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Alfresco
art is the city's grace Enjoy art outside, from Dale Chihuly's glorious and sometimes
gloppy glass at New York Botanical Garden to an eccentric 'Corner Plot' near Central
Park
Bar
is denied license for a beer garden
Busch
Gardens to detail new attraction on Wed
Citizens sue over approval of 606 homes in Garden Valley Group says Boise County
Commission called a private session on Southfork Landing without following law
Commissioner's
idea makes Lake Tobesofkee home to butterfly garden
Enjoy
rhythm and blues at Botanical Garden
Garden
oasis opens at Arlington Memorial
Garden
of youth Middle schoolers' summer project is a part of a national trend that lets
students learn how to grow, distribute and enjoy organic food
GARDEN
STEPPINGSTONES
Hillside
garden a labor of love
On
the grounds New gardens, old buildings will greet 2006 Fair visitors
Plant
a rain garden
Retail
'village' rises in Winter Garden
Time
to give your garden a late-summer pick-me-up
Water,
water everywhere Going away Planning will keep your garden green
Retail
'village' rises in Winter Garden
Hardin Construction Co. is under
way with the first work on the Winter Garden Village retail center. The 585,000-square-foot
center is targeted for completion late next year.
The site development includes
rerouting County Road 535 and two connector roads.
Hardin has previously
worked with the developer, The Sembler Co., doing the Centro Ybor retail complex
in Tampa. Hardin, founded in 1946, has offices in Orlando, Atlanta and Tampa.
Going up
Construction costs continue to be a moving target.
A few months ago, Camden Property Trust, a Houston-based real estate investment
trust, estimated the cost of the 261-unit Camden Orange Court apartments in downtown
Orlando at $36 million. In the trust's second-quarter report, the cost now is
estimated at $49 million. Site work is under way. The complex will go on the site
of the long-gone Orange Court Motor Lodge on Orange Avenue just south of Colonial
Drive.
Construction
R.C. Stevens Construction Co. is handling the
conversion of a former Albertsons grocery store at Semoran Boulevard and Aloma
Avenue in Winter Park into a medical center for Florida Cardiology Group. The
developer is Nanki International.
More construction . . .
The Collage
Cos. recently completed the $2.3 million Children's Worship Wing at Northland,
A Church Distributed in Longwood. The contractor is building the $38 million campus
off Dog Track Road. The work includes a 3,200 seat sanctuary. . . .
Andrew
General Contractors Inc. finished a 10,000-square-foot renovation at Apopka Marketplace
in Apopka. . . .
PSA Constructors completed Vista Lakes Elementary School
in east Orlando two weeks ahead of schedule. . . .
Jim Mack of Volusia Properties
said he will start construction of the 54-unit, 11-story Islamorada Condominium
tower at Daytona Beach Shores next month. . . .
ContraVest Inc., Lake Mary,
is building the $29 million, 368-unit Reserve at Beachline apartments in southeast
Orlando. . . .
Tri-City Electrical Contractors Inc. is handling $4.3 million
in work on the 500-unit Fountain Parke Apartments in Lake Mary. The company recently
completed work on the Sandhill Oaks Apartments in Port Charlotte. The contractor
also is working on $1.2 million in work at Heritage Isle Apartments in Melbourne.
. . .
Work has started on the Oviedo Professional Plaza at 7250 Red Bug
Lake Road in Oviedo. The condo office development is being marketed by Colliers
Arnold. Prices start at $250 a square foot. . . .
Terry's Electric, Kissimmee,
completed work on two buildings at Parkway Resort near Disney. . . .
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Lumber will soon be under construction at Orlando Sanford International Airport.
The airport has leased 11.28 acres for a store. . . .
Mechanical Services
Inc. handled heating, ventilation and air conditioning work on the Lake Highland
Preparatory Middle School at 744 N. Mills Ave. in Orlando. . . .
Tilt-Con
Corp., Altamonte Springs, completed work on the Miramar Centre I and II office
buildings in Miramar. Tilt-Con also handled concrete work for the Doral Costa
II office building in Miami and an industrial building in Port St. Lucie. . .
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The Orlando office of BRPH Inc. completed the first phase of the Windy
Ridge K-8 school for the Orange County School Board. . . .
The JB Mathews
Co. completed door installation for the new Correct Craft plant being built by
Kesley Construction. . . .
Deals . . .
Barbara Vance & Associates,
with Prudential Florida WCI, has been selected by Sun Holdings to market more
than $200 million in property, including the Orlando CityPlace project in downtown
Orlando. . . .
Luker Properties Group LLC is marketing Lake Drawdy Reserve,
a 28-lot development in east Orange County. Lakefront lots start at $450,000;
interior lots begin at $250,000.
Leasing . . .
Simigon Inc. rented
4,200 square feet of office space at Three Resource Square in the Central Florida
Research Park. Lynette Hansen of Crescent Resources represented the landlord.
. . .
Veraxx Inc. took 2,670 square feet of office space at 3361 Rouse Road
in southeast Orlando. Mary Frances West of NAI Realvest represented the landlord.
. . .
Sugar Stix, a condiment-packing company, took 10,000 square feet of
warehouse space at 9500 Satellite Blvd. in Orlando. Matt Sullivan of Colliers
Arnold negotiated for the landlord. . . .
Topline Appliance Depot rented
22,000 square feet of retail space at 2730 W. New Haven Ave. in Melbourne. Michael
Langman of Grubb & Ellis/Commercial Florida represented the landlord.
Sales
. . .
Ryland Homes sold 428 houses in the first half of this year with the
average sale a bit more than $300,000. . . .
Engineered Homes, Winter Park,
said it's nearing $25 million in sales at Brighton Landings, a subdivision in
Kissimmee. The average price is $381,538.
Anniversary
Mohr Partners,
a Dallas corporate real estate adviser with an Orlando office, has marked 20 years
in business.
Design . . .
C.T. Hsu and Associates, Orlando, is the
American Institute of Architects Florida Association's Firm of the Year. The award
recognizes achievement in design, community service and education.
