HFF secures $70 million financing for 19-property self storage portfolio

Stephen Skok

CHICAGO, IL – HFF announced today that it has secured $70 million (or $55 per rentable-square-foot) in financing for a 19-property self storage portfolio totaling 1.26 million rentable square feet in various locations in Illinois, Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Rhode Island and New York.

                HFF worked on behalf of Harrison Street Real Estate Capital to arrange the two-year, non-recourse, floating-rate loan through a national bank. 

                The 11,238-unit portfolio includes assets in Illinois, Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Rhode Island and New York.  The assets are 83 percent leased and are managed by two of the industry’s most respected operators, Morningstar and CubeSmart.

                The HFF team representing the borrower was led by managing directors Stephen Skok and Timothy Joyce.

Timothy Joyce

Harrison Street Real Estate Capital was founded in 2005 and has approximately $5.5 billion in assets under management.

 The firm currently owns approximately $4.6 billion in real estate assets including more than 28,000 student housing beds, more than 7,500 senior housing/assisted living units, more than 1.8 million square feet of medical office space, more than 72,000 self-storage units, and more than 4,100 dry and wet boat storage slips.

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

Kristen M. Murphy

Associate Director

HFF | One Post Office Square, Suite 3500 | Boston, MA 02109

Main: 617-338-0990 | Direct: 617-848-1572 | Cell: 617-543-4873 | www.hfflp.com

krmurphy@hfflp.com

HFF named to market for sale two newly constructed multi-housing communities in Indianapolis area

Solana Apartments at the Crossing, 7745 Solana Drive, north of Downtown Indianapolis, IN

Wick Kirby

CHICAGO, IL – HFF announced today that it has been named to market for sale Solana Apartments at the Crossing, a 384-unit, Class A multi-housing community located to the north of downtown Indianapolis and Penn Circle Apartments, a 193-unit, Class A multi-housing community in Carmel, Indiana.

Matthew Lawton

                HFF is marketing the properties on behalf of Milhaus Ventures.  The properties are being marketed without a formal asking price and can be purchased individually or as a portfolio on an “All Cash” basis.

Solana Apartments at the Crossing is located at 7745 Solana Drive just off North Keystone Avenue near Fashion Mall at Keystone and Interstate 465, approximately 10 miles north of downtown Indianapolis. 

The project is being constructed in two phases with the first 336 units scheduled for completion in December 2013 and the second 48 units scheduled for delivery in April 2014.

Ken Martin

 Situated on 55.5 acres, the property includes a 26-acre lake offering resident boat slips and direct access to the White River.  Community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, private cabanas, clubhouse, state-of-the-art teaching kitchen, fitness center, yoga room, media lounge, business center, outdoor theater, fitness trails and a watercraft launch area.

Penn Circle Apartments is located at 12415 North Pennsylvania Street just off U.S. Highway 31 in Carmel, approximately 14 miles north of downtown Indianapolis.

Dave Keller

 Completed in 2013, the 193-home community is 96 percent leased and includes one- and two-bedroom units with an average home size of 920 square feet. 

Community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, 24-hour fitness center, clubhouse, outdoor kitchen with fireplace, gaming area, business center and complimentary bike rentals for use on the nearby Monon Greenway bike path.

The HFF investment sales team representing the seller is led by associate director Wick Kirby along with executive managing director Matthew Lawton, associate director Ken Martin and senior managing director Dave Keller.

Penn Circle Apartments rendering, Carmel, IN

Milhaus Ventures is a team of inspired and industrious individuals, headquartered in Indianapolis, who are committed to the development of mixed-use and multifamily real estate. 

The company delivers solutions for its urban neighborhoods, cities and partners by providing expertise in real estate investment, development and management.  www.milhausventures.com.

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

Kristen M. Murphy

Associate Director

HFF | One Post Office Square, Suite 3500 | Boston, MA 02109

Main: 617-338-0990 | Direct: 617-848-1572 | Cell: 617-543-4873 | www.hfflp.com

krmurphy@hfflp.com

HFF arranges $51 million financing for The Ritz-Carlton, Denver

The Ritz-Carlton, Denver, Downtown Denver, CO

Eric Tupler

DENVER, CO – HFF announced today that it has arranged $51 million in financing for The Ritz-Carlton, Denver, a 202-room, luxury hotel in downtown Denver, Colorado. 

