BBC Aerospace to Compete in Space Frontier Foundation’s 2013 Newspace Business Plan Competition

Orlando, Fla. --- BBC Aerospace, which is developing a spacecraft to deliver and retrieve satellites, has been chosen to participate in the Space Frontier Foundation’s 2013 NewSpace Business Plan Competition Oct. 22-23 at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif. Michael Gandia, Chief Technology Officer at BBC Aerospace, said the invitation award includes air fare and hotel accommodations, along with a two-day “boot camp” to help ready competitors to present their business plans before a panel of judges at Stanford University for a chance to win $100,000 prize plus investments, before audience that includes technology investment professionals from Silicon Valley. “This is a marvelous opportunity for us to secure research funds and we are honored to participate,” Gandia said. Currently, BBC Aerospace is focused on commercializing an innovative rapid metal manufacturing technology to generate revenue and for use in the near future to manufacture an innovative, proprietary space plane design that will enable dramatically cheaper, faster launch services to address the growing needs of government, industry and academic customers. BBC Aerospace is a member of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program in the Central Florida Research Park in East Orange County.

BOLD! Technologies names Louis Simeonidis chief marketing officer

Orlando, Fla. -- BOLD! Technologies has appointed Louis Simeonidis chief marketing officer. Lydia Chicles, chief innovation officer at BOLD! Technologies, said Simeonidis has more than 17 years of experience in mobile marketing and business development. Simeonidis formerly served as chief marketing officer at Applico, and previously across several of the world’s leading agencies and innovation firms, where he helped develop mobile strategies and solutions for clients ranging from Google, NBC, and ABC to the FBI, GM, AT&T, Verizon, the U.S. Army, Smirnoff, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, and Pfizer. “Louis Simeonidis is one of the world’s leading experts in mobile marketing strategies and development and we are very pleased he has joined the BOLD! Technologies team,” Chicles said. BOLD! Technologies developed an online advertising platform and suite of mobile apps designed to enable businesses to sponsor ads that present their brand, events and promotional offers in the context of support to local organizations, schools and other cause-related initiatives. “One of our core values is the belief that marketing can be as effective for social change as for growing market share,” Chicles said. BOLD! Technologies is a member of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program in the Central Florida Research Park in East Orange County.

AceApplications LLC Earns Key Certifications to Qualify For Contracts at Orlando International Airport

Orlando, Fla. --- AceApplications LLC, which provides Information Technology consulting services, software application and web development, and technical training for small and large businesses, government agencies and schools, recently earned three key certifications that qualify the firm to compete for contracts for the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority. Courtney Powell, president of AceApplications, said the firm earned certifications as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) for federal contracts, and two certifications for non-federal contracts: Minority/Woman Business Enterprise (M/WBE) and Local Developing Business (LDB). Established in 2001, AceApplications LLC is a state and county certified minority owned business. AceApplications is a member of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program in the Central Florida Research Park in East Orange County.

NAI Realvest Closes Sale of Orlando Industrial Portfolio in Orange, Seminole Counties for $24 Million

ORLANDO, Fla. --- NAI Realvest recently closed the sale of an industrial portfolio in Orange and Seminole counties that totals more than 525,000 square feet of space. The transaction was handled by the NAI Realvest investment team of George Livingston, Chairman, Principal Christie Alexander, Broker Associate Drew Saphos, CCIM, and Paul Vera, along with Principal Michael Heidrich, who will continue to lease the portfolio for the new owners. Blue Vista Capital Partners in Chicago and Rio Hondo Capital Partners of Baltimore, in a joint venture, paid $24 million for the portfolio. The seller of the properties was Cornerstone Core Properties REIT. The portfolio includes Monroe CommerCenter North, located at 4150-4200 Church St. in Sanford; Monroe CommerCenter South, at Church Street and Monroe Road in Sanford; Hanging Moss CommerCenter at 6100-6148 Hanging Moss Rd. in Orlando; and Goldenrod CommerCenter, 1460-1476 Goldenrod Rd. in east Orlando. All four CommerCenter properties were developed within the past 12 years by Realvest Development and Small Bay Partners LLC, a group that included Livingston, banker Geof Longstaff and longtime area developer Howard Schieferdecker. NAI Realvest Property Management will continue to serve the new owners as management agent for the portfolio.

NAI Realvest negotiates $750,000 Sale of professional office condominium to medical group for ambulatory care at Savannah Park

SANFORD, Fla. -- NAI Realvest recently negotiated the $750,000 sale of the entire first floor at 3739 Byron Anthony Place a professional office building in Savannah Park located off International Parkway and SR 46 in Sanford. Paul P. Partyka, principal and managing partner at NAI Realvest, who represented the seller Pinnacle Bank of Orange City, said the condominium totals 9,883 square feet and was purchased by Long Island International LLC of Longwood, a doctor investment group who will open an ambulatory care facility. Sanjay Kumar of Florida Residential Commercial & Investment represented the buyers in the transaction.

