Five Central Florida Golf Clubs to Provide Free Lunch for Golfing Mothers through May 31

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Celebration Golf Management has a special Mother’s Day offer for mothers who play golf and it’s good for the entire month of May: a free lunch at any of the five Central Florida golf courses Celebration owns and operates throughout Central Florida.

Gene Garrote, president of Celebration Golf Management, said the offer is valid through May 31 at Celebration Golf Club near Walt Disney World; Legends Golf and Country Club and Kings Ridge Golf Club in Clermont; Stoneybrook West Golf Club in Winter Garden and Eagle Creek Golf Club on Narcoossee Road in southeast Orlando.

Garrote said the special Mother’s Day offer is a way to celebrate mothers and introduce young lady golfers to Celebration Golf Management’s Central Florida-area golf courses.

“We’re confident that once you play one of our golf courses you’ll come back,” Garrote said. “We have great courses, a terrific staff and really fine restaurants too,” he said.

Mattamy Homes is Big Winner---Nine Awards---in Home Builders Association of Charlotte’s 2011 Annual MAME Awards

CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- Mattamy Homes U.S. Group in Charlotte earned nine top awards during the recent Home Builders Association of Charlotte’s 2011 Annual MAME Awards for major achievements in marketing excellence.

Bill Kiselick, Charlotte division president, said Mattamy Homes won five Gold Awards and four Silver Awards during the presentations at Founders Hall in Uptown Charlotte.

Mattamy’s Gold MAME Awards included: Brochure Design; Interior Merchandising in the Lily model home at Hubbard Falls; its Sales Center at Mountain Laurel; Product Design for the Orchid model home at Mountain Laurel; and Community Signage.

Mattamy earned Silver MAME Awards for Customer Service; Interior Merchandising in the Orchid model home at Mountain Laurel; a print advertisement for Riverbend; and Product Design for the Lily floor plan at Hubbard Falls.

“We are honored by the awards recognition from our peers and my personal favorite is our Gold MAME Award for Product Design,” Kiselick said.

For more information visit www.mattamyhomes.com.

About Mattamy Homes U.S. Group

Mattamy Homes U.S. Group, www.mattamyhomes.com expanded into the U.S. in 2003 and is headquartered in Winter Park, Fla. with divisions in Charlotte, Jacksonville, Orlando, Minneapolis and Phoenix. The homebuilder, the largest and most active in Canada with annual revenues exceeding $1.3 billion was ranked among the highest of all homebuilders in the greater Toronto and Ottawa areas in a nationwide customer satisfaction survey conducted by J.D. Power Associates.

Construction of two models, six ready-to-move-in single family homes to start in July at Avalonpark Texas, LP’s The Springs of Walnut Creek in North A

AUSTIN, Tex. --- David Weekley Homes will start construction of two models and six ready-to-move-in single-family homes priced from the low $200s in July at The Springs of Walnut Creek, located near I-35 and Yager Lane in North Austin.

Richard Kunz, a principal at Avalonpark Texas, LP the Texas joint venture of Florida-based Avalon Park Group headed by Beat Kahli in Orlando, said the three, four and five bedroom homes will range in size from 1,800 square feet of living space to 2,500 square feet in both one and two story designs.

Kunz said construction of 53 home sites in the first two phases will be completed in July/August. Altogether, 110 single family home sites are planned at The Springs of Walnut Creek.

Kunz added that he is currently talking with additional home builders about the town home site (Phase 4) which will have between 40 and 60 home sites.

Avalon Park Group developed the 1,860-acre Avalon Park, an award-winning neotraditional community of more than 3,500 homes in east Orlando and New River Township, an 1,800-acre master planned community north of Tampa in Pasco County.

Founder and President of Collegiate Staffing USA Passes Florida Bar Exam

ORLANDO, Fla., -- Mikaela Nix, founder and president of Collegiate Staffing USA, which links star graduates with employers in a wide range of fields, passed her Florida Bar exam and was recently admitted to practice law in Florida. She was sworn in by the Chief Justice of the Ninth Circuit Court while family and friends observed.

Nix, who graduated from Florida A&M College of Law in downtown Orlando, currently serves as adjunct professor at both Seminole State College in Lake Mary and Valencia Community College in Orlando and is Chair of the University of Central Florida’s Alumni Association’s Black Alumni Chapter.

Once she completed her undergraduate education and was hit with the “no experience” phenomenon, Nix said she started temping. “I loved it because I was able to meet a variety of different employers and gain valuable experience,” she explained.

