Dave Brewer has Eight luxury homes priced from $1.4 million to $2 million underway

SANFORD, Fla. --- Dave Brewer, Inc. one of Central Florida’s most active builders of luxury custom homes valued at $1 million or more, has eight luxury homes under construction priced from $1.4 to $2 million in Windermere and Seminole County. Matt Trask, vice president of Dave Brewer, Inc., said all eight homes are located on lakefront home sites or within gated communities. Trask said all eight homes should be completed before the end of the year or early next year.

Pulte Homes to Host Grand Opening June 29 at Legacy Park in Casselberry

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Pulte Homes will host a grand opening Saturday, June 29, at Legacy Park, an intimate community in the heart of Seminole County in Casselberry where the homebuilder will present three new two-story single-family home designs priced from the $200s. Sean Strickler, vice president of sales for the North Florida division of Pulte Homes, said Pulte’s new three bedroom Penrose model home will be open and available for touring at the event. The two-story Penrose model offers 2,145 square feet of living space with three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a downstairs flex room shown as a study, a second floor loft and two-car garage. The grand opening event – at 1536 Burning Sage Lane, Casselberry, Fl 32707 ‒ scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., will feature live entertainment, food and fun for the whole family, including face painting and balloons. The new two-story single-family home designs Pulte is offering at Legacy Park range from 1,837 square feet of living area to 2,453 square feet with three and four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, optional lofts and two car garages with brick paver driveways. Amenities include an onsite tot lot and access to a community swimming pool and cabana. Legacy Park, located off Seminola Blvd. near E. Lake Drive between Winter Park Drive and Tuskawilla Road, is convenient to top-rated Seminole County schools, easily accessible to major arterial highways and minutes from major shopping centers and international airports. After the grand opening the community will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday and Sunday. Visit www.pulte.com/Orlando for more information and directions.

Real Estate Veteran Jim Bagley named to head Encore Housing Opportunity Fund, Joel Lazar named marketing VP

ORLANDO, Fla. – Jim Bagley, a real estate veteran with more than 25 years of experience as a home builder including stints with Pulte Homes, Park Square and Meritage Homes manages the Central Florida operations of Encore Housing Opportunity Fund, based in Celebration. Bagley said he already has some 15 master planned communities he is working with including Reunion in Orlando, Splendid China in Orlando and Cannon Ranch in Tampa, among others. Bagley estimates the number of projects he is now involved in totals close to $1 billion. These projects include single family homes, apartments and short term rental homes. At the same time, Bagley appointed another expert and veteran home building executive – Joel Lazar – as vice president of marketing. Lazar has more than 25 years of experience in the residential and resort real estate industry. Encore Housing Opportunity Fund is an opportunistic real estate fund manager which invests in residential real estate, primarily in Florida and California and is a seasoned residential real estate development and investment firm with land acquisition, development and construction capabilities in-house. With over $700 million in assets under management and investments in Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco, Encore Housing Opportunity Fund is actively investing in a variety of real estate opportunities.

NAI Realvest Names Veteran Real Estate Broker Jason G. Toll Director, Industrial Services Group

ORLANDO, Fla. --- NAI Realvest, which ranks as one of Central Florida’s most active developers of industrial facilities and one of the region’s largest commercial real estate services companies, has appointed veteran real estate broker Jason G. Toll to director, industrial services group. Robin L. Webb CCIM, managing director at NAI Realvest, said Toll has more than 17 years of experience in Commercial Real Estate. He was formerly managing partner of Logistic Development Group which specializes in development of multi-modal industrial space and brokerage. In his new role Toll will focus on representation of industrial clients for leasing and sales, Webb said. “Jason has extensive experience in industrial brokerage in addition to ground-up development in Central Florida. We are delighted he has joined NAI Realvest and we expect he’ll play a major roll in our growth.” The third generation central Floridian holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from University of Central Florida. He is a member of the Orange County Nuisance Abatement Board, president-elect of the Maitland Rotary Club and an active member of the Central Florida Commercial Association of Realtors.

NAI Realvest Negotiates Two New Industrial Lease Agreements in Orlando and Tavares totaling 19,000 square feet

MAITLAND, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated new lease agreements totaling 19,000 square feet at two industrial facilities – one in Orlando and one in Tavares in Lake County. NAI Realvest Principal Michael Heidrich Sr. and Associate Michael Heidrich, Jr., represented landlord David P. Reckell Trust in the lease of 10,000 square feet of industrial space at 27620 Highway 561 in Tavares. Walker Stainless Equipment Co. of New Lisbon, Wis. is the tenant who was represented by Joseph Howell of NAI Global Corporate Solutions. Heidrich Sr. and Heidrich Jr. negotiated an industrial lease for 9,000 square feet at 2169 N. Forsyth Rd. in Orlando representing the landlord Forsyth Road LLC of Longwood. The tenant is Super Transportation of Florida LLC, headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz.

