Yearly Archives: 2012

TAVARES, FL - July 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season upon us, and residents facing an increased chance of rain and damaging winds that could result in home or property damage, the Lake County Board of County Commissioners is encouraging all citizens to hire licensed contractors to do any repair or construction work that they may need.

JACKSONVILLE, FL - July 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), one of America’s leading community banks and the nation’s largest...

TAVARES - July 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Lake County Board of County Commissioners recently approved a measure to reinstate 40-hour work weeks for staff with the Lake County Growth Management Department, Building Services Division, located on the fifth floor of the Lake County Administration Building at 315 W. Main St. in Tavares

WASHINGTON, DC - July 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Florida and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes due to Tropical Storm Debby last month.

Washington D.C. - July 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In testimony filed today, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) called for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) to require Praetorian Insurance Company to cut homeowners’ insurance rates by at least 44.1 percent. Praetorian sold in excess of $430 million in “force placed” insurance in Florida in 2011, as Balboa Insurance Company and QBE Specialty Insurance Company. Praetorian has requested that the rates for the largest insurer in the group, Balboa, remain unchanged.

TALLAHASSEE, FL - June 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Robert Martin Tolentino, 50, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, pleaded guilty in federal court in Tallahassee today to defrauding SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. on a $2 million mortgage. The guilty plea was announced Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

Orlando, FL - June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE Capital Markets arranged the sale of Saxon Crossings Shopping Center, a 119,590-square-foot community shopping center located in Orange City for $20,730,000. CBRE Senior Vice President Cliff Taylor of the Jacksonville office and First Vice President Daniel Baker of the firm’s Orlando office marketed the asset for sale and negotiated the transaction on behalf of the seller, Saxon Crossing Partners. The buyer, Inland Real Estate, is a Chicago-based REIT focused on the acquisition of shopping centers

Boynton Beach, FL - June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today NAHB Research Center President & CEO Michael Luzier presented a gold-level green certification to the builder of Boynton Beach’s Seabourn Cove, a gated community of 456 high-end rental homes. The certification was for the community’s first building certified to the National Green Building Standard ICC 700-2008 (NGBS), but builder FM Contract Services, LLC, hopes this is just the first of many. The company will seek gold NGBS certification for all residential buildings in the community. If all goes as planned, Seabourn Cove will be by far the largest gold-level multifamily community certified by the NAHB Research Center.

Margate, FL - June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE announced today the sale of Lakewood Shopping Center, a 236,679-square-foot shopping center located on West Atlantic Boulevard in Margate, Florida. The property was acquired by an affiliate of Toronto/Florida-based North American Development Group (NADG) for $31.5 million from a wholly owned subsidiary of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. CBRE’s National Retail Investment Group in Florida provided exclusive representation to the seller in the transaction.

Miami Lakes, FL - June 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE announced today the sale of Miami Lakes Research & Industrial Park, an eight-building R&D manufacturing campus located at 14400–14560 NW 60th Avenue. The 290,529-square-foot campus was purchased by the original developer of the asset, The Graham Companies, for $14.3 million, or $49 per square foot. CBRE represented the seller, MCP EWE LLC (a joint venture between The Easton Group & Marcus Partners), in the transaction.

EUGENE, OR - June 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida broker Jack Crifasi has teamed up with IDX, Inc. to pair his knowledge of the Naples, Florida real estate market with the dynamic IDX Broker software. Crifasi now hosts a complete and thorough online real estate search courtesy of his IDX solution. By adding the IDX technology, Crifasi displays thousands of Southeast Florida MLS (SEFL) listings directly on his website, giving home seekers more options than ever before to search for a property online.

EUGENE, OR - June 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real estate agent Corina DAquino has adopted the IDX, Inc. dynamic IDX Broker software. With the tools her IDX solution supplies her with, DAquino can sync thousands of Fort Myers MLS (FortMyers) listings instantly on her website. By extracting raw listing data from FortMyers and seamlessly integrating it onto her website, Cape Coral, Florida potential home buyers can experience the most thorough and complete online property search around.

EUGENE, OR - June 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Chris Curry’s addition of a customized IDX solution to his Lake City, Florida based real estate website. The IDX Broker software now on Curry’s page extracts raw listing data from the Northeast Florida MLS (NEFMLS) and seamlessly displays it for Curry’s clients to search through. The Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology has revolutionized the way home seekers search for properties online. Now, Curry can give his clients a dynamic property search from the convenience of his real estate website, which is now simpler than ever to use.

EUGENE, OR - June 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City suburbs are now easier to find a home in, without ever leaving you own, thanks to the joint partnership between IDX, Inc. and Jim Carrell. Carrell has adopted the amazing IDX Broker software, giving him the unique ability to display thousand of Sunshine MLS (SSMLS) listings directly on his search page. Home seekers around Naples, Florida can now quickly search for homes all over Naples and beyond, without ever stepping foot outside or riding the subway, on the new IDX enabled website of Carrell.

Fort Lauderdale, FL – June 20, 2012 – CBRE has announced the addition of Gerard Yetming as Senior Vice President with the Investment Properties Multi-Housing Group in South Florida. Mr. Yetming is a former executive with The Federated Companies and previously worked at CBRE from 2002 to 2009. He brings an abundance of real estate experience as both a broker and a principal with a total career transaction volume of more than $6 billion.

EUGENE, OR - June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Naples, Florida Realtor Krasimira Bogova has joined forces with IDX, Inc. to create a unique and comprehensive online real estate solution. As a member of the Naples MLS (Naples), Bogova has long had access to the ease and efficiency of a Naples hosted property search. The revolutionary IDX technology Bogova now hosts on her website gives potential Naples buyers the same accessibility to detailed listings once reserved for real estate professionals only.

EUGENE, OR - June 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Brigitte Barrena, Broker of New Wine Realty, Inc., to the growing network of real estate agents and brokers choosing to revolutionize the online property search by adopting IDX Broker software. As a Miami, Florida area Realtor, Barrena is able to integrate thousands of Southeast Florida MLS (SEFL) property listings onto her website, thanks to her IDX solution, which extracts raw listing data and displays it on her search page. Now, potential buyers can experience a one-stop-shop for their online real estate search, on the IDX-enabled website Barrena hosts.

Sunrise, FL – June 15, 2012 – Local private investment group, Waterstone Capital LLC, purchased Springtree Center, a 46,760-square-foot retail center in Sunrise, Florida, for $3,475,000 or $74.36 per square foot. CBRE Vice President William Strauss marketed the asset for sale and negotiated the transaction on behalf of the seller, Springtree LLC.

Miami, FL - June 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In Miami’s booming recovery of industrial markets, Hialeah has been slow to join the movement. A new lease at 5959 NW 35th Avenue for 50,000 square feet absorbs a long-standing vacancy in the market. The transaction also supports the swift growth of freight forwarding and logistics users in Dade County

Miami, FL - June 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE Cares hosted “Bowling for Teachers,” an evening bowling event, that raised more than $30,000 to support first and second year teachers participating in the charitable Teach For America program. CBRE Cares, the philanthropic arm of CBRE, matched the donations of over 100 CBRE professionals, corporate sponsors and special invited guest in order to raise the funds. Teach For America recruits, trains and develops a diverse group of leaders to teach and expand educational opportunities in underserved classrooms throughout Miami-Dade County and across the United States. Funds raised at “Bowling for Teachers” will specifically support Teach For America group members in the Homestead, FL area.