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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  (May 17, 2017) – For the 22 nd year the First Coast Apartment Association (FCAA) presented their Annual Circle of Excellence Awards at the historic Florida Theatre in Downtown Jacksonville. MAA was named Property Management Company of the Year. The Loree was honored as Luxury Community of the Year and Alaqua won Best New Construction of the Year. Canopy at Belfort took top honors for Conventional Community of the Year. Best Rehab/Renovation of the Year went to The Meridian.  Redi Carpet is the Associate Company of the Year. “Prestigious Circle of Excellence trophies, from Best Groundskeeper to Leasing Specialist to Property Management Company, were awarded to individuals and companies who embody the strength of the area’s apartment industry,” noted FCAA Executive Vice President Lindsey McClain. The association recognized the outstanding accomplishments of its members in dozens of categories during the awards gala. The FCAA serves the ...

The nation’s largest professional association of real estate appraisers today released an updated research tool to assist appraisers and users of appraisal services in understanding market reactions to green and energy efficient homes.  In updating the AI Reports® Residential Green and Energy Efficient Addendum, the Appraisal Institute intends to position appraisers to analyze data more efficiently and to report the analysis in a format that is more readable and consistent with mortgage industry information standards.   The Appraisal Institute originally issued its Residential Green and Energy Efficient Addendum in September 2011 as an optional addendum to commonly used appraisal forms for loans sold and guaranteed by government-sponsored enterprises and government agencies. The Addendum was most recently updated in March 2013. “The objective of this Addendum is to standardize the communication of the high-performance features of residential properties,” said ...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Crossman & Company, one of the Southeast’s largest retail leasing, property management, and investment sales firms, has released its much anticipated 1st Quarter 2017 Southeast US Market Report Update, Ranking Retail Tenant Activity: Stop, Wait, Grow…Merge?  As the industry heads into RECon this month, the report reflects how, in this changing environment, retailers are increasingly forced to be creative, seeking new partnerships, franchisees, and co-tenants, as well as exploring how to best leverage brands and ecommerce platforms. “Our research examined a variety of retailers and measured their relative health and stability by their announcements of store openings or closings,” said Crossman & Company President John Crossman. “We have used stoplight metaphor in the past to ‘rate’ retailers, and now have added other traffic signs to better capture other measures of retailers’ health.” Some struggling retailers have opted to merge with stronger one...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Wisdom Village Crossing, a 105-unit mid-rise residential project of Turnstone Development Corporation in Chicago has been certified as a Florida Green High-Rise Residential Building by the Florida Green Building Coalition (FGBC), after it successfully met the sustainability standards established in the FGBC Florida Green High-Rise Residential Building certification program.  FGBC is the leading certifier of green projects in the state. The designation represents achievements in a number of categories, such as energy efficiency, water conservation, site preservation, indoor air quality, materials, and durability, including disaster mitigation. FGBC-certified projects complete a technically rigorous building assessment and construction process to promote design and construction practices that reduce the negative environmental impacts of the building, improve occupant health and well-being, and reduce operating costs for the owner. “As an FGBC-ce...

By Mike Bonts Each year, EPA honors a group of businesses and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency achievements.  The Florida Green Building Coalition (FGBC), the leading certifier of green projects in the state, salutes Florida’s seven winners. Parmenter , Miami, Fla., is a real estate investment, management, and development firm that manages more than $1 billion dollars in assets. Parmenter is receiving ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year— Sustained Excellence recognition for its commitment to continuous improvement of energy efficiency by renovating underperforming properties and repositioning those properties for acquisition. Jacksonville Building Science , St. Johns, Fla., is a privately-owned company with expertise and certifications in the fields of energy rating and building science. Jacksonville Building Science is receiving ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year— Sustained Excel...