Henin Homes Promotes Dave Creel to Service, Warranty Director

DeBary, Fla. --- Henin Homes, a division of the Henin Group of Winter Park, has promoted Dave Creel to service and warranty director at Henin Homes. Matt Boltz, vice president of Henin Homes, Inc. based in DeBary at the luxury community of Riviera Bella, said Creek has more than 20 years of experience in construction and has been with Henin Homes for three years.

Del Webb Ponte Vedra Now Offering New Options on 16 Floor Plan Designs, Priced From the $180s

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. – Del Webb Ponte Vedra recently unveiled 16 new floor plan designs with many new innovative options to offer at the active adult community located at 124 Del Webb Parkway in Ponte Vedra. Sean Strickler, vice president of sales for Del Webb in North Florida, said the one and two-story floor plans range from 1,157 square feet of living area to 2,885 square feet, priced from the $180s to the low $300s. New optional features include an Environments For Living (EFL) energy package, new bathroom configurations, tray ceilings, kitchen islands, golf cart garage; pull-down stairs to attic storage; sunrooms and lanais and eight-foot interior doors. Strickler said Del Webb’s professional design consultant will be on hand to help guide new homebuyers through the process of selecting a floor plan, design options and décor. Del Webb Ponte Vedra, with its striking 37,800 square foot Anastasia Clubhouse, Central Park Resident Garden, six miles of nature trails, tennis, pickle ball and bocce ball courts, and indoor and outdoor swimming pools, offers luxury single family homes priced from the $180s.

Lennar Unveils stylish new Coach Homes in newest phase of Sonoma at Fiddler’s Creek in Naples

NAPLES, Fla. – Lennar Homes has started selling its stylish new Coach Homes in Sonoma at Fiddler’s Creek, the award-winning, private master-planned residential community located just off SR 41 south of Collier Boulevard between Naples and Marco Island in Naples. Matt Devereaux, vice president of sales at Lennar Homes in the Southwest Florida region, said the three-bedroom, two-bath Coach Homes in the new phase at Fiddler’s Creek range in size from 1,883 square feet of living space to 2,099 square feet. Lennar’s Coach Home collection is priced from the high $200s to the low $300s. All of Lennar’s Coach Homes in Sonoma at Fiddler’s Creek come with the homebuilder’s ‘Everything’s Included’ pledge: extras such as granite kitchen countertops, wood cabinets, stainless steel appliances, crown molding and tile are all included in the Lennar home price. Fiddler’s Creek features a private 54,000 square foot square foot Club & Spa, fitness center, resort-style pools, tot lot, tennis, casual and elegant restaurants and a very active social calendar for the entire family. Devereaux said a model Coach Home is underway in Sonoma at Fiddler’s Creek and will be completed and open for viewing in late spring.

ROYAL OAK HOMES PROMOTES COLBY FRANKS TO EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Royal Oak Homes, based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park, recently promoted Colby Franks to executive vice president. Matt Orosz, co-president of Royal Oak Homes, said Franks is a graduate of the University of Florida and has more than 18 years of experience in the homebuilding industry. He joined Royal Oak Homes in December 2010 as the vice president of construction. Royal Oak Homes is a third-generation home builder whose track record boasts more than 14,000 new homes built in Central Florida over the past 30 years under the Cambridge Homes brand, one of the region’s most successful home builders in the 1980s and 1990s. Founded in 2011, Royal Oak Homes is rapidly becoming one of the largest and most active home builders in the Central Florida area, building in ten active communities in the region.

ICI Homes Hires Two More Online New Home Specialists to Respond to Flurry of Queries about Florida Luxury Communities

Daytona Beach, Fla. --- ICI Homes has appointed Faith Frances Russo and Richard A. “Rich” Elton as online new home specialists at ICI Homes’ corporate headquarters on Beville Road in Daytona Beach. Rosemary Messina, vice president of sales and marketing at ICI Homes, said the new online new home specialists are part of a major expansion of ICI Homers’ online marketing program. “As many as one-third of all potential home buyers make their first contact with ICI Homes online,” Messina said. “We have significantly expanded our online marketing resources and we’re focusing more on social networks because that’s how so many of our home buyers gain so much of their information,” she explained. Russo, who earned her B.A. Degree in Elementary Education from St. Joseph’s College in Standish, Maine, formerly served as a client relations specialist at the CEU Institute in Lake Mary. Elton, who earned his B.A. Degree in Anthropology from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, is a native of Ormond Beach who formerly served as a customer relations specialist at the Premier Care Baths regional call center in South Daytona.

New Husband and Wife Team at Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty’s Dr. Phillips Marketing Center Earn Top Honors

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty’s International Luxury Home Specialist team of Donna and Glenn Cox in the firm’s World Marketing Center at Dr. Phillips in southwest Orlando earned top honors their first quarter on the job. Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty, said Donna and Glenn Cox earned honors as outstanding sales agents for Dr. Phillips office during November. The couple boasts combined real estate experience of more than 47 years. “Donna and Glenn Cox are longtime Central Florida residents with an infectious enthusiasm for their work,” Soderstrom said. “They have already proved to be outstanding associates and we are delighted they joined our growing family,” Soderstrom said. Donna and Glenn Cox earned their CRB designation as certified relocation brokers from the Florida Board of Realtors. The former Prudential Realty associates are members of the Million Dollar Club.