She had been listening to colleagues with professional degrees talk about their struggle to get a good job after graduation due to not having enough experience for the employers and Collegiate Staffing USA started to develop into more than just an idea.

“Graduating from Florida A&M University College of Law gave me push I needed to just do it,” Nix said.

After working in a legal assistant position as a candidate for Boise, Shiller and Flexner through a temporary staffing agency, Nix knew she wanted to pursue law and also realized she wanted to start a company.

“The ‘experience’ everyone said I needed to be employed upon graduation, I received through temping,” she explained.

In addition, Florida A&M College of Law gave Nix tools needed to start Collegiate Staffing USA, such as inductive and deductive reasoning, analytical skills and the knowledge and understanding of employment laws.

“All of this is very helpful for consulting with my clients who are trying to cut costs, grow or reduce their own businesses or need assistance with social media marketing,” Nix said.

Collegiate Staffing USA is a member of the University of Central Florida Business Incubator program in the Central Florida Research Park.

About Collegiate Staffing USA

Collegiate Staffing USA assists star students in making that sometimes difficult transition from college to career; by allowing them to gain real world experience in their field of interest. Clients can efficiently select from a wide range of fresh, eager, and talented individuals that are able to hit the ground running in a variety of positions and organizational cultures. Visit www.csusajobs.com for more information.

About the UCF Business Incubation Program

Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 160 emerging companies (including nearly 100 current clients) create over $800 million in annual revenue and more than 1,600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With eight – and soon nine – facilities opened across the Greater Orlando community, the Business Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, The City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, Osceola County, the City of Kissimmee, City of St. Cloud, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council and will be adding Volusia County. For more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.

MERITAGE HOMES OFFERING THREE NEW FLOOR PLANS AT FORESTBROOKE IN OCOEE

ORLANDO, Fla. – Meritage Homes is now offering three new floor plans at its community of Forestbrooke, located off Ocoee-Apopka Rd. in Ocoee.

Brian Kittle, director of sales for Meritage Homes in the Orlando region, said the new floor plans range from 4,163 square feet of living area to 5,107 square feet.

Homes at Forestbrooke are priced from below $200,000 to $285,990, Kittle said.

Meritage Homes has 38 home sites at Forestbrooke.

Celebration Golf Management names new food and beverage managers at Golden Bear and Eagle Creek Golf Clubs

CELEBRATION, Fla. – Celebration Golf Management recently appointed new food and beverage managers at Golden Bear Club at Keene’s Point in Windermere and at Eagle Creek Golf Club in east Orlando.

Gene Garrote, president of Celebration Golf Management, said he appointed Marc Holland food and beverage manager Golden Bear Club.

Holland has more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry and was formerly affiliated with Reunion Golf Club.

Garrote named Jennifer Capallo food and beverage manager at Eagle Creek Golf Club located on Narcoossee Road near Lake Nona in southeast Orlando. Capallo has more than 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry.

Celebration Golf Management LLC owns Celebration Golf Club in Celebration; The Golden Bear in Windermere; Kings Ridge Golf Club and Legends Golf Club in Clermont and Stoneybrook West in Winter Garden. Celebration leases and operates Eagle Creek Golf Club in east Orlando.

NAI Realvest Puts Hudson Restaurant Property in Online Auction

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Paul P. Partyka, managing partner at NAI Realvest in Maitland, is going online to sell a 9,367 square foot restaurant building on a 2.8 acre site in Hudson to the highest bidder on May 11.

Partyka said the facility, located on S.R. 52 in Hudson between U.S. 19 and County Road 1, is well located on a busy thoroughfare, posts daily traffic counts that range between 30,000 and 63,000, surrounded by residential neighborhoods.

“It’s an excellent opportunity for development as a restaurant or for redevelopment with another use,” Partyka said.

Buyers of mid-range commercial facilities don’t often tour Hudson looking for opportunities.

“The online auction format offers us an excellent opportunity,” Partyka said. “We can present to a worldwide audience of potential bidders who are more interested in the facts---demographics, location, facility size, parking---than the general area,” he explained.

NAI Realvest designed a special web site for the auction at NAIauction.com/Hudson, and bids will be accepted online from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 11.

Mattamy Homes earns top Central Florida Parade of Homes Awards for all Three Model Town Homes Entered

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Mattamy Homes U.S. Group, the U.S. division of Canada’s largest homebuilder, entered three model town homes in the recent 2011 Central Florida Parade of Homes and earned three top awards and a fourth grand award — the Parade’s highest accolade.

