NAI Realvest Negotiates $600,000 Sale Price for 1.08 Acre Retail Development Site in West Orange County

MAITLAND, Fla. – NAI Realvest negotiated the sale of 1.08 acres of vacant land at 10670 and 10680 West Colonial Drive in Ocoee in West Orange County for $600,000. Robert Blackwell SIOR, principal, negotiated the transaction representing the seller Branch Banking and Trust Company of Winston-Salem, N.C. Wendy’s International Inc., c/o The Wendy’s Company, a Dublin, Ohio-based firm, bought the site to build another restaurant.

NAI Realvest Appoints Veteran Commercial Brokers Jeffrey Tanner and Kimberly Manson to Top Executive Positions

ORLANDO, Fla. --- NAI Realvest has appointed veteran commercial property broker Jeffrey Tanner Senior Vice President of Investment Sales and Leasing and longtime professional partner Kimberly Manson Director of Retail and Investment Sales. Robin Webb, CCIM, Managing Director of NAI Realvest, said Tanner and Manson rank as one of the region’s top performing commercial broker teams and have been working together for more than six years. They have been repeatedly recognized as a top-producing team by Central Fla. Commercial Assn. of Realtors and CoStar. Tanner earned his B.A. Degree in Business Finance from the University of South Florida in 1980 and has more than 30 years of experience as a commercial real estate broker. Manson earned her B.A. Degree from Rollins College in 2005 while serving as an intern in commercial brokerage at NAI Realvest, and has nine years of experience. Tanner and Manson will work together as a commercial broker team at NAI Realvest, Webb said. They cover a wide range of specialties including representation of buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants of retail, office and industrial properties. They also handle site selection and liquidation for several regional and national companies, along with performing property evaluation and investment analysis for their clients. “Jeffrey Tanner and Kimberly Manson are very well known in the commercial real estate community for their diligence and their knowledge of our industry and the Central Florida market,” Webb said. “We are delighted to welcome them to NAI Realvest and we expect them both to play a big role in our growth in the Central Florida market,” Webb added.

NAI Realvest Negotiates Sale of Industrial facility in Sanford for $3,000,000

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated the $3,000,000 sale price for a 242,000 square foot warehouse and distribution facility at 1201 Cornwall Rd. in Sanford. NAI Realvest chairman George Livingston, principal Christie Alexander, broker associate Drew Saphos, CCIM, and associate Paul Vera represented the seller, Lake Mary Industrial Partners, LLC of Columbus, Ohio. The industrial property, with building built in 1981, was acquired by 1201 Cornwall, LLC, represented by Colliers International.

Del Webb Orlando Opens New Phase with 92 Home Sites, All within Walking Distance of Resort-Style Montecito Clubhouse

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Del Webb Orlando’s active adult community on Ridgewood Lakes Blvd. in Davenport south of Orlando is welcoming a new neighborhood. Sean Strickler, vice president of sales for Del Webb’s North Florida division, said a new phase at Del Webb Orlando will include 92 new single-family homes on 40-foot and 50-foot home sites. Select home sites are now available for purchase. All 92 home sites are within walking distance of Del Webb Orlando‘s spectacular resort-style Montecito Clubhouse and amenities. New homes at Del Webb Orlando range from 1,600 square feet of living space to 2,931 square feet and are priced from the $160s. Special features include gourmet kitchens and optional second floor bonus rooms.

Ryland Homes opens Tupelo Forest in Mount Pleasant

CHARLESTON, S.C. --- Ryland Homes has started construction of new single family homes priced from the $240s at Tupelo Forest, located on Hwy. 17 north of Wando High School in Mt. Pleasant. Gayle Jinks, vice president of sales and marketing for Ryland Homes’ Charleston-Myrtle Beach division, said Ryland plans to build 58 new three and four bedroom homes in the first phase of Tupelo Forest priced from the $240s. Eventually, Ryland Homes plans to build up to 114 new homes at Tupelo Forest. Jinks said new homes at Tupelo Forest range in size from the three-bedroom, two-bath Sumter II model with 1,554 square feet of living area to the 3,621 square foot Whitmire II model with four bedrooms, three full baths and a half bath. All new homes at Tupelo Forest come with a two-car garage. Ryland currently builds single family homes in seven communities throughout the Charleston-Myrtle Beach region.

Ashton Woods Homes Has Three Move-In-Ready Homes at its Tampa Community of Crenshaw Reserve

TAMPA, Fla. --- Ashton Woods Homes is offering three move-in ready homes at its Crenshaw Reserve community, located off W. Lutz Lake Fern Road and SR 41 in the Tampa Bay area. Michael Roche, vice president of sales and marketing at Ashton Woods Homes, said the new homes are priced in the mid-$200s with three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and are situated on homesites with conservation area views. Roche said the three homes range in size from 2,132 square feet of living area to 2,315 square feet.