                HFF worked exclusively on behalf of the borrower, Pearlmark Real Estate Partners, to secure the three-year, floating rate loan through a joint origination effort by Annaly Commercial Real Estate Group, Inc.  and Principal Real Estate Investors. 

 Proceeds from the loan will be used to refinance an existing loan facility.  The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. of Chevy Chase, Maryland will remain as manager of the property.

John Bourret

Originally completed in 1983, the building underwent a complete renovation and opened as The Ritz-Carlton, Denver in January 2008.  

The hotel occupies the first 14 floors of a 37-story tower, with the Apartments at Denver Place and the Residence XXV condominiums (not part of this transaction) occupying the upper levels.

 Hotel amenities include Elway’s Restaurant, 12,000 square feet of meeting space, a full-service spa and business center, as well as guest access and use of the FORZA Fitness and Performance Club with saltwater lap pool and full-size basketball court.

Josh Simon

 The hotel is located on 0.5 acres and is bordered by 18th Street, 19th Street, Arapahoe Street and Curtis Street in downtown Denver’s Financial District.  The property is the only AAA Five Diamond-rated hotel in the city.

                The HFF team representing the borrower was led by senior managing director Eric Tupler, managing director John Bourret, director Josh Simon and real estate analyst Matt Gangaware.

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

Kristen M. Murphy

Associate Director

HFF | One Post Office Square, Suite 3500 | Boston, MA 02109

Main: 617-338-0990 | Direct: 617-848-1572 | Cell: 617-543-4873 | www.hfflp.com

krmurphy@hfflp.com

www.pearlmarkrealestate.com.

PCCP Provides Senior Loans Totaling $57.5 Million to Recapitalize Two New Jersey Hotels

  

Sheraton Edison Hotel, Edison, NJ

Kevin Chin

New York, NY - PCCP, LLC announced it has provided two senior loans to a private, East Coast-based real estate firm totaling $57.5 million for the recapitalization of two New Jersey hotels. The hotels include the Hilton Meadowlands in East Rutherford and the Sheraton Edison in Edison.

“These loans are supported by institutional quality assets with strong in-place cash flow and significant upside potential,” said Kevin Chin, vice president with PCCP, LLC.

PCCP provided a $41 million loan for the recapitalization and repositioning of the Hilton Meadowlands & Conference Center (formerly the Sheraton Meadowlands), a 427-room full-service hotel located less than a mile from MetLife Stadium (the site of the 2014 Super Bowl) and just six miles west of Manhattan.

Hilton Meadowlands Hotel, East Rutherford, NJ

 The hotel was acquired in 2005, underwent a $17 million renovation in 2006, was reflagged as a Hilton Hotel in conjunction with the closing of the PCCP loan, and will undergo a significant property improvement plan following the Super Bowl.

PCCP also provided a $16.5 million loan to refinance an existing senior loan on the Sheraton Edison, a 276‐room full-service hotel located within the Raritan Center corporate park in Edison, which is made up of nearly 350 companies and over 13 million square feet of flex/industrial/office space.

The hotel is also less than 1.5 miles from the 125,000-square-foot New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center and is well positioned at the confluence of the New Jersey Turnpike, I‐287, and the Garden State Parkway.  The property was acquired in 2007 and underwent an extensive $20 million renovation in 2008. 

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

Darcie Giacchetto

Spaulding Thompson & Associates

949.278.6224

 www.pccpllc.com

Green Edge Technologies Launches Its EDGEhomeTM Solution, a Premier Home Intelligence System

  

CHICAGO, IL and SAN DIEGO, CA – Green Edge Technologies has announced the launch of its EDGEhome solution, offering homebuilders, multifamily developers, and consumers true home intelligence with the most cost effective, easy-to-use, and advanced home energy management system available to date without requiring recurring fees.

 Designed by a team of highly experienced former Motorola executives, designers, and engineers, EDGEhome provides consumers with real-time energy monitoring and control of every point of electricity usage in the home through a modern and intuitive user interface.

