Community Bulletin

Firm negotiates deal

Hold-Thyssen, Inc., a commercial property firm based in Winter Park, recently negotiated a new five-year lease agreement for 5,324 rentable square feet at 1485 International Parkway in Lake Mary, bringing the occupancy up in the building from 71 percent to 90 percent. Darby Hold, transaction specialist at Hold-Thyssen, negotiated the transaction on behalf of the Austin, Texas-based landlord WC Lake Mary Office, LP.

The new tenant, ZNES Group, LLC, leased Suites 2031 and 2051 in the office building for its excellent location in the high tech corridor of Lake Mary.

Winter Park resident receives alumni service award

The UMass Amherst Alumni Association recognized Beth Davalos ’90, of Winter Park, with a 2015 Distinguished Alumni Service Award on April 23 at the Massachusetts State House. The Distinguished Alumni Awards are the highest honor bestowed by the UMass Amherst Alumni Association on alumni, faculty and friends. Davalos is the founder of Families in Transition (FIT), a program in Florida’s Seminole County Public Schools that has helped more than 14,000 homeless children stay in school. Families in Transition provides homeless children and their families with enrollment help, access to transportation, emergency housing and meals.