New Contract Plots Big Role for GreenPath Energy Solutions in Orange County Green Initiative

ORLANDO, Fla. --- GreenPath Energy Solutions, which provides building solutions to reduce commercial building energy consumption, will play a key role in Orange County’s Green Initiative to make buildings more energy efficient and sustainable. Samuel Graham, LEED AP, president and chief executive officer of GreenPath Energy Solutions, said GreenPath earned a key subconsultant role in the county’s new one-year Building Commissioning Services contract awarded to Graef-USA Engineering. The contract provides for two one-year extensions. The objective of the Commissioning Service Contract is to improve building systems performance in line with Orange County’s Green Initiative by developing and executing an energy saving performance criteria for new and existing county buildings. “GreenPath will provide commissioning, measurement and verification, and energy auditing services for the GRAEF Team,” Graham said. GreenPath Energy Solutions provides a comprehensive range of energy efficient building services to building owners and facility managers who want to reduce energy consumption and implement a sustainable green building retrofit plan. GreenPath Energy Solutions is a client of the University of Central Florida’s Business Incubation Program in Orlando located on East Colonial Drive. For more information about the company and its services, contact them at 321-948-3623 or visit www.greenpathenergysolutions.com.

Florida Dept. of Children and Families Launches Five-Year Study with Orlando Company to Learn How Refugees Learn to Cope

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Covian Consulting in Orlando has been awarded a five-year grant to study how refugees are adapting and integrating into their new communities in Florida. Maritza Concha, Ph.D., a principal at Covian Consulting, said the grant is sponsored by the Florida Department of Children and Families’ Refugee Services Program and funded through grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement. “Our mission is to administer annual surveys of refugees and entrants to gauge the level of their economic self-sufficiency as well as how they are adapting and integrating into their new community,” Dr. Concha explained. Dr. Concha said Covian expects to conduct 2,150 surveys over the five-year time frame to measure economic self-sufficiency and adaptation to the U.S. culture. “We will be asking questions related to employment, English proficiency, housing, education, cash assistance and acculturation,” Dr. Concha said. Surveys will target refugee families living in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties who come from Cuba and Haiti, and parts of Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Covian Consulting is a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program located at the Central Florida Research Park in East Orange County.

Orlando Technology Team Launches Property Site

ORLANDO, Fla.-- Orlando’s Roman Petra, his partners and a team of marketing, business, law and technology professionals have joined forces to launch onplist.com, which stands for On Property List. Onplist.com was primarily designed to build a bridge in the marketplace. Petra said the site is designed to link people, professionals and property together in a new and efficient way. One unique variable in the production of onplist.com is the diversity of backgrounds among the founders, each of who brings incredible depth fostered by his or her education and experiences. Petra said the broader market for the site includes property listings. Currently, the listing site allows: (1) for sale by owner (FSBO) and (2) listings by agents. Listings are free, and the team hopes that this feature will incentivize users to promote and advertise their listings. “We don’t expect to compete with the MLS,” Petra said. “We have studied the market and the segment we are appealing to is underserved and almost unobserved,” he continued. Onplist.com welcomes all property listings, which includes real estate and personal property, Petra said. So, whether you are looking to buy or sell, you can find or list your home, car, boat or golf clubs on the site. onplist.com aims to address every user’s diverse property needs on one site, he added. The site is not only about listings, Petra said. Showcase is one of onplist.com’s core products. “Showcase allows property and/or work product to be seen by the community and promotes commerce. Showcase fosters and promotes community awareness, from showcasing property (e.g. artwork, vintage cars, homes, etc.) to trade-works,” Petra explained. Showcase offers architects, landscapers, craft builders, etc. an archive site to display all their works and products. A ratings system is an antiquated and limited way of getting noticed. “People should be allowed to view and comprehend a professional’s work and archive it for future use. For consumers who want to pick and choose the best, or find specialty products and designs that match their tastes, Showcase is the place to look,” said Petra. Petra cautioned that some features available are in Beta form. Certain aspects of the website are prototypes and are being tested by a limited group of users. The prototype applications are products that should bring noteworthy changes to the marketplace. “We will be adding features to the site as we hear feedback from users,” said Petra. “We have launched with a regional approach, but that will dissolve quickly as our market awareness increases,” he said. The company benefits from numerous intellectual properties, including patents, copyrights and trademarks to protect its proprietary technology. With a unique niche market and one-of-a-kind technology, onplist.com aims to become a powerful player in property industry, Petra said.

Cuhaci & Peterson Architects completed design of new retail shops in South Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Cuhaci & Peterson Architects Engineers Planners, based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park, recently completed design of a new commercial building located off Conway-Windermere and Apopka-Vineland Rds. Lonnie Peterson, chairman at Cuhaci & Peterson said the south Orlando facility will total 60,000 square feet of offices and retail shops, and will be called “The Grove.”