The system is comprised of wireless devices, a tablet, and mobile applications that allow homeowners to monitor and control electrical usage and lighting throughout their home.

The wireless devices are installed in every junction box and behind every switch and outlet in the home, providing ubiquitous coverage. The EDGEhome system’s unique technology allows homebuilders to significantly reduce electrical wiring while realizing substantial savings in construction costs.

 “EDGEhome is the answer for residential homebuilders who want to provide their customers with the most advanced and cost efficient home intelligence system available,” said Scott Steele, CEO and founder of Green Edge Technologies.

“Because of EDGEhome’s innovative design, disruptive cost structure, and wire elimination technology, new home builders enjoy an unbelievably low net system cost. 

"The market needed a solution with true intelligence at a price point that could reach the mass market – that’s why we created the EDGEhome system.”

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

Mark Thomton

mthomton@taylorjohnson.com,

312-267-4523

Faris Lee Investments Completes $10.8 Million Sale of Grocery-Anchored Willow Run Shopping Center in Denver, CO Suburb

Willow Run Shopping Center, 12900--12910 North Zuni Street, Westminster, CO

IRVINE, CA– Faris Lee Investments, the nation’s largest retail-specialized investment advisory firm, has completed the $10.8 million sale of Willow Run Shopping Center located at 12900-12910 N. Zuni Street in Westminster, CO, a northwest suburb of Denver.

Richard Chichester

Built in 2000 and situated on nearly 11 acres, the 91,565-square-foot property was 80 percent leased at the close of escrow and includes grocery store anchor tenant, Safeway, as well as Allstate, Subway and neighborhood retailers.

Other outlying tenants at the center that weren’t part of the sale included JPMorgan Chase, Conoco Philips, and McDonalds.

 Richard Chichester, Jeff Conover, and Tom Chichester of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller, TNP SRT Willow Run, LLC from San Mateo, Calif.  Shaun Riley of Faris Lee Investments represented the buyer, Denver-based Gart Investment Company. The closing cap rate on the property was 6.56 percent.

Tom Chichester

With strong surrounding demographics, a well-designed site plan, success of other nearby retail centers, and a good physical appearance with minimal deferred maintenance, Faris Lee’s market analysis of the property identified that the missing ingredient in turning the center around was a proactive owner and property manager with experience in the Colorado market.

 “Faris Lee’s marketing strategy was to target local Colorado-based investors/owners who understood the immediate area. With a history of ownership in the Colorado market, Gart Investment Company was at the top of our list of investors we believed would see the value in the asset and proactively utilize its tenant and management relationships to fully maximize the investment,” said Conover.

Jeff Conover

 “Willow Run offered the buyer a property well below replacement cost at a low price-per-square-foot of $118,” added Riley. “Additionally, the buyer appreciated the upside opportunity through leasing the 20 percent vacancy, creating potential for additional cash flow and added value.”

 Willow Run Shopping Center is strategically located at the signalized, hard corner intersection of N. Zuni Street and W. 128th Avenue. There are more than 245,000 consumers and 67,500 daytime employees within a three-mile radius of the property. It is also near Home Depot, Kohl’s, Staples and Petco.

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

Darcie Giacchetto

Spaulding Thompson & Associates

949.278.6224

www.farislee.com.

Quarterdeck Seafood Bar & Neighborhood Grill in Fort Lauderdale, FL hits the market for $4.3 million

  

Scott Sandelin

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, the nation’s largest real estate investment services firm, has received the exclusive listing for Quarterdeck Seafood Bar & Neighborhood Grill on Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The sale-leaseback opportunity is priced at $4.3 million.

            Scott Sandelin, a Senior Associate, and Edward Romo, an Associate, in Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office are representing the seller, a limited liability company from Fort Lauderdale.

“This is an exclusive sale-leaseback opportunity to own a South Florida institution that sits on irreplaceable real estate on Las Olas Boulevard and just steps from the beach,” says Sandelin.

Edward Romo

“The Las Olas Quarterdeck will sign a brand new 15-year, triple-net lease with absolutely no landlord responsibilities upon closing. The building has been extensively renovated, including a new roof, in 2013.

