Business Briefs

Raising the Curtain

Fannie Hillman + Associates and several hundred of its clients and closest friends attending the company’s annual patio party raised more than $5,200 toward the Winter Park High School Foundation’s Raising the Curtain campaign to update the school’s Ann Derflinger Auditorium. The donation will serve to update lighting and audio equipment, address cosmetic concerns, and improve functionality for the 40-year-old, 1,100-seat auditorium, which is one of the most requested performance venues in Winter Park and with Orange County Public Schools.

Software company signs lease

NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease agreement for 1,141 square feet of office space in the American Building at 1051 Winderley Place in Maitland. Mitch Heidrich associate at NAI Realvest, negotiated the transaction representing the local tenant, Script-Bit Inc. Paul Reynolds and Alex Rosario of CNL Commercial Real Estate represented the landlord, MPM Holdings Inc. of Maitland.

The face of technology

In March, six technologists from the Orlando area were named the Florida High Tech Corridor Council’s (FHTCC) 2013 “Faces of Technology.” Among them was Winter Park resident Josh Gagliardi, chief technology officer at Highwinds, which provides global Internet-based content delivery, acceleration, storage and access services to gaming companies, media companies and consumers.