ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. --- WeinPlus Real Estate Advisory Services in St. Petersburg has appointed Michael Allison an associate.
Rachel Elias Wein, AIA, principal of WeinPlus Real Estate Advisory Services, said Allison earned his B.S. Degree from the University of South Carolina and is a recent graduate of the Master of Science in Real Estate program at the University of Florida.
Allison has more than four years of experience in process improvement, development and financial analysis and worked as a development analyst with Kimley Horn and Associates in Sarasota. He is a licensed civil engineer and a LEED accredited professional.
WeinPlus Real Estate Advisory Services works with real estate owners, developers, lenders and management companies to regenerate income streams; expedite tenant openings; recover lost profits; resolve construction disputes, schedule over runs, change orders, bankruptcies and liens; and improve development and management processes.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Jacksonville IT Company Selected to Participate in State’s GrowFL Economic Gardening Program
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-- Pragmatic Works – a four-year-old Internet technology company that provides business-intelligence solutions as well as software and training for more than 4,000 customers – has been selected to receive free technical assistance through the state funded GrowFL program.
Founded in 2007 by Brian Knight, Pragmatic Works currently has 46 employees; nearly double the number of workers he employed this past December. Headquartered in Jacksonville, the company also has offices in Boston, Atlanta and South Africa.
“We’re excited about the level of growth we’ve seen at Pragmatic Works over the past four years,” Knight said. “The GrowFL program offers a way for us to gain insight on how we can take our company even further in the industry with fantastic market research, SEO analysis, competitive analysis and strategic brainstorming.”
Part of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute, GrowFL was created in 2009 by the Florida Legislature and is based at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. When selecting businesses the institute looks for ones that have the potential to be successful, according to Dr. Tom O’Neal, executive director of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute.
“Pragmatic Works is ideal for the program as it has continued to more than double its growth every year of its operation,” said Dr. O’Neal, who also is associate vice president for the University of Central Florida’s Office of Research and Commercialization.
Knight said the research provided by the GrowFL program will help give his company “the insight to more strategically go after key market segments that we did not understand fully before.”
About Pragmatic Works:
Pragmatic Works is a privately held technology company headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. The company has a sales office near Boston, and a technology center in Atlanta; as well as an office in South Africa. Pragmatic Works’ goal and purpose is to democratize technology by focusing on making technology easier and more accessible to everyone, by developing applications to increase productivity and maintaining the Pragmatic Works Foundation to increase access to technology. For more information about Pragmatic Works and the services it offers, please visit www.pragmaticworks.com.
About the Florida Economic Gardening Institute:
The Florida Economic Gardening Institute was created by the 2009 Florida Legislature as the Economic Gardening Technical Assistance Program to stimulate investment in Florida’s economy by providing technical assistance for expanding businesses in the state. Qualified companies must be engaged in the following sectors to receive no-cost technical assistance: Manufacturing; Finance & Insurance Services; Wholesale Trade; Information Industries; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Management Services; and, Administrative & Support Services. Additional information is available at www.GrowFL.com.
Founded in 2007 by Brian Knight, Pragmatic Works currently has 46 employees; nearly double the number of workers he employed this past December. Headquartered in Jacksonville, the company also has offices in Boston, Atlanta and South Africa.
“We’re excited about the level of growth we’ve seen at Pragmatic Works over the past four years,” Knight said. “The GrowFL program offers a way for us to gain insight on how we can take our company even further in the industry with fantastic market research, SEO analysis, competitive analysis and strategic brainstorming.”
Part of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute, GrowFL was created in 2009 by the Florida Legislature and is based at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. When selecting businesses the institute looks for ones that have the potential to be successful, according to Dr. Tom O’Neal, executive director of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute.
“Pragmatic Works is ideal for the program as it has continued to more than double its growth every year of its operation,” said Dr. O’Neal, who also is associate vice president for the University of Central Florida’s Office of Research and Commercialization.
Knight said the research provided by the GrowFL program will help give his company “the insight to more strategically go after key market segments that we did not understand fully before.”