“The property has served a loyal local following and thousands of tourists from all over the world for more than16 years at this location.”

The 3,738-square foot restaurant building is priced at $4.3 million. Quarterdeck Seafood Bar & Neighborhood Grill is located at 2933 East Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale.

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

 Kirk Felici

Vice President/Regional Manager

Miami, FL

(954) 245-3400

Stonemark to Manage Austin, TX Apartments; Firm Partners with BVT on Luxury Communities

  

The Terraces at South Park Meadows apartments, Austin, TX

Atlanta, GA and Austin, TX – Real estate investment firm BVT Equity Holdings, Inc. has brought in Stonemark Management to manage two Class A apartment communities in the fast-growing South Austin area.

Lobby at The Terraces at South Park Meadows
Austin, TX

The Estates at South Park Meadows, which has 426 units, and The Terraces at South Park Meadows, with 244 units, are located near the popular South Park Meadows shopping area. The communities feature high-end amenities that appeal to the target audience of young professionals. Their 1st Street location also offers easy access to downtown.

“Our new partnership with BVT and the agreement to manage these communities is a big step in our strategy to increase our presence in the South Austin market,” said Michael Taylor, CEO of the Stonemark Group. “We look for opportunities in economically-healthy areas where our management expertise can help investments perform to their full potential,” he added. 

The Estates at South Park Meadows
Austin, TX

Stonemark Management’s services include the management, acquisition, asset management, leasing and profitable disposition of multifamily investment real estate. The firm provides a complete array of leasing and property management services for conventional apartment communities.

“As a large and active equity provider for multifamily development, BVT felt Stonemark’s leasing and property management expertise would enhance our investors’ returns,” said Chad Bozza, Senior Vice President, Fund Investments and Asset Management.

Michael Taylor

The Estates and The Terraces are gated, pet-friendly communities with resort-style pools, an outdoor fireside lounge, luxurious clubhouses with athletic and business centers, attached garages, walking and jogging trails, a pond and nearby green space. 

Interiors feature stainless steel appliances and granite countertops. Some apartments have fireplaces, vaulted ceilings and stackable washer/dryers.

In addition to managing communities for investment firms such as BVT, The Stonemark Group owns two apartment communities in Austin.

Chad Bozza

The Stonemark Group focuses on the acquisition, financing, ownership, management and disposition of multifamily real estate investments in the Southeastern U.S. and Texas. The group includes Chicago-based Stonemark Equities and Atlanta-based Stonemark Management. For more information, visit www.stonemarkmanagementllc.com.

Headquartered in Munich, Germany, with U.S. operations based in Atlanta, Ga., BVT provides equity capital across multiple sectors of the US real estate market, creating high quality offerings for its German investors and maximizing returns through disciplined investment management. For more information, visit www.bvt.com.

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

Terri Thornton

404-932-4347

Terri@TerriThornton.com  

Powered by Zip Signs on Coldwell Banker Select Professionals in Central Pennsylvania

  

Xavier Y. Zang

EMERYVILLE, CA – ZipRealty, Inc. (http://www.ziprealty.com) (NASDAQ: ZIPR), the nation’s most prominent online technology-powered residential real estate brokerage firm and real estate marketing solutions provider, has added Coldwell Banker Select Professionals, bringing the total number of participating brokerages in its Powered by Zip (PbZ) network to 20.

ZipRealty delivers PbZ software as a service to brokers, agents, home buyers and sellers. PbZ streamlines and simplifies real estate transactions, more effectively matches buyers and seller and helps brokers and agents better manage their business.

 PbZ includes ZipRealty’s industry-leading CRM and marketing solutions delivered on the web and as mobile applications, making it the most powerful suite of real estate marketing tools in the United States.

“PbZ’s innovative technology powers top brokerages nationwide, including our latest client in Central Pennsylvania,” said Xavier Y. Zang, President of PbZ.

Ryan Hess

“The combination of Coldwell Banker Select Professionals local expertise and the powerful PbZ platform provides prospective home buyers and sellers in Lancaster, Harrisburg, York and communities throughout Central Pennsylvania with a strong competitive advantage.”

“Powered by Zip provides our brokerage with operating discipline, improved service to our clients and increased lead flow,” said Coldwell Banker Select Professionals’ CEO Ryan Hess.

