Thursday, February 27, 2014

NAI Realvest Orlando Enjoying Busy First Quarter in Closed Deals


Crystal Anderson
Oceans Luxury Realty Finds Big Niche in Property Management

Daytona Beach Shores, Fla. – Oceans Luxury Realty, which acquired Exit Realty of Daytona Beach Shores in December, has found a growing niche in property management.

Crystal Anderson, president and chief executive officer said Oceans Luxury Realty, has earned 15 new property management assignments since December and the firm is now generating more than $100,000 per week in revenues.

Oceans Luxury Realty’s property management division specializes in luxury vacation rentals, Anderson said.

Stephanie Weaver, as manager of the firm’s property management division with leasing specialists Anthony Williams, Mark Meller and Anderson, plans to expand the division with more leasing agents.


Chris Butera
NAI Realvest Negotiates Sale of 19,800+ Square Foot Office Building for $1.95 Million on U.S. 1 in Bunnell, FL
  
Bunnell, FL-- NAI Realvest, based in Orlando, recently negotiated the sale of the 19,873 square foot office building located at 3235 N. State St. (U.S. 1) in Bunnell for $1,950,000.00.     

Chris Butera, investment associate at NAI Realvest, brokered the transaction representing the local seller, Austin RE Holdco LLC.       

Orefield, Pa.-based GCG Properties was the buyer of the building which is 100 percent triple net leased by a single tenant for its corporate office headquarters.

NAI Realvest Negotiates New Lease in downtown Daytona BeachFL for Bayshore Capital, Canadian Hotel and Condo Developer
  
DAYTONA BEACH, FL. --- NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease agreement for 1,500 square feet of retail space at 226 S. Beach St. in downtown Daytona Beach. Chris Butera, investment associate at NAI Realvest, brokered the transaction representing the tenant, Bayshore Capital a Canadian-based firm who finances hotels and condominiums in the Daytona Beach area. The landlord is 220-226 So. Beach, LLC of Ormond Beach.


NAI Realvest Negotiates Three Industrial Leases totaling over 7,300 square feet at Oviedo Commerce Center  in Oviedo, FL

George Viele
ORLANDO, FL – NAI Realvest recently negotiated three lease agreements for new and extended industrial space totaling 7,360 square feet at the Oviedo Commerce Center in Oviedo.

George Viele, associate at the firm, brokered all three transactions representing the landlord, Oviedo Commerce Center, LLC based in Altamonte Springs.

Integrated Premise Technologies, Inc. leased Suite 1032 at 2464 W. SR 426 with 3,200 square feet of small bay / flex space; 

Existing tenant Honest Print & Design, LLC at 2462 W. SR 426 extended their lease and moved to suite 1036, a larger space with 2,560 square feet; 

 Juan C. Gavilanes of Oviedo, a new tenant, leased suite 1022 with 1,600 square feet of small bay warehouse space in the 2464 building at the center.  




Ruffin Rhodes
Rhodes+Brito Architects Awarded Contract to Design Two New Elementary Schools in Apopka, FL

ORLANDO, FL --- Rhodes+Brito Architects based in Orlando recently were awarded contracts from Orange County Schools to design new facilities for two elementary schools in Apopka.

Ruffin Rhodes, co-founder and partner at Rhodes+Brito, said the firm will design $13 million worth of new facilities to replace Clay Springs Elementary School, which accommodates 830 students.

Under terms of the second contract, Rhodes+Brito will design $12 million worth of new facilities to replace Lovell Elementary School. Rhodes said both schools will be completed in 2015. Rhodes+Brito, which opened in Orlando in 1996, currently employs a staff of 20, including eight registered architects. The firm has exceptional experience providing architectural services to municipal government agencies.


Hold-Thyssen Real Estate Services Adds Property Management Assignments Totaling 250,000 Square Feet in Florida

R. Anthony Fisher
Winter Park, FL --- Hold-Thyssen Real Estate Services, a commercial property firm based in Winter Park with offices in Tampa and Nashville, added more than 250,000 square feet of commercial properties to its Florida property management portfolio over the past 60 days.

R. Anthony Fisher, vice president of Hold-Thyssen Real Estate Services, said the firm manages more than three million square feet of commercial space.

Fisher said the new assignments include 46,000 square feet of space in Winter Haven, 25,000 square feet in Sunrise, 21,500 in Vero Beach, 47,000 in Jupiter and 110,000 square feet in Plantation.

All of the most recent assignments are REO bank-owned properties or properties in receivership, Fisher said.

