Saturday, October 25, 2008

Harkins Development and Harkins Realty Stay Busy in Tough Economic Times

LEESBURG, FL – Sanford-based Harkins Realty, Inc., the commercial brokerage, leasing and property management division of Sanford-based Harkins Companies, was awarded a three-year continuing contract with the City of Leesburg to provide Real Estate Consulting and Listing Services according to Harkins Realty managing director Mark Harkins. (top left photo)



“Harkins Realty, Inc. is pleased to have been selected to provide comprehensive services to the City of Leesburg, one of Central Florida’s fastest-growing communities,” added Harkins.

(Scenic Venetian Gardens Park, Leesburg, middle left photo)


Harkins Development Wins $775,000 Contract to Build Dental Office in Ocoee, FL

OCOEE, FL – Harkins Development Corporation, the full-service development and general contracting division of Sanford-based Harkins Companies, was awarded a $775,000 contract to construct a new 6,000-square-foot medical office building containing the 3,000-square-foot dental office of Paul F. Hettinger, DMD, at 3490 Old Winter Garden Road, Ocoee, FL.

Construction is slated to commence on November 1 and completion is slated for April 2009, according to Harkins Development president Matt Harkins. The project was designed by DSI Architecture, Lake Mary, FL. The remaining 3,000 square feet of office space is available for sale or lease according to Mark Harkins, managing director of Harkins Realty, Inc.

Harkins Finishing $2.4M Bright Horizons Facility at Temple Palms, FL

ORLANDO, FL – Harkins Development Corporation, the full-service development and general contracting division of Sanford-based Harkins Companies, is wrapping up work on the new $2.4 million, three-building, 12,000-square-foot Bright Horizons Family Solutions child care and early education center located at 5171 Cypress Preserve Drive in Tampa Palms.

The project, which includes three 4,000-square-foot buildings as well as site improvements and a swimming pool, will be completed on schedule later this month according to Harkins Development president Matt Harkins. (top right photo)

The project was designed by Rojo Architects, Tampa. Based in Watertown, Massachusetts, Bright Horizons Family Solutions is the world’s leading provider of employer-sponsored child care and early education programs, serving more than 600 clients including ninety Fortune 500 companies.

Harkins Working on Lennar Homes' $6M Clubhouse at Heritage Hills in Clermont, FL

CLERMONT, FL – Harkins Development Corporation, the full-service design-build development and general contracting division of Sanford-based Harkins Companies, is under way on Lennar Homes’ new upscale $6 million, 16,000-square-foot clubhouse and related amenities at Heritage Hills in Clermont, FL. (Site map, bottom right)

Harkins’ scope of work also includes a swimming pool, gazebos, monument signs and site work, as well as basketball, bocce ball and tennis courts. Company president Matt Harkins said the 8-acre complex was designed by Tisch and Associates, Fort Myers, FL, and is slated for completion in August 2009.

Harkins Development also recently completed the community’s guardhouse and has constructed numerous residential amenity projects for Lennar Homes and other national homebuilders.

For more information, visit http://www.harkinscompanies.com/ or phone 407-323-9310.

Contact: Kenneth H. Cristol 407-774-2515

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