“Through the PbZ platform featuring Zip Realty’s proprietary CRM Zap, our agents now have the best toolkit on the market – both in the office and on the go. PbZ will help us establish and grow long-term relationships with serious home buyers and sellers, while growing our business.”

The addition of Lancaster, Pa.-based Coldwell Banker Select Professionals brings the total number of Coldwell Banker clients signed on to the PbZ platform to five in 2013. So far this year, PbZ has inked agreements with Coldwell Banker clients in Pittsburgh, Sarasota, St. Louis, Miami and now Central Pennsylvania.

ZipRealty is actively expanding Powered by Zip with leading local brokerages throughout the United States.

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

Stacey Corso

510.735.2667

scorso@ziprealty.com

HFF closes $210 million sale of Avalon on the Sound East in New Rochelle, NY to The DSF Group

Avalon on the Sound East, New Rochelle, NY

Jose Cruz

NEW YORK, NY – HFF announced today that it has closed the sale of Avalon on the Sound East, a 588-unit, 39-story, Class A multi-housing tower in New Rochelle, New York. 

HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, AvalonBay Communities, Inc.  The DSF Group purchased the asset for $210 million, approximately $357,000 per unit.  This is the largest recorded multi-housing sale in Westchester County.

Avalon on the Sound East is located at 40 Memorial Highway within one block of the Metro-North Railroad’s New Rochelle train station and less than a mile from Interstate 95. 

Andrew Scandalios

Completed in 2007, the luxury high-rise building includes one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 956 square feet each, as well as 7,607 square feet of ground-floor retail. 

Community amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, outdoor heated pool, rooftop resident lounge, community room, game room, garage parking and 24-hour concierge service.

The HFF investment sales team representing the seller was led by senior managing directors Jose Cruz and Andrew Scandalios, managing directors Kevin O’Hearn and Jeffrey Julien and associate director Rob Hinckley.

Kevin O'Hearn

According to Scandalios, “Avalon saw an opportunity to capitalize in a strong investment market.”  “This is DSF’s second purchase in Westchester in the last twelve months.  To complement its first high-profile property in downtown White Plains, the company will now also own the most prominent building in New Rochelle,” added Cruz

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. is in the business of developing, redeveloping, acquiring and managing high-quality apartment communities in the high barrier-to-entry markets of the United States.  These markets are located in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Pacific Northwest and Northern and Southern California regions of the country.

Jeffrey Julien

Since 2000, the DSF Group has invested more than $2 billion in five million square feet and has quietly become one of the most successful private real estate investment firms in the country. 

With offices in Boston and Washington D.C., three decades of experience and a track record unrivalled in the industry, the DSF Group offers investors and communities the unique combination of expertise, vision and hands-on involvement, in both converting and redeveloping existing properties and in developing new properties from the ground up.

Rob Hinckley

Among numerous other industry recognitions, DSF Group was selected by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) as the 2011 Multifamily Development Firm of the Year. For more information, visit

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

Kristen M. Murphy

Associate Director

HFF | One Post Office Square, Suite 3500 | Boston, MA 02109

Main: 617-338-0990 | Direct: 617-848-1572 | Cell: 617-543-4873 | www.hfflp.com

krmurphy@hfflp.com

www.thedsfgroup.com.

777 Brickell Keeps Hencorp Beckstone for 20,000 Square Foot Renewal in Miami’s Financial District

777 Brickell in Miami's Financial District

Andrew Trench

MIAMI, FL - Taylor & Mathis’ Andrew Trench has signed Hencorp Beckstone (www.hencorp.com) to a 20,000 square foot renewal at 777 Brickell in Miami’s Brickell Financial District. 

The financial services firm conducted an extensive search for space before deciding to stay at 777 Brickell.

 “While their search extended to some of the new office space on the market they ultimately chose to stay at 777 Brickell,” according to Trench. 

William Holly

“Newer isn’t always better.  777 Brickell is a prestigious office building, impeccably maintained with class A finishes.” 

The ten year lease is valued at $7.5 million.  The deal was co-brokered by William Holly of Pointe Group Advisors.

