M/I Homes to unveil new Sonoma Model Home at gated Magnolia Park Estates in Apopka

ORLANDO, Fla. – M/I Homes plans to open the new two-story Sonoma model home in January at Magnolia Park Estates, the gated residential community of single-family homes located off Ocoee-Apopka Road and S. Binion Road in Apopka. David Byrnes, area president for M/I Homes in Central Florida, said the Sonoma offers five bedrooms and three baths in 3,642 square feet of living space priced from $297,990 with a three-car garage. M/I Homes plans to build 32 new single-family homes at Magnolia Park Estates that feature open space designs and large kitchen islands with plenty of options to choose from. Eight distinctive floor plans are available that range in size from 2,300 square feet to 4,800 square feet. New homes at Magnolia Park Estates are priced from $241,990 $410,990. The community features a children’s playground, basketball court and pavilion.

Royal Oak Homes opens new phase at Sorrento Springs in Sorrento

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Royal Oak Homes has opened a new phase with 78 single-family home sites at Sorrento Springs, the golf course community located off S.R. 44 in Sorrento. Matt Orosz, co-president of Royal Oak Homes, said over 170 visitors participated in a grand opening weekend event recently at Sorrento Springs. Orosz said the four-bedroom, two-bath Monica model home that is complete and open for viewing with 1,927 square feet of living area is priced from $163,000. New homes by Royal Oak at Sorrento Springs range from 1,695 square feet of living area to 3,237 square feet, and are priced from the mid-$100s. Community amenities include the Eagle Dunes golf course and club, swimming pool, two tennis courts, pavilion and playground. Sorrento Springs is just eight miles from downtown Mount Dora. Royal Oak Homes is a third-generation home builder whose track record boasts more than 14,000 new homes built in Central Florida over the past 30 years under the Cambridge Homes brand, one of the region’s most successful home builders in the 1980s and 1990s. Founded in 2011, Royal Oak Homes is rapidly becoming one of the largest and most active home builders in the Central Florida area, building in ten active communities in the region. Visit www.royaloakhomesfl.com.

Stonegate Golf Club at Solivita Provides Food, Beverages, Silent Auction Prizes, helps raise $22,000 for food pantry and Habitat for Humanity

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- StoneGate Golf Club at Solivita in Kissimmee participated in a Big Band Charity Event recently that raised more than $20,000 and a truckload of food for the St. Rose of Lima Food Pantry and Habitat for Humanity of Osceola County. General Manager Arto Rahmani said StoneGate Golf Club provided good food and beverages for 350 at the fundraiser that was hosted by The Do Unto Others initiative. Rahmani said the annual event is the largest fundraiser held at Solivita. This year the event featured dancing to the music of Smitty & The Crew, a 17-piece orchestra under the direction of Donald Lohr. Guests participated in holiday shopping for charity at the huge silent auction. StoneGate Golf Club donated golf foursomes for auction. Proceeds were divided between the two charitable organizations.

Celebration Golf Chief Operating Officer Kenny Nairn is Top Professional at 2013 Wilson World Pro-Am in Pebble Beach

Celebration, Fla. --- Kenny Nairn, the Scottish PGA Golf Professional who serves as chief operating officer and executive vice president for Celebration Golf Management, hasn’t given up his golf clubs for the executive suite. Nairn was the top finisher recently at the 2013 Wilson World Pro-Am Tournament in Pebble Beach, open to teams consisting of three amateurs and one club pro. The 72-hole team tournament scored one low gross and one low net on each hole. The professionals played a stable ford format. Nairn posted a blistering 16-19-17-18 for a 70 score and first place ranking in the professional division. The Celebration Golf team---Nairn plus Rudy Arribas, Willis Milner and Brent St James---placed third in the gross division. For Nairn, the 2013 Wilson World Pro-Am Tournament was a reprise of sorts. Nairn won the tournament in 2010.

