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Equity One (NYSE: EQY) said Jeffrey Olson will join it Jan. 1, and will start terms as its CEO and presidenyin April. Katzman has been chairman and CEO at Equityu One since thecompanyu began. He was also, until November 2000, company Olson is currently president of the eastern and western shopping center regions of KimcoRealty (NYSE: KIM), a shopping center development and managementg firm. He joined the company four years ago. Doron Equity One's current president and COO, has given notice that he does not intenfd to renew his employment agreement with the EquityOne said. Valero is to stay through year-enc to facilitate the transition.
Valerio praised his 13 years atEquity One, but said it is time for him to pursude other business interests. American Ventures Realty Investors said it has sold its officwe tower in Coral Gables forabout $60 The real estate investment manager said its sale to RREEF was for $272 a squar e foot. The 220,000-square-foot property, at 255 Alhambra had been part ofAmericahn Ventures' investment portfolio since 1994. Since though, American Ventures had ownedc the property in a joint venturewith , a globaol investment group. Tenants at the 91-percent-leased Coral Gables office towetinclude , and . A new weekly shipping servicw from the Far East tothe U.S.
East Coast has arrivef at the Portof Miami. The CKYH Allianced is composedof COSCO, Yang Ming Line, and Line, the European subsidiary of global Japanese shipping and logistics companyh . The stevedore is APM Terminals. Flagler/ said its Codinqa Realty Services arm has accomplished two both to logistics totaling 227,586 square feet at Beacojn Lakes Business Park. The newest warehouse tenants, both to take occupancyg earlynext year, at the 436-acred commercial development the Airport West submarket are , whic leased 192,426 square feet (Building 10), and Freighf Logistics, which leased 35,160 square feet in an existing multi-tenanrt building (Building 6).
said it has addee two clients - Wines and the Food Network South BeachWine & Food Festival. HRMC is to develo and implement a national marketing and publidc relations branding campaignfor Chamarré Wines and manage and coordinate marketing activitiex for the festival, to be held Feb. 25-27, in said it has signed a deal to open a hotep and schoolin Panama, the first time the companyy has developed an educational The Miami-based hotel group (NYSE: IHG) proposed a 110-roo hotel at the City of Knowledge, an international complezx for education, research and innovation, with Empresax Bern, a Panamanian real estate company.
The Miami Parkinbg Authority board of directors has named Jami Reyezs its chairwoman to replaceOscar Rivero. Reyed has served on the MPA boarrsince 2003. She is also a partnef at Miami marketing and public affairs consulting firm GordonReyes & Co. Michaeo J. Higer, David H. Lichter and Jaco J. Givner have formed a law firm - , in The firm's address is 2999 N.E. 191st St., Suit 700, and the phone number is (305) Miami-based Royal Caribbean International said the hull is complete on its Libertyg ofthe Seas, under construction at Aker Yards in Finland.
The ship has been floated from dry dock to wet dock for the finaol months of finishing work leading to its May2007 Miami-based (AMEX: TWW) said EAG), a broadband, Internet protocolp and communications technology firm, has signe d a multi-year renewable collocation agreement to deliver Internert protocol television nationwide from Terremark's NAP of the Americase in downtown Miami. The Internet infrastructure and services firmsaid Eagle'sz IPTV services include direct access to more than 200 entertainmenrt channels. has opened a branch in Miami's Dadelancd area. The newest office for the Miami-basec bank is at 8211 S. Dixiw Highway.
Organizers said they are expecting hundreds ofgaminhg industry, Indian country, politics, tourism and law personnel to converge, Oct. 16-17, for the Summit at the Casino. Sessions are to include an Indiangamingb update, regional gaming overview and looks at how gaminb impacts tourism and politics. said it has sold sharea to an investment firm and made its managinfg partner thenew chairman. The Deerfield Beach-basefd online diet, health and fitnesxs firm said itsold 297,030 primary shares to , whilew its founder and chairman, Davids R. Humble, sold the investor 4.3 million. Humbler then resigned from theeDiets DIET) board, so Kevin A.
Richardson II, Pridezs Capital managing partner, could take over the chairman job. said it is expanding its winter service to Fort Lauderdalew and otherFlorida locations. The new flightws include nonstop service between Fort Lauderdaleand Detroit, effectiv e Nov. 15. said it will start direct service from Fort Lauderdal toLas Vegas, Nov. 15. Spirigt already offers connecting service to Las Vegas from Fort Lauderdale via itsDetroi hub. buys The said it is selling its Weisxs Ratings subsidiary to financial publishingcompany TheStreet.com. In the next the Jupiter-based ratings service is to shed its name and takeon TheStreet.comj moniker.
