Yearly Archives: 2011

JACKSONVILLE, FL - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that Cynthia Darlene Strickland (age 45, Jacksonville) pleaded guilty on Thursday to bank fraud. Strickland was a licensed title agent and the owner of Premier Title Group, Inc., a title agency in Jacksonville. She faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison.

Miami, FL - August 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federated Companies, a leading national real estate investment and development firm, is pleased to announce that its Founder/Chairman, Jonathan Cox, has been named as one of four finalists in the South Florida Business Journal's 2011 Entrepreneur Awards, $1 to $10 Million Revenue category. Mr. Cox founded The Federated Companies in 1999 with the vision of creating a vertically integrated organization capable of developing and constructing institutional quality assets while maintaining the agility and cost controls of a smaller organization.

Tampa, FL - August 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Trammell Crow Company (TCC) is pleased to announce it has initiated the rezoning process to support the development of a 450,000-square-foot office development and 350-room hotel in Tampa’s Central Business District (CBD).

PAISLEY, FL - August 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Lake County Board of County Commissioners is inviting the public to a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the three recently opened public lands properties of Ellis Acres Reserve, The Pasture Reserve and Lake May Reserve. The ceremony will take place at the Ellis Acres property, located at 25302 County Road 42 in Paisley on Wednesday, Aug. 24 at 9 a.m.

Orlando, FL - August 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Orlando mortgage lender FBC Mortgage, LLC was a proud winner in the Orlando Business Journal’s 2011 Best Places to Work on Friday, August 12, 2011. FBC was named a winner in the medium company category (firms with 51 – 150 employees located in the Central Florida area) at the OBJ’s event at the Wyndham Orlando Resort. FBC Mortgage was one of 152 companies nominated in the 2011 Best Places To Work competition.

Miami, FL - August 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cervera Real Estate hosted its quarterly top producer awards celebration dinner to recognize their associates for outstanding sales performance in the real estate industry. The event was held at the Brickell Bridge Bistro and Bar located on 500 Brickell Avenue on July 12, 2011. The awards recognize real estate agents for their top sales performance from various branch offices in South Florida.

MIAMI, FL - August 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cervera Real Estate, a leading realtor of South Florida luxury condominium residences for more than 40 years, has added five new locations across the region to its current network of five Miami-Dade offices. The new offices include two in the city of Miami and one addition each in South Beach, Hallandale (Broward County) and West Palm Beach (Palm Beach County). According to the company, the expansion is part of a multimillion dollar investment that strategically broadens its reach and services in the tri-county area, as well as doubles its sales team to more than 250 agents.

EUGENE, OR - August 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Tampa Bay, Florida real estate consultant Jeff Launiere has adopted a customizable IDX solution for his professional website. He now hosts a dynamic IDX-synced search page, which displays Mid-Florida MLS (MFRMLS) listings efficiently and effectively on his website. As a member of the MFRMLS, Launiere has long had access to thousands of detailed Florida property listings. Now, thanks to his IDX solution, Launiere's clients can experience the same level of accessibility directly on the his professional website, a privilege once reserved solely for real estate agents and brokers.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - August 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater today announced the arrest of an Oviedo business owner for overbilling State Farm Insurance Company for fraudulent sinkhole claim repairs. Michael Hodge, owner of A&M Contracting Company, is charged with multiple counts of racketeering and insurance fraud involving billings of materials he never used to repair properties in Orange, Seminole and Volusia counties.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL - August 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE (NYSE:CBG) recently arranged three leases totaling 27,915 square feet on behalf of Baltimore-based Maitland Office Company, LLC at Maitland Promenade One, located at 485 N. Keller Road in Maitland, Florida.

EUGENE, OR - August 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. announces today that Jamie Martin of Coldwell Banker Schmitt in Key Largo, Florida has adopted a customizable IDX solution for her professional, real estate website. IDX Broker software is now seamlessly integrated onto the search page Martin hosts, creating a dynamic and thorough online property database for her clients to search through. By enabling the customizable technology, Martin has proven herself as a smarter agent, whose main professional goal is to meet the real estate needs of potential Key Largo buyers.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL - August 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE (NYSE:CBG) arranged a long-term, 50,000-square-foot lease on behalf of Piedmont Office Realty Trust at 5601 Hiatus Road, in Tamarac, Florida. The tenant, a large national insurance company, is taking the entire second floor of the two-story, 100,000-square-foot office building. The firm will occupy its new space in 1Q2012.

Deerfield Beach, FL - August 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Yomtob Commercial, LLC recently named CBRE as exclusive advisor for the sale of the IBD Building, a multi-tenant office building totaling 28,726 square feet, located at 3275 Hillsboro Boulevard in Deerfield Beach, Florida.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - August 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tom Hoch -- a pioneer in revenue-based design and turn-key, design-build interior design solutions -- has been selected as design consultant for The Amelia Island Club’s Long Point Clubhouse expansion and renovation.

ORLANDO, FL - August 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida’s existing condo sales rose 8 percent in June with a total of 7,922 units sold statewide compared to 7,330 sold in June 2010, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®. The statewide existing condo median sales price last month was $94,100; a year earlier, it was $92,300 for a 2 percent increase. The national median existing condo sales price was $165,400 in May 2011, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR).Statewide home and condo sales in the second quarter also increased over 1Q 2011’s sales figures, Florida Realtors’ records show. For 2Q 2011, statewide sales of existing homes rose 17.7 percent over the previous quarter’s activity; statewide existing condo sales increased 8.1 percent over the 1Q 2011 level.

EUGENE, OR - August 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome Miami Realtor Gian Traina to the growing network of real estate professionals using the revolutionary IDX Broker software on their websites. Southeast Florida MLS (SEFL) listings are now seamlessly integrated onto Traina's Miami Curb Appeal search page, making thousands of detailed property listings instantly available for home seekers and potential clients. With his customized IDX solution, Traina can host one of the most dynamic and informative online real estate resources for Miami buyers.

WASHINGTON, DC - August 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Four Florida men were arrested today on charges that they defrauded homeowners in Massachusetts and elsewhere in connection with a home loan modification scam, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz for the District of Massachusetts and Christy Romero, Acting Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP).

Ft. Lauderdale, FL - August 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) arranged the sale disposition of a 27-acre Georgetown Community site for $800,000 to Arch, LLC. The bank-owned asset comprised six fee-simple completed units and 118 finished fee-simple lots with entitlements and infrastructure. The site is situated on the southern part of the 320-unit Georgetown Community partially developed by Centerline Homes in 2005.

EUGENE, OR - August 8, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. announces Erin Catron has become the latest real estate agent to adopt a customizable IDX solution for her real estate website. Her IDX solution now seamlessly integrates thousands of Mid Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS) listings onto her search page, creating a thorough database of properties for her clients to explore and experience online. IDX Broker software has been added by Catron to her website, and in the process, completely revolutionized the way Catron presents listings to her clients and other potential Port Charlotte, Florida buyers

Tampa, FL - August 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- To create jobs in the Tampa Bay region, we must reinvigorate our efforts to heal the housing market, Congresswoman Kathy Castor said today as she sent a letter to the White House. Following up on a recent discussion with President Obama, Castor’s letter contains suggestions to tackle the housing crisis in Florida and the nation. Castor outlined viable ways to spur the housing market, help distressed homeowners, improve property values and, as a result, help our community and our country’s economy toward more jobs and economic recovery.