Real Estate Briefs

Firm negotiates lease agreement

Hold-Thyssen Inc. recently negotiated a three-year expansion and renewal lease agreement for 1,199 rentable square feet in the New England building at 230 S. New York Ave. in Winter Park. Darby Hold, lease consultant for Hold-Thyssen, negotiated the agreement on behalf of the local landlord, New England Partners, LLC. Kracht Law Firm, P.A., who already occupies Suite 101 with 735 square feet, renewed and also expanded into another 464 square feet in Suite 100 of the New England Building. The tenant specializes in real estate, probate, community association and business transaction law.

NAI helps move three leases forward

NAI Realvest recently negotiated three new office lease agreements – two for professional office space on Lee Road in Winter Park and one for flex space at Big Tree Crossing in Longwood. NAI Realvest Associate Chris Adams represented the tenant ExamOne World Wide Inc. of Madison, N.J. in an office lease agreement for 1,778 square feet at 2269 Lee Road in Winter Park. ExamOne provides lab testing and other services to insurance companies. The landlord, SugarOak Lee Road, LLC of Herndon, Va. was represented by Nicholas Fouraker of BishopBeale. Jeff Bloom, CCIM, vice president at NAI Realvest brokered a lease at Lee World Center, located at 1850 Lee Road in Winter Park representing landlord Pan Coastal Ltd Partnership. HMC Enterprise Inc., a manufacturer of refrigeration products, leased 800 square feet. Bloom and Associate Megan Minter negotiated a lease of 1,541 square feet at Big Tree Crossing Industrial Park representing Eton-Hastings Investments, LLC, the Lake Mary-based landlord. The new local tenant, 3 Waters LLC, a water filtration and purification equipment firm, was represented in the transaction by Jack Saltman of Real Property Specialists Inc.

Meritage Homes to install solar panels on new homes

Meritage Homes, one of the largest homebuilders in the Orlando region with 15 active communities, recently announced it will install high efficiency SunPower solar panels on new homes purchased from the builder in the Orlando metro area during 2016. Each 2-kilowatt solar electric system – valued at more than $10,000 per home – will be provided as a standard feature of to-be-constructed homes, and may qualify homebuyers for up to a 30-percent tax credit, as well as providing reliable, clean electricity and energy bill savings. Homeowners can easily track their solar production and estimate their savings at any time through a computer or mobile device.