Cuhaci & Peterson Architects awarded remodeling design project in Miami

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Cuhaci & Peterson Architects Engineers Planners based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park were recently awarded a contract to remodel facilities in Miami. Lonnie Peterson, chairman at Cuhaci & Peterson said the Miami project is a 14,500 square foot Gordon Food Service facility located off S.W. 8th Street and 22nd Avenue.

Cuhaci & Peterson Architects completed designs of Two Bottom Dollar Stores in Pennsylvania

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Cuhaci & Peterson Architects, Engineers, Planners based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park, completed design work on two Bottom Dollar stores — one in Philadelphia and the other in Chester. Lonnie Peterson, chairman at Cuhaci & Peterson Architects, said both stores offer 12,000 square feet of grocery store space. Cuhaci & Petersen Architects is one of the nation’s leading designers of retail space with projects that total more than two million square feet annually.

Lennar Opens Sales of Single-Family Homes at Harmony, Model Grand Opening Sept 28-29

HARMONY, Fla. --- Lennar has started selling new single-family homes priced from the $180s at Harmony, the eco-friendly golf preserve community located on Schoolhouse Road off US 192 near St. Cloud in Osceola County. Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida Division, said a grand opening with the presentation of a decorated model and tours is set for Sept. 28 and 29. Lennar’s single-family homes in Harmony will offer from three to six bedrooms and range in size from 1,500 square feet of living area to 2,600 square feet. All Lennar homes at Harmony will feature the homebuilder’s “Everything’s Included” pledge: a wide range of GE energy smart appliances, special features and upgrades at the one Lennar “everything’s included” price, Metheny said. Among the vast array of amenities at Harmony are the Johnny Miller Signature Design golf course that earned certification as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary achieved only by courses that maintain the highest degree of environmental quality; 12.5 miles of hiking trails; pristine Lakeshore and community parks; playgrounds; Town Square; Graze Restaurant and banquet facilities. Visit www.harmonyfl.com

Winston James Development starts work on another “hot” Windsor Plus model home

PORT ORANGE, Fla. — Winston James Development, based in South Daytona, has started construction on another “hot” Windsor Plus model home at its community of the Villages of Royal Palm, the upscale community on Coconut Palm Circle in Port Orange. Jamie Allen Adley, president of Villages of Royal Palm, said the home building firm started the Windsor Plus model home three earlier times and it was sold before construction was just getting underway. Adley said the model home will offer four bedrooms, three baths in 2,400 square feet and is priced from $325,000. “Every time we start the model… someone snaps it up before the home is completed,” Adley said. The new Windsor Plus will be completed before the end of the year, Adley said. Adley added there are 30 home sites remaining at the Villages of Royal Palm with homes selling from the $180s to $300,000.

M/I Homes opening last phase at Wekiva Run

LAKE MARY, Fla. – M/I Homes has opened the final phase at Wekiva Run located off Ponkan Road and S.R. 441 in Northwest Orlando. David Byrnes, area president for M/I Homes in the Orlando region, said new three to six bedroom homes in the last phase will range from 2,425 square feet of living area to 5,200 square feet with prices starting from $259,990 to $379,990.

Cuhaci & Peterson Architects completes design of new East Coast Wings & Grill on Alafaya Trail

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Cuhaci & Peterson Architects, Engineers, Planners based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park recently completed design work on a new East Coast Wings & Grill on Alafaya Trail near the intersection of Curry Ford Road in east Orlando. Lonnie Peterson, chairman at Cuhaci & Peterson Architects, said the restaurant will offer 4,000 square feet of space and seat approximately 150 including the patio. This is the first East Coast Wings & Grill franchise in Florida, Peterson said.

Cuhaci & Peterson Architects awarded contract to design new Fresh Market in Winter Springs

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Cuhaci & Peterson Architects, Engineers, Planners based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park, was recently awarded the contract to design a new Fresh Market store in Winter Springs at Red Willow Plaza. Lonnie Peterson, chairman at Cuhaci & Peterson Architects, said the store will offer 21,000 square feet of supermarket space when completed and opens in early 2014 Cuhaci & Petersen Architects is one of the nation’s leading designers of retail space with projects that total more than two million square feet annually.

Del Webb Stone Creek Celebration Welcomes 1000th Homeowner

Ocala, Fla. --- Del Webb Stone Creek in Ocala recently hosted a celebration to welcome its 1,000th homeowner – a couple from across the world – at the community’s Reunion Center Ballroom. Sean Strickler, vice president of sales for Del Webb in North Florida, said Dixie and Rene Tigcheler from The Netherlands purchased the Copper Ridge Loft home design by Del Webb. “This is a meaningful benchmark for Del Webb Stone Creek just seven years after opening,” Strickler said. “We both got a good feeling about Stone Creek when we visited three years ago in the spring. It’s full of friendly, caring, sociable, people from the office staff to the residents. We visited several Del Webb communities in various states but we knew Stone Creek was where we wanted to spend our retirement years,” said René and Dixie Tigcheler. “We look forward to our arrival in October and making new friends.” Bob Foisy, general sales manager at Del Webb Stone Creek, said he has been waiting for the 1,000th home buyer. “From the moment we gave the keys to the first homeowner at Del Webb Stone Creek seven years ago we knew this community would appeal to its own kind of active, vigorous and engaged residents and we were right,” Foisy said. “Del Webb Stone Creek is more than just a beautiful place to live, it is a thriving community of neighbors who have become best friends, and that energy powers everything we do from our sales and construction teams, lifestyle and property staff members, resident ambassadors, and all the people who work together to help make Del Webb Stone Creek a one-of-a-kind community,” Foisy explained. Del Webb Stone Creek offers active adults new, single-family homes priced from $133,990 to $271,990 in 17 distinct designs that range in size from 1,157 square feet of living space to more than 2,659 square feet. Visitors to Del Webb Stone Creek can take advantage of Explore Del Webb Stays, available for just $207 plus tax, for the month of September, including three night accommodations in a furnished villa with a fully stocked kitchen, golf and dinner vouchers, complimentary golf cart, and VIP access to Reflection Bay amenities. For October, November and December Explore Del Webb Stay pricing, visit the website at delwebb.com/stonecreek. One of the largest Del Webb communities in the U.S., Del Webb Stone Creek features 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 recreational, social and educational activities to match every lifestyle. Model homes at Del Webb Stone Creek are open daily for viewing.

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.