Del Webb Stone Creek resident won’t let degenerative eye disease slow her exercise regimen

OCALA, Fla. --- Edith Strub, a six year resident of Del Webb Stone Creek in Ocala, looks out every day at the rolling hills, tree-lined streets, pleasant homes and smiling neighbors knowing that one day she’ll likely give it all up. Strub suffers from Retinitis Pigmentosa, an incurable degenerative eye disease that could eventually result in her blindness. But Strub won’t let that stop her from her daily exercise regiment. She is determined to improve her fitness everyday. “Edith is an inspiration to me,” says Judy Helfin, fitness director at the Elan Spa at Del Webb Stone Creek. When Strub moved to Del Webb Stone Creek six years ago, one of her first stops was the fitness center. “She began exercising from the start,” Helfin said, “And she has been devoted to it ever since.” When Del Webb Stone Creek opened its state-of-the-art Elan Spa five years ago, Strub was one of the first visitors, and she has been a regular since that time. “Edith’s eye disease causes progressive loss of vision, and eventually it could affect her central vision,” Helfin explained. Diagnosed in 1974, Strub was still driving when she moved to Del Webb Stone Creek, but she has since been forced to give up that pleasure. Over the past several months she has noticed more progressive changes. But she won’t accept sympathy from anyone. “When I first met Edith a few months ago, I noticed she doesn’t want any special treatment,” Helfin observed, “She just wants to fit in, work out and feel good,” she said. “Fitness training is important to me to keep up my independence,” Strub explained. “Exercise helps me physically and mentally. I feel better, I think more clearly, and enjoy the rest of the day even more,” she said. Strub is something of a connoisseur of fitness clubs, and she prefers Elan Spa at Del Webb Stone Creek over all the others she has visited in Florida. “All the instructors and staff have been very accommodating for my special needs. They make me feel like I fit in,” Strub said. Del Webb Stone Creek is one of the largest Del Webb communities in the U.S. featuring Reflection Bay – an amenity center encompassing almost 50,000 square feet with fitness and event gathering areas – the Stone Creek Grille, Stone Creek Golf Club with an 18-hole championship golf course and a planned 29 acres of open space and common areas. Models are open daily for viewing.

Royal Oak Homes has one model underway at Avalon Reserve in Winter Garden, prices start from the $260s

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Royal Oak Homes has a new model home under construction and presales are underway at the community of Avalon Reserve located off Avalon and Marsh Roads in Winter Garden. Matt Orosz, co-president at Royal Oak Homes, said the homebuilder is offering four and five bedroom at Avalon Reserve that range from 2,500 square feet of living space to 4,700 square feet with prices starting from the $260s to the mid-$300s. Royal Oak Homes has 66 oversized home sites available at Avalon Reserve. Orosz said Royal Oak’s largest model at Avalon Reserve is now under construction – the five-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath Parker with 4,731 square feet of living space – and it will be ready for viewing in late spring. Royal Oak Homes, based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park, is a third generation family home builder whose track record includes more than 14,000 new homes in Central Florida over the past 30 years.

DiVosta Homes to Host Amenity Center Groundbreaking and Model Open House Celebration Feb. 16 at Windsor Park at Abacoa in Jupiter

Jupiter, Fla. --- DiVosta Homes will host an Amenity Center Groundbreaking and Model Open House Celebration on Saturday, Feb.16 at Windsor Park at Abacoa, located on Indian Creek Parkway between I-95 and Military Trail in Jupiter. Scott Mairn, vice president of sales and marketing for DiVosta’s South Florida Division, said admission to the event is free and the public is invited to enjoy live music, food and refreshments from 1 to 4 p.m. DiVosta plans to showcase four professionally decorated models homes – one town home and three one- and two-story single-family homes – during the weekend event. The new amenities center at Windsor Park at Abacoa has started construction and will open this summer, measuring more than 8,300 square feet, with a huge community room, state-of-the-art fitness center and a catering kitchen, a magnificent resort-style swimming pool, an event lawn, fire pit and barbeque grill with outdoor seating. DiVosta Homes builds luxury town homes and three, four and five-bedroom luxury single-family homes at Windsor Park at Abacoa in 16 distinctive designs that range in size from 1,499 square feet to 3,768 square feet priced from under $200,000 to more than $600,000.

NAI Realvest Negotiates Class A Office Lease to Investment Securities firm at Primera Court I in Lake Mary

ORLANDO, Fla. --- NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease agreement for 1,380 square feet of Class A office space at Suite 110 Primera Court I, 725 Primera Blvd. in Lake Mary. Mary Frances West, CCIM senior broker associate at NAI Realvest, negotiated the transaction representing the landlord RREF Interchange-FL, Primera I, LLC, based in Daytona Beach. The new tenant Fairway Financial LLC, a private investment securities firm, is relocating from Altamonte Springs to the Lake Mary submarket. Fairway Financial was represented by Andrei Savitski of Coughlin Commercial.