About Pragmatic Works:
Pragmatic Works is a privately held technology company headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. The company has a sales office near Boston, and a technology center in Atlanta; as well as an office in South Africa. Pragmatic Works’ goal and purpose is to democratize technology by focusing on making technology easier and more accessible to everyone, by developing applications to increase productivity and maintaining the Pragmatic Works Foundation to increase access to technology. For more information about Pragmatic Works and the services it offers, please visit www.pragmaticworks.com.
About the Florida Economic Gardening Institute:
The Florida Economic Gardening Institute was created by the 2009 Florida Legislature as the Economic Gardening Technical Assistance Program to stimulate investment in Florida’s economy by providing technical assistance for expanding businesses in the state. Qualified companies must be engaged in the following sectors to receive no-cost technical assistance: Manufacturing; Finance & Insurance Services; Wholesale Trade; Information Industries; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Management Services; and, Administrative & Support Services. Additional information is available at www.GrowFL.com.
HOMETOWN HEALTH TV, LLC LAUNCHES SISTER- COMPANY TO COMPLEMENT ITS VIDEO PRODUCTION BUSINESS
LEESBURG, Fla., – Hometown Health TV LLC, an award-winning Lake County health and medical-oriented TV production company, has created Apple Seed Marketing to provide a broader range of clients with more extensive, affordable marketing services.
A client of the University of Central Florida’s Business Incubation Program in Leesburg – Hometown Health TV launched in 2009 with the goals of developing cost-effective video and web platforms for physicians and healthcare professionals while creating a valuable waiting room experience for patients by educating, informing and entertaining, according to company President Marc Robertz-Schwartz√.
The creation of Apple Seed Marketing, according to Robertz-Schwartz, was driven by the market’s demand for multimedia marketing, production, branding and consulting services beyond the monthly “Hometown Health” video program.
“More than anything, Apple Seed Marketing lets people know that we bring deep marketing roots and extensive experience in helping small and medium businesses grow their brand and loyalty from the ground up,” he said.
One of Apple Seed’s unique services is the DRIP Marketing Boot Camp; a high-energy, day-long session designed to help businesses and organizations define who they are in the marketplace. DRIP is a proprietary curriculum that focuses on Differentiation, Relationships, Innovation and Proof of success.
Apple Seed also provides project management of logo/image development, product/service launch, media/public relations outreach, web site development and other consulting services through a network of highly-skilled specialists. For more information about Apple Seed Marketing, visit www.AppleSeedMarketing.com
About Hometown Health TV LLC:
Hometown Health TV was launched in 2009 with the goals of creating a valuable and dynamic waiting room experience for patients by educating, informing and entertaining; and developing cost-effective video and web platforms for physicians and healthcare professionals. Hometown Health TV is complimented by its website www.YourHometownHealth.com, and a YouTube channel, both of which include access to the most recent content featured in the video program, as well as profiles of the participating medical professionals and support content. Hometown Health recently expanded its marketing resources and offerings with the launch of its sister-company, Apple Seed Marketing.
About the UCF Business Incubation Program
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 160 emerging companies (including more than 100 current clients) create over $800 million in annual revenue and more than 1,600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With nine facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Business Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, The City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, Osceola County, the City of Kissimmee, City of St. Cloud, Volusia County and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.
A client of the University of Central Florida’s Business Incubation Program in Leesburg – Hometown Health TV launched in 2009 with the goals of developing cost-effective video and web platforms for physicians and healthcare professionals while creating a valuable waiting room experience for patients by educating, informing and entertaining, according to company President Marc Robertz-Schwartz√.
The creation of Apple Seed Marketing, according to Robertz-Schwartz, was driven by the market’s demand for multimedia marketing, production, branding and consulting services beyond the monthly “Hometown Health” video program.
“More than anything, Apple Seed Marketing lets people know that we bring deep marketing roots and extensive experience in helping small and medium businesses grow their brand and loyalty from the ground up,” he said.
