September 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hillsborough County’s Office of Neighborhood Relations is offering FREE training to help homeowner association (HOA) board members become knowledgeable leaders and build strong communities.

September 5, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hillsborough County’s Office of Neighborhood Relations is offering FREE training to help homeowner association (HOA) board members become knowledgeable leaders and build strong communities.

ORLANDO, FL - September 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For three recent Florida high school graduates, their freshmen year in college may be a little easier thanks to the $5,000 state scholarship awards each received from Florida Realtors®. The students’ winning essays were written on the topic “How Does a Realtor Professional Benefit the Community?”

Miami, FL - September 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) facilitated the sale disposition of two neighborhood shopping centers; Riviera Square in Riviera Beach and Sample Plaza in Pompano Beach, on behalf of Kimco Realty Corporation affiliates. Both properties were acquired on August 19, 2011 by MYA Properties LLC for an undisclosed price.

EUGENE, OR - September 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tampa Bay home seekers can now quickly and easily find their dream home online, thanks to the partnership between IDX, Inc. and real estate broker Travis Bell. The IDX solution now employed by Bell syncs his search page and property listings to thousands of homes listed on the Mid-Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS) database. Never before has it been so easy for South Tampa home seekers to search for a property online.

TAVARES, FL - September 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- All offices of the Lake County Board of County Commissioners, Clerk of Courts, Property Appraiser, Supervisor of Elections and Tax Collector will be closed Monday, Sept. 5 to observe Labor Day.

EUGENE, OR - September 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce IDX Broker has been integrated onto the website of real estate professional Tyler DeLange has adopted a customizable IDX solution, syncing his website to the Mid-Florida MLS (MFRMLS). IDX Broker software extracts raw listing data and seamlessly integrates it onto the search page DeLange hosts, creating a thorough and dynamic online property database for his clients and other Central Florida area home seekers.

Miami, FL - August 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE arranged $10 million in proceeds for the purpose of refinancing the debt on The Blackstone Apartments in Miami Beach, Florida. Financing terms of the loan include a 7-year fixed rate term, 2-years interest only, and a 70% loan-to-value ratio.

ORLANDO, FL - August 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida Realtors® recognized Wendell Davis, CRB, GRI and the 2010 president of the state Realtor association, as its 2011 Realtor of the Year. CRB and GRI are special designations awarded to Realtors who complete additional training; they stand for Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager and Graduate, Realtor Institute.The Realtor of the Year award was presented at the state association’s 95th annual Convention & Trade Expo at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Fla.

ORLANDO, FL - August 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida Realtors® has honored Claudette Bruck, broker-owner of Multiple Choice Realty Investments Inc. and a 35-year member of the Realtor Association of Greater Fort Lauderdale (RAGFL), with its 2011 Commercial Realtor Achievement Award. The award was presented at the state association’s recent 95th annual Convention & Trade Expo at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Fla.The Commercial Realtor Achievement Award honors a Realtor’s lifetime of contributions to commercial activities at the local, state, national and community levels

EUGENE, OR - August 31, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. announces Realtor Laura Pearlman has become the latest real estate professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution for her professional website. Her customizable IDX solution now seamlessly integrates thousands of Palm Beach Regional MLS (RMLSFL) listings onto her search page, creating a thorough database of properties for her clients to explore online. By adding IDX Broker software to her website, Pearlman has revolutionized the way property listing are presented to her clients and other potential Pam Beach County, Florida buyers.

EUGENE, OR - August 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. announces the latest addition to the growing network of agents and brokers utilizing the immensely dynamic IDX Broker software: RE/MAX real estate professional Larry Autrey. A member of the Ft. Lauderdale MLS, Autrey has synced thousands of area listings directly onto the IDX-enabled search page he hosts. Finding an Park Creek area home online has never been easier, thanks to IDX Broker software and the comprehensive online real estate resource Autrey has created with his customizable IDX solution.

Miami, FL - August 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Supporting increased confidence in the market, Domus Group, a Latin American investor purchased 1818 Meridian Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida. Calum Weaver who co-chairs the CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Multi-Housing Private Capital Group in South Florida negotiated the $2.7 million sale transaction on behalf of the seller.

ORLANDO, FL - August 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida Realtor, the Business Magazine of Florida Real Estate and monthly trade publication of Florida Realtors®, recently won six awards in the 2011 Florida Magazine Association’s (FMA) competition.Florida Realtor won a total of four Charlie Awards, the competition’s top honor or gold standard, including one for Best Overall Magazine and one for Best Written Magazine in its Trade/Technical category. Under writing excellence, the magazine received a Charlie Award for Best Department (Makeover) and another Charlie Award for Best Column (Tech & You).

Fort Lauderdale, FL - August 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, the nation’s largest real estate investment services firm, has announced the sale of the Bank of America Office Plaza, a six-story office building located in Hollywood, FL, according to Gregory Matus, Regional Manager / Vice President of the firm’s Ft. Lauderdale office. The asset commanded a sales price of $5,425,000

Miami, FL - August 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- CBRE arranged two leases totaling more than 58,000 square feet at the newly renovated Miami Lakes Business Center located at 5875 NW 163rd Street in Miami. Building owner Keystone Property Group, based in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, invested more than $5 million in a complete renovation of the property that included new high impact windows, a back-up generator with the capacity to power the entire building for tenant operations, new chillers and other building systems as well as the exterior areas including the parking lot and landscaping.

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.