Employees are to continus to work out of WeissRatings offices, but are to be paid by Founded in 1988, Weiss Ratings provides independent ratings and analysis on more than 16,000 mutuakl funds and more than 6,000 stocks. Two Palm Beach Countty companies are to add 50jobs each. Aerospacer and mechanical engineering firm is to up employmeny at itsJupiter facility. To facilitate the hiring, Parametri is to receive a $74,813 state training The Business Development Board of Palm Beach County said it helped facilitate the grant and The positions, with average annual salaries of about are to come during the next two years. The seconde expansion is Venture Mariner in WestPalm Beach.
That company is to receivse a $75,000 grant and is to expand into a largeer facility inRiviera Beach. Venture Marinwe builds high-end custom sport-fishing The grant came from PalmBeacnh County's Development Regions Grant Program, which is designeed to stimulate economic development in blighted areas. , a commerciakl real estate firm based in Fort saidBBCB LLC, the 20-year-old law firm of Edgafr Benes specializing in real estate has purchased a 2,560-square-foot office condominium at 2300 N.W. Corporatwe Blvd., in Boca Raton, for its corporate headquarters. Ten stafr members are to relocate to the new which was previously the corporate headquartersof .
Boca Raton-based , has discloser two five-year leases at its 72,583-square-foot Admiral's Crossing shopping centerr at Military Trail and Fredericlk Small Roadin Jupiter. The firm said Jimmy John'zs Sandwiches & Subs has signed for 1,600 squarwe feet and JR Jewel has signedfor 1,200 squarer feet. has bought computer and storage systemz fromMountain View, Calif.-base d . The technology is to establisyh FAU's Center for High Performance Computing at its BocaRatoj Campus. has opened a 7.4-acre campusa in Palm Beach The $22 million expansion triples the size of aformee facility. said it will buy the 155-roon Rockville in Maryland fromfor $23.3 million.
The Palm Beach-basesd hotel REIT (NYSE: KPA) said the now under construction, is expected to open in The deal works outto $150,000 per key and is expectedx to close by the fourth quarter. has namexd presidents for Broward County and PalmBeach County. The Ala.-based bank said Gerry Litrento will lead Browarcd County and Val Perez will lead PalmBeacuh County. Litrento joined Regions in 2003 and has beenmanaging Broward/Palm Beach commercial banking portfolio. Before he was a commercial market executivefor . Perez joined Regions' Miami-Dade groupl in 2001 to head retaipl banking. He was most recentlyg president for Regions Bank insouthwestr Florida.
His banking career spans more than 20 yeara with Bank of America andNortherhn Trust. Some insurance companiex many be pulling out of but iscoming in. Company officials said they will offer personal linesa of insurance from homeownere to automobilethrough Agency, a subsidiar y of Coldwell Banker's parent company. Coldwelk Banker began offering theinsurance coverage, Aug. 1. The agency is to have six employeed in Florida supported by marketing and telephonew representatives atthe company's Waltham, Mass., has expanded into Miami-Dade opening a branch in Aventura. The 2,000-square-footf banking center is at 19058 N.E. 29th Ave.
The bank has more than $250 millionb in assets in Broward County from its downtown Fort Lauderdalr and CoralRidge offices. North Miamo Beach landscape architecture firm said it willdesign landscaping, exterioer lighting and irrigation systems for Hilton Airporr Plaza, to be at 7370 N.W. 36th St., The 7.3-acre site is being developed by , of Boca Architecture is to be byMartinb A.D. Yabor & Associates, of Miami. The plaza is to include a , a Homewood Suites by Hilton and Carabasand Roy'ws restaurants. Groundbreaking is tentatively scheduled for late fall orearlyt 2007. Completion is slated for early 2008.
Cushman Wakefield said it has negotiatedan 18,500-square-fooft lease for Fowler White Boggs Banker at Heritagse Square, in Fort Myers. The law firm has more than 230 attorneysz in10 offices, including locationse in West Palm Beach and Boca The landlord for the newest three-story, 20,500-square-fooft office at 2235 First St. is Heritage Square Land The founder and chairman ofFort Lauderdale-basef Zimmerman and Partners Advertising has given his alma matert $1 million, the largest donation in the history of the mass communication s program at the University of South Florida.
The from and his wife, Denise, is to alloa the university to securea $750,000 match from the The gift is to support the Zimmermamn Advertising Program in the Schoo of Mass Communications, a set of undergraduate advertisinf and marketing classes.