Hendricks-Berkadia and Hold-Thyssen Negotiates $4.5 Million Price in Sale of 32.25-Acre Econ Landing Town Home Development Site

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Hendricks-Berkadia and Hold-Thyssen recently negotiated the sale of the 32.25 acre Econ Landing town home development site located at the intersection of Curry Ford Rd. and S.R. 417 near the Econlockhatchee River in east Orlando. Cole Whitaker, partner with Hendricks-Berkadia, negotiated the sale along with Bob Hold of Hold-Thyssen, Inc. based in Winter Park and Jim Dowd of Dowd Properties, Inc. based in Celebration. Hendricks-Berkadia and Hold-Thyssen represented the seller, Econ Landing LLP. M/I Homes of Orlando, LLC, represented by Dowd Properties, paid $4.5 million to acquire the site which is in close proximity major retailers, employers, restaurants and schools and Orlando International Airport.

NAI Realvest Names Ginger Vetter Associate

ORLANDO, Fla. -- NAI Realvest one of central Florida’s largest commercial real estate services companies and developers of industrial facilities, recently named Ginger Vetter as Associate. Robin L. Webb, CCIM, managing director at NAI Realvest said Vetter has more than seven years of experience in commercial real estate. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from University of Central Florida. Vetter was formerly with Morrison Commercial and GVA Advantis in Orlando. Webb said Vetter will be teaming with veteran broker, Mary Frances West, CCIM and focusing on landlord, owner and tenant representation in the leasing and sales of office properties in Orlando.

NAI Realvest negotiates New Industrial Lease for RTM Recycling

ORLANDO, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently represented the tenant in a new long term lease for 3,360 square feet of warehouse and office space in the Atlas Commerce Park at 11334 Boggy Creek Rd. in South Orlando. Jeff Clark, associate at NAI Realvest, negotiated the transaction representing RTM Recyclable Textile Management – a Tucker Ga.-based firm that does business worldwide – who leased Suite 121 at the industrial facility. The landlord is Orlando-based Straubinger, Inc.

Hendricks-Berkadia Negotiates Sale of 222-Unit Bayridge Apartment Community in Clearwater

TAMPA, Fla. --- Hendricks-Berkadia Apartment Real Estate Advisors, which ranks as one of the leading multi-family investment banking and research companies in the nation, recently negotiated the sale of the 222-unit Bayridge apartment community at 3021 S.R. 590 in Clearwater. Situated on 10.09 acres, the community consists of six, three-story buildings and offers five diverse floor plans, averaging 1,001 square feet. Jason Stanton, vice president based in Tampa, negotiated the sale with Cole Whitaker, partner who heads Hendricks-Berkadia’s southeast region, and associate partner Hal Warren of the firm’s Orlando office. Hendricks-Berkadia represented the seller, Bayridge Investment Partners, LLC. Stanton said the investment property, built in 1991, was located in an infill Clearwater location and has had over $1 million in renovations and improvements over the past six years. This has positioned the property for a value-add renovation program, allowing the new owner to increase revenue moving forward.

Isis Solutions and Results Earns Contract to Provide Technical Support for Project to Upgrade Harrier Jets for Italian Navy

Orlando, Fla. --- Isis Solutions and Results, an Orlando firm that provides professional training, technical writing and management consulting to government and commercial clients, was recently awarded a contract to supply technical support for a project to upgrade training simulators that teach Italian Navy pilots to fly AV-8B Harrier II fighter jets. Elizabeth Root, founder and chief executive officer of Isis Solutions and Results, said the contract was awarded by Indra Systems, one of the nation’s leading providers of military simulation training technology. Isis Solutions and Results will provide customized, cost-effective, technical documentation development support in coordination with Indra and the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division and manage meeting minutes, Root said. Isis Solutions and Results is certified as an economically-disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB), women-owned small business (WOSB) and small disadvantaged business (SDB). The company is a member of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program in the Central Florida Research Park in East Orange County.

NAI Realvest Negotiates Long term lease for more than 10,000 square feet at Brio Business Center in Sanford

MAITLAND, Fla. – NAI Realvest recently negotiated a long term lease agreement for 10,031 square feet of office space in the Brio Business Center at 1209-1229 W. Airport Blvd. in Sanford. NAI Realvest Associate Michael Heidrich, Jr., and Michael Heidrich Sr., principal at NAI Realvest, negotiated the transaction representing the landlord, Winter Park-based Brio, LLC. The new tenant, Central Florida Workforce Development Board, Inc. of Orlando was represented in the transaction by John Doran of RE Commercial.