Hold-Thyssen provides commercial property and leasing and management services to institutional and private investor clients nationwide. The 40-year old firm’s current portfolio includes more that 100 commercial properties throughout the United States.


Hold-Thyssen negotiates three lease agreements totaling more than 9,000 square feet in Orlando

WINTER PARK, FL--- Hold-Thyssen Real Estate Services, a commercial property firm based in Winter Park with offices in Tampa and Nashville, recently negotiated three lease agreements totaling 9,139 square feet in Orlando.

Troy Stevens, leasing agent at Hold-Thyssen negotiated the three transactions, representing the Landlord for each facility – Miami-based LNR Partners, LLC.

Groupware, a local IT services firm renewed its lease of 7,500 square feet in Kennedy Commerce Center, a flex warehouse facility at 995 W. Kennedy Blvd. off  S. Keller Rd. 
  
Southeast Wiring Solutions, experts in security systems, alarm monitoring and home automation, leased 1,000 square feet of flex warehouse space in suite 6270 in Edgewater Commerce Center at 3300 Edgewater Drive. 

ADTC Fire and Security, Inc. of Orlando leased suite 116 with 639 square feet in the Kirkman Commerce Center at 771 Kirkman Rd. in Southwest Orlando.  


Christie Alexander
NAI Negotiates $11 Million Sale of 368-Unit apartment community in St. Petersburg, FL


 St. Petersburg, Fla. – NAI Realvest and NAI Tampa Bay recently teamed in completing the $11,000,000 sale of the 368-unit Mariner’s Pointe apartment community located at 1175 Pinellas Point Drive South in St. Petersburg. DWSS St. Pete, LLC, based in Atlanta, purchased the property.


John Burpee, NAI Tampa Bay CEO, NAI Realvest chairman George Livingston, principal Christie Alexander, associate Paul Vera, and broker associate Drew Saphos, CCIM represented the seller, Dallas-based AHF-Bay Fund, LLC.


For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:


Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications Inc. 407-644-4142 Lvershelco@aol.com.

Hold-Thyssen negotiates new lease with E-Cig Depot at Enterprise Plaza in Orange City, FL


Darby Hold
WINTER PARK, FL --- Hold-Thyssen, Inc., a commercial property firm based in Winter Park, recently negotiated a three-year retail lease agreement at Enterprise Plaza, 2499 Enterprise Rd. in Orange City.

 Darby Hold, lease consultant for Hold-Thyssen, negotiated the transaction on behalf of the Landlord, Florida Premier Group, Inc., based in Rochester, Mich.

The E-Cig Depot, Inc. leased Suite K with 1,054 square feet at the shopping center and joins existing tenants Sherwin Williams, Beauty Alliance and Arby’s.   The tenant was not represented in the transaction.

 Hold-Thyssen, Inc. provides commercial property and leasing and management services to institutional and private investor clients nationwide.  The 40-year old firm’s current portfolio includes more that 100 commercial properties throughout the United States.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications Inc. 407-644-4142 Lvershelco@aol.com.

Northeast Private Client Group and Carassone Properties Join Forces in Property Management


Paul Carassone
WHITE PLAINS, NY – Investment sales broker Northeast Private Client Group has expanded its New York property management operations through a newly formed strategic partnership with Carassone Properties of Fishkill, NY.

 The newly formed entity will do business as Northeast Carassone Management, Inc., with offices in Fishkill, NY, and Hartford, CT, better positioning Northeast PCG to serve building owners and real estate investors in the Hudson Valley and Westchester.

“Our long-standing relationship with Carassone Properties helped pave the way for this partnership,” said Edward Jordan, JD, CCIM, Northeast PCG’s managing director.  “We will now be able to leverage our newly combined management team to support building owners and investors from the Hudson Valley through Central Connecticut.” 

Marc Carassone
Under the leadership of Paul and Marc Carassone, both veteran multifamily managers and strategists, the Northeast Carassone Management senior team also includes Andre Bakaj and Michele Velez, ARM. 

The company  currently provides asset management and leasing services for hundreds of apartment units across multiple submarkets. 

Mr. Bakaj joined Northeast PCG in 2011 as head of its Hartford-based investment sales team and was named sales and leasing manager for the property management division in 2012.


Edward Jordan
 Ms. Velez joined the team in 2013 with Northeast PCG’s acquisition of the Connecticut property management assets of Redbrick Partners, a Washington, DC, based multifamily investment and development firm.

This expansion of the Northeast PCG’s property management capabilities complements the firm’s rapid growth with offices in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
 




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