Ashton Woods Homes completes two new models at Whitaker Park in Sarasota

Sarasota, Fla. --- Ashton Woods Homes has completed two new model homes at its Whitaker Park community located off Richardson Road in Sarasota County. Michael Roche, vice president of sales and marketing for Ashton Woods Homes, said one model – the Gaspar – offers approximately 2,066 square feet of living area, three bedrooms, two full baths an oversized kitchen and family room and is priced from $280,990. The other model – the Sheffield – with approximately 3,050 square feet, four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a game room and loft - is priced from $317,990. Roche said there are 82 home sites in Whitaker Park for homes ranging from approximately 1,710 to 3,050 square feet of living area, priced from $267,990 to $317,990.

Ashton Woods Homes has two ready to move in homes available at Waterset in the Tampa Bay region

TAMPA, Fla. --- Ashton Woods Homes has two move-in-ready homes available at its Waterset community located off Big Bend Road in Apollo Beach. Michael Roche, vice president of sales and marketing for Ashton Woods Homes in the Tampa Bay region, said one of the move-in ready homes offers four bedrooms, three baths with a three car garage in approximately 2,307 square feet of living area and is priced at $299,990. The other move-in-ready home at Waterset offers four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths with a wrap around porch and approximately 2,397 square feet of living area priced at $314,990.

imediaReach® Earns Chance to “Pitch A Billionaire” Investor

ORLANDO, Fla. --- imediaReach®, the Orlando company that develops unique and innovative mobile marketing services for advertisers and national brands, has earned the chance to “Pitch a Billionaire” who might fund the company’s latest development---HDTV closed circuit broadcast of sports events to fans in the stands with mobile devices. imediaReach® co-founder and chief marketing officer, Gary Bonner, who launched the company in 2009 with his wife and partner Leslie Bonner, said a capital investor could enable imediaReach to accelerate its effort to expand nationwide. The Bonners will have two minutes on Jan. 20 to pitch their newest product---imediaReachTV™ and the imediaCast™ network---to Kanwal Rekhi of Inventus Capital Partners at Santa Fe College in Gainesville. The “Pitch a Billionaire” event, http://gainnet.org/events/so-you-think-you-can-pitch-a-billionaire, was organized by the Gainesville Area Innovation Network (GAIN) and TiE Tampa. To qualify, imediaReach developed a short YouTube film to showcase their idea. GAIN Executive Director Lee May said the pitch videos from Florida were so abundant and persuasive that Rekhi changed his travel plans to arrive early enough to meet with 15 inventors, rather than 10 as originally projected. imediaReach may have an advantage, Bonner said. “We have already developed and tested imediaReach TV and the imediaCast network at Florida sporting events,” Bonner said. “We have the product in hand and we are already moving forward with our nationwide marketing campaign directed at professional, college and high school sports leagues,” he said. Bonner said advertising revenues from in-stadium broadcasts could generate substantial additional income from sports producers who contract with television broadcasters. “imediaReachTV is a win-win-win idea and we are very excited to roll it out to a national audience,” Bonner said. imediaReach is a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program.

NAI Realvest Negotiates Four Leases at South Park Business Center totaling 8,377 Square feet

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated four new leases – two new ones and two renewals -- totaling 8,377 square feet at South Park Business Center, a flex, office and warehouse center located at 8600 Commodity Circle in Orlando. Tom R. Kelley II, CCIM, principal at NAI Realvest, brokered all four transactions on behalf of the Miami-based Landlord South Park, LLC. The tenants include: Mat Life LLC, signed a new lease for Unit 115 with 2,307 square feet; PPT Strength & Conditioning renewed its lease of Unit 116 with 2,146 square feet; Vacation Innovations LLC renewed the lease of Unit 119 with 2,094 square feet and Ding Bikes LLC, is a new tenant in unit 124 with 1,830 square feet. The 57,000 square foot business center was built in 2008.

NAI Realvest negotiates three new leases totaling 5,300 square feet in Altamonte, Maitland and Baldwin Park

ORLANDO, Fla. --- NAI Realvest recently negotiated three new lease agreements totaling 5,300 square feet at office and retail facilities in Altamonte, Maitland and Baldwin Park. Jeff Bloom, senior director at NAI Realvest, brokered all three transactions representing landlords and tenants. David’s Animal Clinic leased 3,000 square feet of retail space at 498 North S.R. 434 in Altamonte Springs from landlord Wallpaper Now, Inc. Bencor, Inc., a retirement planning firm, leased 1,027 square feet of office space in the Keewin Lexington Office Park at 175 Lookout Place off Maitland Ave. and Maitland Blvd. The landlord is Maitland Law Centre, Inc. Landlord T. Baldwin Center FL, LLC based in Dallas leased 1,272 square feet of retail space at 4832 New Broad St. in Orlando’s Baldwin Park to East Coast Floats. The Orlando-based tenant will use the premises for a flotation therapy center.