NAI Realvest Negotiates sale of three-acre development site for small office buildings in Winter Springs

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. --- NAI Realvest recently negotiated the sale of 3.10 acres of vacant land on the southeast corner of SR 434 and Winding Hollow Blvd. in Winter Springs. Paul P. Partyka, managing partner at NAI Realvest, negotiated the transaction representing the seller, Wintersprings Land LTD based in Maitland. The buyer, Altamonte Springs-based Florida Trust Administration LLC, paid $210,000 for the land and plans to build Phase 2 of several small stand-alone office buildings for users and investors. Gary Medley of Florida Trust Services represented the buyer in the transaction.

NAI Realvest Appoints Veteran Realtor Jeff Clark Associate, Industrial Specialist

ORLANDO, Fla. -- NAI Realvest one of central Florida’s largest commercial real estate services companies and active developers of industrial facilities, has named veteran Orlando Realtor Jeff Clark as an associate and industrial properties specialist. Robin L. Webb, CCIM, managing director at NAI Realvest, said Clark has ranked as the top performing real estate associate in the Baldwin Park area of Orlando since 2003. He was also formerly a broker with Prudential Mortgage Services. In his new role Clark will focus on representing industrial clients for leasing and sales. “Jeff Clark is one of the most knowledgeable real estate brokers in the Central Florida region and we expect him to play a big role as we grow,” Webb said. Clark earned his B.A. Degree in Business Administration from Auburn University and is a member of the National Association of Realtors.

UCF Business Incubation Client Wins Award at Orlando Expo Mujer-Woman Conference

ORLANDO, Fla. – Pamela Rogan, president of Rogan Marketing and Communications, is one of eight females honored recently by the Orlando Expo Mujer-Woman Conference at the Wyndham Orlando Resort. Rogan and seven others were recognized by Orlando Expo Mujer-Woman for their “outstanding leadership, vision, professional development, and unwavering commitment” to their communities, according to the company website. Rogan, who has spent the past 29 years in marketing and communications, is president of the Orlando Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), and a governing board member of Athena PowerLink. She brought Rogan Marketing and Communications to the UCF Business Incubation Program in 2012, according to Site Manager Melissa Wasserman. “Pamela has a wealth of experience that benefits her company, as well as the community,” Wasserman said. “She is a natural leader with great skills in helping develop people, as well as businesses.” With her volunteer heart, Rogan encourages the growth of women and young adults who have an entrepreneurial spirit. She seeks out educational opportunities for herself so that she may best help others. Since the beginning of this year Rogan has been successfully mentoring a candidate from Workforce Central Florida. Rogan Marketing and Communications is a client of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation program located at the site on Colonial Drive. Visit www.RoganMarketing.com.

Ninjaneer Studios in Winter Springs to Open Arts and Algorithms Festival in Titusville with Special 3D Projection Mapping Show

Winter Springs, Fla. --- Animation producer Ninjaneer Studios in Winter Springs will open the Arts and Algorithms Festival in Titusville Oct. 4 – 13 with a premier showing of an original animated larger-than-life 3D Projection Mapping show on the outside wall of the Playhouse Theater in downtown Titusville. Joe Rosa, director of Ninjaneer Studios, said the digital art show depicts the rebirth of Florida’s Space Coast. Projection mapping, a/k/a video mapping, is a projection technology used to turn objects of any shape into a display surface for video projection. Complex industrial landscapes, buildings and other two or three dimensional objects are spatially mapped on the virtual program that mimics the environment where the objects belong. The premier presentation will show on a giant screen that measures 88 feet by 35 feet, Rosa said. “We have created a very special presentation that reflects the creative energy that is producing the Arts and Algorithms Festival and the unique history and exciting future of Florida’s Space Coast,” Rosa said. Ninjaneer Studios is a client company of the University of Central Florida’s Business Incubation Program in Winter Springs, Fla.

Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty named exclusive broker to sell Mountain Lake, Fla. estate home of author Susan Butler

ORLANDO, Fla., --- Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty has been named exclusive sales and marketing representatives for the estate home of author Susan Butler in the historic resort community of Mountain Lake, Fla. near Lake Wales. Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty, said International Luxury Homes Specialist Michelle Hochfelder at the firm’s Heathrow Marketing Center is representing the property. Butler is a noted biographer whose “East to the Dawn, The Life of Amelia Earhart,” was made into a feature-length motion picture. The Butler property, on a landscaped, lakefront 4.35 acre site with large live oaks and citrus, offers unforgettable lake views. The estate home offers six bedrooms, six full baths and one half-bath and a two-story “Grand Room” with vaulted beam ceiling in 4,238 square feet of living space with oak plank hardwood floors, iron chandeliers, and a massive gas fireplace. Mountain Lake was developed in the early 1900s as a winter retreat. The community is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Butler estate at 47 Mountain Lake ranks as a 1920s architectural masterpiece. Mountain Lake is a private gated community with a private country club, golf course, tennis, and croquet overlooking the historic Bok Tower in Lake Wales. The Butler property is priced for immediate sale at $995,000.