One of Apple Seed’s unique services is the DRIP Marketing Boot Camp; a high-energy, day-long session designed to help businesses and organizations define who they are in the marketplace. DRIP is a proprietary curriculum that focuses on Differentiation, Relationships, Innovation and Proof of success.
Apple Seed also provides project management of logo/image development, product/service launch, media/public relations outreach, web site development and other consulting services through a network of highly-skilled specialists. For more information about Apple Seed Marketing, visit www.AppleSeedMarketing.com
About Hometown Health TV LLC:
Hometown Health TV was launched in 2009 with the goals of creating a valuable and dynamic waiting room experience for patients by educating, informing and entertaining; and developing cost-effective video and web platforms for physicians and healthcare professionals. Hometown Health TV is complimented by its website www.YourHometownHealth.com, and a YouTube channel, both of which include access to the most recent content featured in the video program, as well as profiles of the participating medical professionals and support content. Hometown Health recently expanded its marketing resources and offerings with the launch of its sister-company, Apple Seed Marketing.
About the UCF Business Incubation Program
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 160 emerging companies (including more than 100 current clients) create over $800 million in annual revenue and more than 1,600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With nine facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Business Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, The City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, Osceola County, the City of Kissimmee, City of St. Cloud, Volusia County and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.
Huge Investment at Bartram Park Marks Mattamy Homes U.S. Group as one of Region’s Top Home Builders
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --- Mattamy Homes U.S. Group, the U.S. division of Canada’s largest home builder, reported it has acquired 430 single-family homesites at Bartram Park, the 2,600-acre mixed use development located off I-95 in south Duval County.
The acquisition, together with sites Mattamy has acquired in 13 other communities in the Jacksonville area gives the home builder one of the largest stakes in northeast Florida’s future.
Steve Parker, president of Mattamy Homes U.S. Group, said the home builder also recently acquired 31 single-family home sites at RiverTown, developed by the St. Joe Company near Racetrack Rd. in St. Johns County, and 30 single-family home sites at Durbin Crossing, also located in St. Johns County. The RiverTown transaction includes an option to acquire additional home sites in future phases, Parker said.
Mattamy Homes already builds single-family homes at Cedar Bay and Covenant Cove in Jacksonville; Forest Hammock at Oakleaf Plantation in Orange Park; Greenleaf Village at Nocatee and Austin Park at Nocatee in Ponte Vedra; Old Sebastian Point, Sevilla and Kings Trace in St. Augustine, and Durbin Crossing and The Colony at Greenbriar in St. Johns County. Mattamy offers multifamily living at Cornerstone at Watermill Townhomes.
In June, Mattamy Homes U.S. Group reported record sales of 203 new homes for more than $48 million in its Orlando, Jacksonville, Charlotte, Phoenix and Minneapolis-St. Paul regions during its fourth quarter, which ended May 31.
In July, Metrostudy, Inc. ranked Mattamy Homes the top-selling homebuilder in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market, Parker added.
“We have planned our growth very conservatively in the U.S. and we have been very selective in our acquisitions,” Parker said. “We are now prepared to grow with our markets as the U.S. economy recovers,” he said.
About Mattamy Homes
Mattamy Homes expanded into the U.S. in 2003 and has divisions in Jacksonville, Orlando, Charlotte, Phoenix and Minneapolis. The homebuilder is the largest and most active in Canada with annual revenues exceeding $1.3 billion.
The acquisition, together with sites Mattamy has acquired in 13 other communities in the Jacksonville area gives the home builder one of the largest stakes in northeast Florida’s future.
Steve Parker, president of Mattamy Homes U.S. Group, said the home builder also recently acquired 31 single-family home sites at RiverTown, developed by the St. Joe Company near Racetrack Rd. in St. Johns County, and 30 single-family home sites at Durbin Crossing, also located in St. Johns County. The RiverTown transaction includes an option to acquire additional home sites in future phases, Parker said.
