ORLANDO, Fla. – Olivette Carter, owner of OC Grant Consulting Associates in Orlando, has begun a series of Nonprofit Capacity-Building seminars on attaining non-profit status and grant funding. The next session, “An Introduction to Grant Writing,” will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Dec. 5 at the Orlando Business Development Center Office, 3218 E. Colonial Drive Suite G. OC Grant Consulting is a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program at the OBDC site... Read Full Story
Wesley Chapel, Fla. --- New River Township on S.R. 54 in Wesley Chapel wants to host the new Pasco County SportsPlex county commissioners plan to develop and New River Partners, LP has offered to partner with Pasco County to finance the project. “We propose to develop a new Pasco County SportsPlex at New River Township,” said Eric Marks, senior vice president at New River Partners. “We have offered Pasco County Commissioners a wide range of partnership proposals to choose from, up to and... Read Full Story
TAMPA, Fla. – Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida’s, associated with 130 offices worldwide, recently negotiated a long-term lease agreement for 37,175 square feet of office/warehouse flex space at 8800 Adamo Drive just east of downtown Tampa. Mia Jarrell, vice president of the Office Group at Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida, negotiated the transaction representing the new tenant, Non Stop Digital Services South, LLC. Non Stop Digital specializes in sales, service and custom manufacture of... Read Full Story
ORLANDO, Fla. --- Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida president Jeff Sweeney, SIOR, served as featured speaker during a luncheon meeting of the Young Professionals Society at the University Club of Orlando recently and told the group to get ready to take risks. “You have to seize the moment,” Sweeney told the group. “You have to be self-motivated, disciplined, persistent, and you have to know yourself,” Sweeney said. Sweeney has more than 30 years of experience as a commercial real estate... Read Full Story
LAKE MARY, Fla. -- Kolter Homes, which is developing Grande Oaks at Heathrow, a private luxury townhome community in Lake Mary, recently unveiled “Kolter ECO-NOMICS™” (www.koltereconomics.com), a company-wide commitment to building smarter, more sustainable homes that offer home owners substantially greater value. The design and engineering of every Kolter-built home includes 15 valuable features to assure comfort, safety, and environmental responsibility, said Steve Bovio, Kolter Homes... Read Full Story
PORT ORANGE – The personal-injury law firm of Rue & Ziffra received the “Most Functional” award for its scaled-down entry in a recent fundraiser for Halifax Habitat for Humanity. Nearly a dozen employees from the Port Orange-based firm participated in the Lego brand building block event, which was sponsored by the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company in Daytona Beach Nov. 21. The law firm donated $500 for its team to build the three phases of a Habitat home in the 8th annual Bubba’s Building Block Party... Read Full Story
MELBOURNE, Fla. --- Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida, with offices in Orlando, Tampa and Melbourne, has relocated its Melbourne headquarters from U.S. 1 to new suites at 2108 West New Haven Ave. (U.S. 192) in West Melbourne. Jeff Sweeney, SIOR, president of Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida, said the firm has expanded its offices and expects to see an increase in commercial real estate activity in the Melbourne area. “Commercial real estate activity follows the economy,” Sweeney said. “We’re... Read Full Story
WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. --- In his formal announcement for Congress, Paul Partyka, former mayor of Winter Springs, told a packed house at the Winter Springs-Oviedo Regional Chamber of Commerce luncheon that he is a candidate for the District 24 congressional seat now held by Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, D-New Smyrna Beach. Partyka, a Democrat, will challenge Kosmas in the party primary in 2010. Partyka told the audience at the chamber luncheon that he wants to work with Congress to help make a better... Read Full Story
ORLANDO, Fla. --- Data Transfer Solutions, LLC, the Downtown Avalon Park-based firm that provides GIS, transportation planning and engineering, asset management, web design, database applications and multimedia production services to local governments and regional and state agencies throughout the U.S., has been named a Gold Certified Solutions Partner by Kentico Software, named the fastest growing young technology company in the Deloitte FAST 50 Rising Stars last year. Kentico, based in Brno... Read Full Story
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. --- Mattamy Homes U.S. Group (www.mattamyhomes.com), the U.S. division of Canada’s largest home builder, recently unveiled the first model in its new Innovation Series of floor plans at Sevilla located in World Golf Village off World Commerce Parkway and International Golf Parkway in St. Augustine. Dennis Ginder, division president of Mattamy Homes in Jacksonville, said the new two story Innovation Series Plan 4 model home at Sevilla offers 2,189 square feet of living... Read Full Story