NAI Realvest Negotiates Sale of 5-Acre Commercial Tract in DeLand

DELAND, Fla. -- NAI Realvest, based in Orlando, recently negotiated the sale of a five- acre tract of commercial development land located at 115 Lake Molly Ave. off North Woodland Blvd. (US 17) in north DeLand. Chris Butera, investment associate at NAI Realvest, brokered the transaction representing the seller, TD Bank based in Port St. Lucie. The local investor/buyer, JLS Holdings, LLC, paid $150,000 for the vacant land.

NAI Realvest Completes Three Lease Agreements totaling 6,178 rentable square feet of Office Space at Primera and University Court

ORLANDO, Fla. --- NAI Realvest recently negotiated three office lease agreements totaling 6,178 square feet – two in Primera Court I, 725 Primera Blvd. in Lake Mary and one in University Court at 3361 Rouse Rd. off of University Blvd. in east Orlando. Senior Broker Associate Mary Frances West, CCIM and Associate Ginger Vetter represented the landlord at Primera Court I – RREF Interchange-FL, Primera I, LLC of Daytona Beach – in two new lease agreements. Moore Medical Group, Inc. – a medical services group providing medical, consulting and educational assistance to behavioral health facilities – leased Suite 220 with 2,670 rentable square feet. Yesenia Altagracia LLC – a business consulting firm – leased suite 130 with 1,380 rentable square feet. At University Court, Palmetto, Fla.-based Prince Contracting Co., Inc. – a firm specializing in highway and other construction projects for the State of Florida – signed a new lease for 2,128 rentable square feet in Suite 230.

The Partyka Group at NAI Realvest completes two Land Sales

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest negotiated two lender sales of two vacant land parcels located in Longwood and Orlando. The Partyka Group – Paul P. Partyka, partner at NAI Realvest, and associate Juan Jimenez – brokered the sale of 4.10 acres at 250 Longwood Hills Rd. in Longwood representing Seller 250 Longwood Hills Longwood FL LLC. Shane and Melissa Davis of Miramar, Fla. purchased the property. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. based in Addison, Texas was represented by The Partyka Group in the sale of a 0.34 acre land parcel at 504 N. John Young Parkway in Orlando to USA Transit, LLC of Winter Garden.

Villages of Royal Palm has nine move-in ready homes under construction for Winter Season sales

PORT ORANGE, Fla. --- The Villages of Royal Palm started construction on nine move-in ready homes in time to appeal to winter season home buyers. Winston Schwartz, president of Winston-James Development and the developer of the Villages of Royal Palm, said he expects to sell all nine homes before the end of April. “Our sales office is busiest from Thanksgiving through Easter,” Schwartz said. “This region is best known as a vacation destination, and many visitors are here to choose a home for their eventual retirement,” Schwartz explained. And many of those home buyers prefer a ready-to-move-in home. “For many home buyers, a ready-to-move-in home is the preferred option. It’s more economical, since they are not adding options, and since we can schedule the construction to build the homes more efficiently,” Schwartz said. Priced from the $180s, the homes range in size from 1,400 square feet of living space to 2,400 square feet, Schwartz said.

Covian Consulting CEO’s Study Featured in Prestigious Professional Journal

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Covian Consulting Principal Maritza Concha, Ph.D., turned a scholarly study of South Florida community-based organizations (CBOs) into a featured article in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Public Administration. The article---titled “Exploring Collaboration, Its Antecedents, and Perceived Outcomes in Service Partnerships of Community-Based Organizations in South Florida,” ---reports Dr. Concha’s look at ways South Florida public service groups share resources and form service partnerships to address social problems. Dr. Concha said her study will help Covian clients build successful service partnerships to alleviate social problems. “Community Based Organizations traditionally collaborate on many issues,” Dr. Concha explained. “My study identifies best practices that CBOs employ as well as areas that need improvement to build capacity at the inter-organizational level,” she said. Covian is a professional consulting organization focused on helping community based organizations and small businesses with research, program evaluation, communication strategies, and staff development. 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.