Mattamy Homes already builds single-family homes at Cedar Bay and Covenant Cove in Jacksonville; Forest Hammock at Oakleaf Plantation in Orange Park; Greenleaf Village at Nocatee and Austin Park at Nocatee in Ponte Vedra; Old Sebastian Point, Sevilla and Kings Trace in St. Augustine, and Durbin Crossing and The Colony at Greenbriar in St. Johns County. Mattamy offers multifamily living at Cornerstone at Watermill Townhomes.
In June, Mattamy Homes U.S. Group reported record sales of 203 new homes for more than $48 million in its Orlando, Jacksonville, Charlotte, Phoenix and Minneapolis-St. Paul regions during its fourth quarter, which ended May 31.
In July, Metrostudy, Inc. ranked Mattamy Homes the top-selling homebuilder in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market, Parker added.
“We have planned our growth very conservatively in the U.S. and we have been very selective in our acquisitions,” Parker said. “We are now prepared to grow with our markets as the U.S. economy recovers,” he said.
About Mattamy Homes
Mattamy Homes expanded into the U.S. in 2003 and has divisions in Jacksonville, Orlando, Charlotte, Phoenix and Minneapolis. The homebuilder is the largest and most active in Canada with annual revenues exceeding $1.3 billion.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty Agent is Leading Luxury Home Specialist in Lake Forest
ORLANDO, Fla. --- Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty Associate Sally Andy reports she has sold more than 450 properties in the award-winning Lake Forest community in North Seminole County over the past 15 years for a total dollar volume of more than $145 million.
“Sally Andy was an onsite sales representative at Lake Forest from 1996 to 2004 before she joined Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty,” said Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of the real estate firm.
“No one has sold more property in Lake Forest than Sally Andy and no one knows the community better,” Soderstrom said.
The gated community with a 24-hour guarded entrance offers homes overlooking pristine lakes and canals and along nature preserves. The community features a two-story clubhouse, fitness center, tennis courts, 55-acre spring-fed lake, and Jr. Olympic swimming pool overlooking the lake.
Lake Forest has almost 800 total homesites throughout its 538 acres of wooded neighborhoods. Most homes start at around $400,000 and range up to more than $1 million dollars. To see a video of Lake Forest go to http://youtu.be/SgHCl9r7uxY.
Soderstrom added that the Sally Andy and David Warren Team at Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty is focusing on luxury home sales at Lake Forest, whose numerous accolades include the six-time winner of the Orlando Parade of Homes' Grand Award for the "Best Community in Central Florida" and a Grand Aurora Award for "The Best Community in the Southeastern United States."
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, property management, in addition to supporting builders, developers, lenders, and asset managers. The company operates three performance zones which serve all of Central Florida. Visit www.StirlingSIR.com
“Sally Andy was an onsite sales representative at Lake Forest from 1996 to 2004 before she joined Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty,” said Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of the real estate firm.
“No one has sold more property in Lake Forest than Sally Andy and no one knows the community better,” Soderstrom said.
The gated community with a 24-hour guarded entrance offers homes overlooking pristine lakes and canals and along nature preserves. The community features a two-story clubhouse, fitness center, tennis courts, 55-acre spring-fed lake, and Jr. Olympic swimming pool overlooking the lake.
Lake Forest has almost 800 total homesites throughout its 538 acres of wooded neighborhoods. Most homes start at around $400,000 and range up to more than $1 million dollars. To see a video of Lake Forest go to http://youtu.be/SgHCl9r7uxY.
Soderstrom added that the Sally Andy and David Warren Team at Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty is focusing on luxury home sales at Lake Forest, whose numerous accolades include the six-time winner of the Orlando Parade of Homes' Grand Award for the "Best Community in Central Florida" and a Grand Aurora Award for "The Best Community in the Southeastern United States."
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, property management, in addition to supporting builders, developers, lenders, and asset managers. The company operates three performance zones which serve all of Central Florida. Visit www.StirlingSIR.com
Crossman & Company One of The Region’s Most Award Winning Commercial Real Estate Companies
ORLANDO, Fla. --- Crossman & Company, the Orlando-based commercial real estate company that ranks as one of the largest retail property management, leasing and development companies in the Southeastern U.S., also ranks as one of the region’s top award winners in 2011.