Steve Parker, president of Mattamy Homes U.S. Group, said the home builder earned more awards than any other home builder and he was delighted at the recognition.

“The Central Florida Parade of Homes brought hundreds of visitors to our communities of City Homes at Baldwin Park, Lake Burden in Windermere and Tuscany Place in southwest Orlando,” Parker said.

Mattamy Homes earned a first place award for its Plan 2 model town home at City Homes at Baldwin Park, a three bedroom, three-and-a-half bath town home priced from $260,990.

Mattamy Homes took a first place award for its Milano model home at Tuscany Place, located near the Mall of Millennia in Southwest Orlando, The Milano features three bedrooms with two-and-a-half baths priced from $167,990.

Mattamy Homes earned a second place award for its Castlefield model town home at Lake Burden in Windermere. The Castlefield features three bedrooms with two-and-a-half baths priced from $168,990.

“The Lake Burden award is ironic,” Parker mused. “The Castlefield model home competed in the same category as our Milano model home in Tuscany Place and we took first and second place,” he said.

For Parker, the best moment in the awards ceremony came when HBA officials announced the Baldwin Park model home earned the Grand Award for the overall best production home in all price categories.

“It was a big night for us,” Parker said.

Mattamy Homes has been winning major awards across the country.

Mattamy’s Jacksonville division earned five top awards at the recent Northeast Florida Builders Association’s 2011 Parade of Homes, and the Charlotte division earned nine top awards during its 2011 Parade.

“We think we’re getting it right,” Parker said.

About Mattamy Homes U.S. Group

Mattamy Homes www.mattamyhomes.com expanded into the U.S. in 2003 and is headquartered in Winter Park, Fla. with divisions in Orlando, Jacksonville Phoenix, Minneapolis and Charlotte. The homebuilder, the largest and most active in Canada with annual revenues exceeding $1.3 billion was ranked among the highest of all homebuilders in the greater Toronto and Ottawa areas in a nationwide customer satisfaction survey conducted by J.D. Power Associates.

Crossman & Company Negotiates Three Lease Agreements totaling 9,550 square feet at Deltona Fountains

DELTONA, Fla. --- Crossman & Company, one of the largest retail leasing and management firms in the Southeast, negotiated three long term lease agreements for retail space totaling 9,550 square feet at Deltona Fountains shopping center, 777 Deltona Blvd. off Enterprise Road in Deltona.

Courtney Kowalchuk, vice president of leasing at Crossman & Company negotiated the three transactions representing the landlord Deltona Fountains, LLC

Greenberg Dental Associates, who was represented by Drew Forness of Forness Properties, leased 3,550 square feet for 11 years.

Bagel King, a tenant already occupying over 1,800 square feet at the center, signed a five-year renewal and expansion lease for 3,000 square feet.

LA Beauty is a new salon tenant who leased 1,200 square feet for three years.

About Crossman & Company:

Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Crossman & Company is a commercial real estate brokerage firm that specializes in the retail industry. Currently their portfolio under leasing and/or management exceeds 150 shopping centers throughout the Southeast US. Founded in 1990, Crossman & Company focuses solely on landlord representation and serves clients including Publix, PREIT, and GE. Please visit www.crossmanco.com, or call 407-423-5400 for more information.

NAI Realvest Negotiates Lease agreements at Goldenrod and Hanging Moss CommerCenters in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease agreement for 2,000 square feet of industrial space in the Hanging Moss CommerCenter located at Suite 560, 6100 Hanging Moss Rd.

Michael Heidrich, principal at NAI Realvest, brokered the transaction on behalf of the landlord, Maitland-based COP-Hanging Moss, LLC and the new tenant, Paramount Drywall, Inc. headquartered in Miami.

Heidrich also negotiated a renewal agreement with Alternate Elevator Sales & Service, LLC of Orlando at the Goldenrod CommerCenter. The tenant renewed the lease of Suite 125 with 2,000 square feet at 1460 N. Goldenrod Rd. COP-Goldenrod, LLC of Maitland is the landlord.

About NAI Realvest

NAI Realvest, covering all of Central Florida, is a fully integrated commercial real estate operating company specializing in brokerage, development, investment, leasing and management, consulting and research services in the U.S. and worldwide. NAI Global is an international commercial real estate network with over 350 offices spanning the globe. Since 1978, clients have built businesses on the power of NAI Global’s expanding network. Extensive services include multi-site acquisitions and dispositions, sublease, tenant representation, lease administration and audit, investment services, due diligence and related consulting and advisory services. To learn more, visit www.NAIRealvest.com.