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

Brian Gale

 bgale@taylormathis.com or

Andrew Trench

atrench@taylormathis.com

(305)476-8880

4th New Condo Project Completed In South Florida Since Crash Of 2007

Bellini Williams Island condominiums, Aventura, FL in northeast Miami-Dade County, FL

MyBrickell condos
downtown Miami, FL

MIAMI, FL -- With at least 175 new condo towers already proposed for South Florida, a fourth condo project has been completed while at least two more towers are scheduled to be delivered before the end of the year as the region's real estate market shows signs of recovering from the dramatic downturn of 2007, according to a new report from CondoVultures.com.

The newly completed Bellini Williams Island condominium complex with 70 units in Aventura in Northeast Miami-Dade County recorded its first transaction in the 24-story tower fronting the Intracoastal Waterway on October 31, 2013, according to Miami-Dade County records.

In addition to the Bellini Williams Island, at least two other new condo projects - MyBrickell in Greater Downtown Miami and the Regalia in Sunny Isles Beach - are expected to complete construction by the end of 2013, according to marketing literature from each project.

In the Aventura market, a combination of domestic and international developers - in unrelated projects - are proposing to construct nine towers with nearly 1,100 new condo units in a market that stretches from Northeast 163rd Street north to the Broward County line, and the Atlantic Ocean west to Federal Highway as of November 15, 2013, according to the Preconstruction Condo Projects Database™ compiled by the licensed Florida brokerage CVR Realty™.

Regalia condos
Sunny Isles Beach, FL

Overall in South Florida, at least 176 new condo towers with nearly 23,100 units are proposed, planned, under construction, or recently completed in the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach as of November 15, 2013, according to the Preconstruction Condo Projects Database™ compiled by the licensed Florida brokerage CVR Realty™.

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

Condo Vultures® LLC

225 Midtown Building

225 NE 34th St.,

Suite 209B,

Downtown Miami, Florida, 33137. 800-750-0517.

NAI Realvest Negotiates $365,000 Sale of Shopping Center in Downtown Eustis, FL

Grove Square Shopping Center, 417 North Grove Street, Eustis, FL

Mitch Heidrich

ORLANDO, FL— NAI Realvest recently negotiated the sale of Grove Square Shopping Center at 417 N. Grove St. in Eustis for $365,000.    

 Matt Cichocki and Kevin O’Connor, principals at NAI Realvest assisted by associate Mitch Heidrich negotiated the REO sale representing Ocwen Commercial Loan Servicing.

 The 36,310 square foot center on a 2.31 acre site was purchased by Mount Dora-based Rose 24, LLC. 

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

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

Stonegate Golf Club at Solivita Gets the Jump on Christmas with Special Party for Kissimmee, FL HOME Kids and Moms

Stonegate Golf Club Executive Chef Anukul and Lilly Rahmani, at Solivita in Kissimmee, FL

Kissimmee, FL --- Stonegate Golf Club Executive Chef Anukul at Solivita in Kissimmee and seven-year-old Lily Rahmani hosted an afternoon party for 18 invited mothers and 32 children of Kissimmee’s HOME shelter for homeless children and their mothers.

Arto Rahmani

Arto Rahmani, general manager at Stonegate Golf Club, said it was Lily’s wish for her birthday this year to spend it with kids who are less fortunate, and provide them gifts and fun activities and entertainment. 

Arto Rahmani said Executive Chef Anukul and Lily share the same birthday and together they decided to host the event.   They greeted the moms and children along with Food and Beverage Director Rob Castillo and Banquet Sous Chef Marty Wright. 

A tasteful meal hot off the grille was provided to all 50 guests.

Both Lily and Chef Anukul led a four-hour fun day that included face painting and snow cones with M&M Balloon and D&J Entertainment and played freeze dance, musical chairs and red light green light.

Their moms were treated to a session of Zumba dancing.

Rob Castillo

HOME, which stands for ”helping others make the effort” has a goal to break the cycle of homelessness by providing housing and life skills to homeless women and their children.

“The smiles on the children’s faces were just priceless, I am very pleased with the outcome and all the effort my team gave to make this event successful,” General Manager Rahmani said.

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

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