John Crossman, president of Crossman & Company, said the firm and its associates have earned more than 20 noteworthy accolades from NAIOP, the Central Florida Commercial Association of Realtors (CFCAR), and Costar, which ranks commercial realtors nationwide.
Crossman & Company’s 2011 accolades include NAIOP awards for rookie of the year to Associate Whitaker Leonhardt, retail broker of the year to Vice President Justin Greider, and student of the year to Research Analyst Molly Delahunty.
Two Crossman & Company client projects also won NAIOP awards: The Aloma Shopping Center was named retail development of the year in Central Florida and Orlando Fashion Square Mall was named re-use property of the year.
The Orlando Fashion Square lease to National Entrepreneur Center, which Whitaker Leonhardt of Crossman & Company negotiated, was named “Best Headquarters Campus Relocation of the Year” by Orlando Business Journal.
At the CFCAR Hallmark Awards event earlier this year, Crossman was a top recipient. The company’s Hallmark awards included rookie of the year, Whitaker Leonhardt; circle of achievement, Sr. Associate Daniel Germano; retail top producers, Associates Katherine Rush and Whitaker Leonhardt, and Vice Presidents Courtney Kowalchuk and Justin Greider.
Rush won an additional Hallmark award as the region’s top office producer, and Greider was named one of the area’s top overall producers.
Kowalchuk was selected as one of the top 40 under 40 Executives to Watch in Central Florida and one of Central Florida’s Women Who Mean Business by the Orlando Business Journal.
Associate Ashley Thornburg and Kowalchuk were both nominated for the Real Estate Forum’s 2011 Women of Influence in Commercial Real Estate.
Costar Group named five Crossman & Company Associates top brokers in the region: Greider, Rush, Leonhardt, Germano and Associate Ashley Thornburg in South Florida.
Costar also named Crossman & Company one of the region’s top commercial property brokerage firms and a top power broker.
Crossman & Company Executive Vice President Richard Crotty received the Legacy Award from Lifework Leadership and the James B. Greene Economic Development Award from the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission.
A leading U.S. trade publication, Retail Traffic, named Crossman & Company one of the top real estate management companies in the U.S. based on gross leasable area and Florida Trend magazine ranked Crossman & Company number 18 among the State of Florida’s “Best Places to Work.”
“We are a very achievement-oriented firm,” Crossman said. “We set goals and we work hard to see them through. We are very proud of the recognition we have received from our peers and from the industry,” he said.
About Crossman & Company:
Headquartered in Orlando, Crossman & Company is a commercial real estate brokerage firm that specializes in the retail industry. Currently their portfolio under leasing and/or management exceeds 150 shopping centers throughout the Southeast. Founded in 1990, Crossman & Company focuses solely on landlord representation and serves clients including Publix, PREIT, and GE. Please visit www.crossmanco.com, or call 407-423-5400 for more information.
John Crossman, president of Crossman & Company, said the firm and its associates have earned more than 20 noteworthy accolades from NAIOP, the Central Florida Commercial Association of Realtors (CFCAR), and Costar, which ranks commercial realtors nationwide.
Crossman & Company’s 2011 accolades include NAIOP awards for rookie of the year to Associate Whitaker Leonhardt, retail broker of the year to Vice President Justin Greider, and student of the year to Research Analyst Molly Delahunty.
Two Crossman & Company client projects also won NAIOP awards: The Aloma Shopping Center was named retail development of the year in Central Florida and Orlando Fashion Square Mall was named re-use property of the year.
The Orlando Fashion Square lease to National Entrepreneur Center, which Whitaker Leonhardt of Crossman & Company negotiated, was named “Best Headquarters Campus Relocation of the Year” by Orlando Business Journal.
At the CFCAR Hallmark Awards event earlier this year, Crossman was a top recipient. The company’s Hallmark awards included rookie of the year, Whitaker Leonhardt; circle of achievement, Sr. Associate Daniel Germano; retail top producers, Associates Katherine Rush and Whitaker Leonhardt, and Vice Presidents Courtney Kowalchuk and Justin Greider.