DiVosta Homes opens two new model homes priced from the mid $200s at VillageWalk of Bonita Springs

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. --- DiVosta Homes recently opened two new model homes priced from the mid-$200s at VillageWalk of Bonita Springs, located on Umiak Court in Bonita Springs off Bonita Beach Road S.E. east of I-75. Scott Mairn, vice president of sales and marketing for DiVosta Homes in South Florida, said the two-bedroom, two-bath Willow Bend model home at VillageWalk offers 1,927 square feet of living space with an enormous island kitchen, great room and dining room that open onto a lanai and an optional extended patio. Altogether that can total more than 600 square feet of space for family gatherings or social occasions. The Willow Bend model home is priced from $253,990 with a den and lanai off the owner’s suite and a two-car garage. The single-story Cambridge model home, with three bedrooms and three baths in 2,384 square feet, features the same spectacular open-space design: a huge open great room, kitchen and dining room that together encompass almost 600 square feet. Mairn said DiVosta Homes is also offering the Willow Bend and Cambridge floor plans at VeronaWalk in Naples. “The open concept is really taking off and the tremendous space inside these two new model homes offers decorating opportunities that can be breathtaking,” Mairn said.

Six move-in ready homes underway at Villages of Royal Palm

PORT ORANGE, Fla. --- Six new ready-to-move-in homes are under construction at Villages of Royal Palm, the award-winning, active adult community in Port Orange. Winston Schwartz, president of Winston James Development, developers of Villages of Royal Palm, said the new homes that will be ready by fall will range in size from 1,500 square feet of living space to 2,400 square feet and will be priced from the $170s. At the same time, Schwartz said two models at the Villages of Royal Palm are open for viewing – a four-bedroom, two-bath home with 2,226 square feet of living area plus two-car garage priced from $277,000, and a three-bedroom, two-bath model with 1,618 square feet of living space and a two-car garage, priced from $185,000.

Law Firm Celebrates Grand Opening Friday with Chamber Ribbon Cutting

Rue, Ziffra & Caldwell will host an open house after cutting the ribbon on their neighboring office space at 640 Dunlawton Ave. in Port Orange PORT ORANGE – At noon Friday 6/14, the partners of Rue, Ziffra & Caldwell will make the building adjacent to their Dunlawton Boulevard office an official part of the longtime personal-injury firm with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an open house. The ceremony, led by firm partners and officials from the Daytona Beach Regional Chamber of Commerce, will include tours of the property as well as a light lunch and refreshments. The 6,000-square-foot two-story building, which sits on 1½ acres, previously was used as a medical and a real estate office. Rue, Ziffra & Caldwell purchased the building in 2010 and it now houses about one half of the company’s 45-person staff, including those working in the Social Security, worker’s compensation, medical malpractice and litigation departments. The building is the fourth office operated by the 30-year-old Port Orange-based law firm, as they also have offices in DeLand and Palm Coast.

Avex Homes reports 12 new home starts at Avalon Park West in Wesley Chapel

Wesley Chapel, Fla. --- Avex Homes reports 12 new home starts at Avalon Park West in Wesley Chapel from May 1 through May 31. Stephanie Hodson, vice president of marketing for Avex Homes, said Avex Homes closed on three sales and signed seven new contracts in May. Avex Homes started construction of 12 new homes during the month of May and the homebuilder expects to start construction of more than 20 new homes in June, Hodson said. The three-bedroom, two bath Braden model home from Avex Homes’ Celebration Series has proved to be the most popular during the month, Hodson said. The single story Braden floor plan offers 1,697 square feet of living space with a two-car garage. Built on the rich traditions of small-town life, Avalon Park West has a pedestrian friendly character with tree-lined streets meandering around lakes and neighborhood parks, rocking chair porches on its craftsman styled homes, nearby schools, and shops that are designed to evoke the ideal of main street America. For information call 813-364-4918 or email Stephanie@AvexHomes.com.

New long term lease in Downtown Avalon Park brings Real Estate Attorney, Title Company and seven full time employees

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Avalon Park Group recently negotiated a new long term lease agreement for 1,600 square feet of office space on the second floor of a Class A Office Building located at 3680 Avalon Park East Blvd. in Downtown Avalon Park. Stephanie Hodson, vice president of marketing at Avalon Park Group, said Vice President Rich Browning negotiated the lease agreement for Avalon Park Group. Attorney Karen R. Spell, P.A. is the new tenant, along with Avex Title, LLC. Hodson said the law firm and title company totals seven full time employees.