, ABD Development Company, 407-370-6400

David Kohn, President ABD Development Company, 407-370-6400

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