Rush won an additional Hallmark award as the region’s top office producer, and Greider was named one of the area’s top overall producers.
Kowalchuk was selected as one of the top 40 under 40 Executives to Watch in Central Florida and one of Central Florida’s Women Who Mean Business by the Orlando Business Journal.
Associate Ashley Thornburg and Kowalchuk were both nominated for the Real Estate Forum’s 2011 Women of Influence in Commercial Real Estate.
Costar Group named five Crossman & Company Associates top brokers in the region: Greider, Rush, Leonhardt, Germano and Associate Ashley Thornburg in South Florida.
Costar also named Crossman & Company one of the region’s top commercial property brokerage firms and a top power broker.
Crossman & Company Executive Vice President Richard Crotty received the Legacy Award from Lifework Leadership and the James B. Greene Economic Development Award from the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission.
A leading U.S. trade publication, Retail Traffic, named Crossman & Company one of the top real estate management companies in the U.S. based on gross leasable area and Florida Trend magazine ranked Crossman & Company number 18 among the State of Florida’s “Best Places to Work.”
“We are a very achievement-oriented firm,” Crossman said. “We set goals and we work hard to see them through. We are very proud of the recognition we have received from our peers and from the industry,” he said.
About Crossman & Company:
Headquartered in Orlando, Crossman & Company is a commercial real estate brokerage firm that specializes in the retail industry. Currently their portfolio under leasing and/or management exceeds 150 shopping centers throughout the Southeast. Founded in 1990, Crossman & Company focuses solely on landlord representation and serves clients including Publix, PREIT, and GE. Please visit www.crossmanco.com, or call 407-423-5400 for more information.
Work Schedule Dot Net Earns No. 1 Ranking from TopTenReviews
SANFORD, Fla. --- Work Schedule Dot Net, one of the nation’s leading providers of online employee scheduling software, was recently ranked No. 1 in its field by TopTenReviews, the independent technology ratings division of TechMediaNetwork, Inc.
Robert Catron, president of Work Schedule Dot Net, said TopTenReviews’ #1 ranking is one of the most important and influential ratings a technology service provider can garner.
“TopTenReviews is an independent rating and review service with a host of advertising partners that range from Yahoo to AOL to CBS News,” Catron said.
“That means that news of our #1 ranking is immediately available to all those media networks and very highly ranked on search engines worldwide,” he said.
Work Schedule Dot Net provides highly sophisticated, easy to use, and customizable employee scheduling software online to more than 8,000 users worldwide. A division of Program Works, Inc., Work Schedule Dot Net is located at the University of Central Florida Business Incubator on West 1st Street in downtown Sanford.
About Work Schedule Dot Net
Work Schedule Dot Net (WSDN) was introduced to the public in 2000 to serve an unfulfilled niche for innovative, easy-to-use online employee scheduling services. Over the last decade the web application has been improved and expanded and now provides thousands of customers with time-saving innovative employee scheduling and attendance solutions. For more information please visit www.workschedule.net.
About the UCF Business Incubation Program:
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 160 emerging companies (including more than 100 current clients) create over $800 million in annual revenue and more than 1,600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With nine facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Business Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, The City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, Osceola County, the City of Kissimmee, City of St. Cloud, Volusia County and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu
Robert Catron, president of Work Schedule Dot Net, said TopTenReviews’ #1 ranking is one of the most important and influential ratings a technology service provider can garner.
“TopTenReviews is an independent rating and review service with a host of advertising partners that range from Yahoo to AOL to CBS News,” Catron said.
“That means that news of our #1 ranking is immediately available to all those media networks and very highly ranked on search engines worldwide,” he said.
Work Schedule Dot Net provides highly sophisticated, easy to use, and customizable employee scheduling software online to more than 8,000 users worldwide. A division of Program Works, Inc., Work Schedule Dot Net is located at the University of Central Florida Business Incubator on West 1st Street in downtown Sanford.
About Work Schedule Dot Net
Work Schedule Dot Net (WSDN) was introduced to the public in 2000 to serve an unfulfilled niche for innovative, easy-to-use online employee scheduling services. Over the last decade the web application has been improved and expanded and now provides thousands of customers with time-saving innovative employee scheduling and attendance solutions. For more information please visit www.workschedule.net.
About the UCF Business Incubation Program:
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 160 emerging companies (including more than 100 current clients) create over $800 million in annual revenue and more than 1,600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With nine facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Business Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, The City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, Osceola County, the City of Kissimmee, City of St. Cloud, Volusia County and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu
Medical Device Manufacturer Selected to Participate in GrowFL the State’s Economic Gardening Program
STUART, Fla., --- Keller Medical Inc., a two-year-old Stuart company that manufactures and sells a funnel-shaped surgical device used in silicone breast augmentation, has been invited to participate in GrowFL, a state-funded program that provides free technical assistance to small Florida businesses.
Part of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute, GrowFL was created in 2009 by the Florida Legislature and is based at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, according to Dr. Tom O’Neal, executive director of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute.
Dr. O’Neal, who also is associate vice president for the University of Central Florida’s Office of Research and Commercialization, said the institute selects companies for the program based on their growth potential.
“Keller Medical is an ideal candidate as it has shown that it has potential to continuing growing and because of the faith surgeons have in the company’s products,” he said, referring to a recent survey of 200 surgeons that showed 98 percent of them had or would recommend the Keller Funnel to a peer.
Co-founded by Dr. Kevin Keller, a plastic surgeon who invented the Keller Funnel to help plastic surgeons improve the delivery of silicone breast implants, and Howard Preissman, a biomedical engineer who serves as chief executive officer for the company, Keller Medical currently has 10 employees.
“While Keller Medical is beyond the start-up phase, we are still small and looking for every advantage to help us succeed,” Preissman said. “We are thrilled to be recognized as a GrowFL company and we look forward to cultivating the relationship to further develop our company and open avenues to increase our business that previously we had not considered.”
About Keller Medical:
The Keller Funnel was introduced in 2009 as a device that would help plastic surgeons improve the delivery of silicone breast implants. Today nearly 300,000 breast implants are performed annually in the United States. More than half of those procedures use silicone implants and 20 percent of all silicone breast augmentation procedures are completed using the Keller Funnel. For more information about the device or the company, visit www.kellerfunnel.com.
About the Florida Economic Gardening Institute:
The Florida Economic Gardening Institute was created by the 2009 Florida Legislature as the Economic Gardening Technical Assistance Program to stimulate investment in Florida’s economy by providing technical assistance for expanding businesses in the state. Qualified companies must be engaged in the following sectors to receive no-cost technical assistance: Manufacturing; Finance & Insurance Services; Wholesale Trade; Information Industries; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Management Services; and, Administrative & Support Services. Additional information is available at www.GrowFL.com.
Part of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute, GrowFL was created in 2009 by the Florida Legislature and is based at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, according to Dr. Tom O’Neal, executive director of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute.
Dr. O’Neal, who also is associate vice president for the University of Central Florida’s Office of Research and Commercialization, said the institute selects companies for the program based on their growth potential.
“Keller Medical is an ideal candidate as it has shown that it has potential to continuing growing and because of the faith surgeons have in the company’s products,” he said, referring to a recent survey of 200 surgeons that showed 98 percent of them had or would recommend the Keller Funnel to a peer.
Co-founded by Dr. Kevin Keller, a plastic surgeon who invented the Keller Funnel to help plastic surgeons improve the delivery of silicone breast implants, and Howard Preissman, a biomedical engineer who serves as chief executive officer for the company, Keller Medical currently has 10 employees.
“While Keller Medical is beyond the start-up phase, we are still small and looking for every advantage to help us succeed,” Preissman said. “We are thrilled to be recognized as a GrowFL company and we look forward to cultivating the relationship to further develop our company and open avenues to increase our business that previously we had not considered.”
About Keller Medical:
The Keller Funnel was introduced in 2009 as a device that would help plastic surgeons improve the delivery of silicone breast implants. Today nearly 300,000 breast implants are performed annually in the United States. More than half of those procedures use silicone implants and 20 percent of all silicone breast augmentation procedures are completed using the Keller Funnel. For more information about the device or the company, visit www.kellerfunnel.com.
About the Florida Economic Gardening Institute:
The Florida Economic Gardening Institute was created by the 2009 Florida Legislature as the Economic Gardening Technical Assistance Program to stimulate investment in Florida’s economy by providing technical assistance for expanding businesses in the state. Qualified companies must be engaged in the following sectors to receive no-cost technical assistance: Manufacturing; Finance & Insurance Services; Wholesale Trade; Information Industries; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Management Services; and, Administrative & Support Services. Additional information is available at www.GrowFL.com.
Ryland Homes to Host Grand Opening Aug 27 to Showcase New Celebration Model Home at Live Oak in New Tampa
TAMPA, Fla. – Ryland Homes will host a grand opening Saturday, Aug. 27 to showcase its new Celebration model home at Live Oak, located off Bruce B. Downs Blvd. in New Tampa.
Tony Crimi, vice president of sales and marketing for the Tampa division of Ryland Homes, said the two-story Celebration model home offers three or four bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths in 2,600 square feet of living space and a three-car garage.
Designed to accommodate a bonus room and a third full bath, the Celebration model home is priced from $209,990, Crimi added.
Ryland Homes plans to build 74 new three, four and five bedroom single-family homes in Pinewood Village at Live Oak priced from $177,990 to $212,490 and ranging in size from 1,853 square feet of living space to 2,984 square feet.
For more information please go to www.ryland.com/tampa.
About Ryland Homes
With headquarters in Southern California, Ryland is one of the nation’s largest homebuilders and a leading mortgage-finance company. The company currently operates in 17 markets across the country and has built more than 285,000 homes and financed more than 235,000 mortgages since its founding in 1967. Ryland is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RYL.”
Tony Crimi, vice president of sales and marketing for the Tampa division of Ryland Homes, said the two-story Celebration model home offers three or four bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths in 2,600 square feet of living space and a three-car garage.
Designed to accommodate a bonus room and a third full bath, the Celebration model home is priced from $209,990, Crimi added.
Ryland Homes plans to build 74 new three, four and five bedroom single-family homes in Pinewood Village at Live Oak priced from $177,990 to $212,490 and ranging in size from 1,853 square feet of living space to 2,984 square feet.
For more information please go to www.ryland.com/tampa.
About Ryland Homes
With headquarters in Southern California, Ryland is one of the nation’s largest homebuilders and a leading mortgage-finance company. The company currently operates in 17 markets across the country and has built more than 285,000 homes and financed more than 235,000 mortgages since its founding in 1967. Ryland is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RYL.”
New Designs Highlight Lennar’s “Super Home” Series in Tampa Bay region
TAMPA, Fla. --- Lennar unveiled four new “Super Homes” designs in select Tampa Bay area neighborhoods that are priced from a low $59 per square foot.
Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida Division, said the four new five, six and seven bedroom “Super Homes” designs range in size from 2,858 square feet of living space to 4,054 square feet and are priced from $189,990 to $295,990 depending on the community.
Metheny said the new “Super Homes” come with three-car garages and two-and-a-half, three or four baths.
All Lennar homes in the Tampa Bay region feature the home builder’s “Everything’s Included” offer of luxury features and upgrades at no extra charge.
For more information, visit www.Lennar.com or call 888-317-7489.
Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida Division, said the four new five, six and seven bedroom “Super Homes” designs range in size from 2,858 square feet of living space to 4,054 square feet and are priced from $189,990 to $295,990 depending on the community.
Metheny said the new “Super Homes” come with three-car garages and two-and-a-half, three or four baths.
All Lennar homes in the Tampa Bay region feature the home builder’s “Everything’s Included” offer of luxury features and upgrades at no extra charge.
For more information, visit www.Lennar.com or call 888-317-7489.
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