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DELAND, Fla. -- The City of DeLand has announced it has earned gold-level certification under the Florida Green Building Coalition’s Florida Green Local Government designation program. The city initially earned silver-level certification in 2013 and applied for gold certification in early 2018. To receive gold certification the city must meet criteria focused on improving environmental performance in areas such as energy, water, air, land and waste. “Congratulations to the City of Deland. They have renewed their commitment to create and maintain a sustainable community,” noted FGBC Executive Director C.J. Davila. “They are part of a growing list of local governments that have gone “Florida Green” with the FGBC standard. Since the program began 96 Florida local governments have been registered to become “Florida Green.” Unlike other national and international certifications, FGBC are only standards developed with Florida-specific criteria. They address Florida’s hot-humid cl

Homebuilders save as much as $250,000 a year on proven underlayment system ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The most cost-effective crack isolation system in the homebuilding industry has been on the market for nearly 15 years. Still you may not have heard of it. Manufactured by Propex Global, an establish leader in Geosynthetics, GatorMat®, is an underlayment system that protects tile against crack migration and has been serving homebuilders since 2004. That’s close to the time Marty Uptain, National Sales Manager for GatorMat, first became a dealer for the product. Uptain has served in sales and management roles for Florida homebuilding products since 1991. “I had been working for a tile company that was one of the first to start using and selling GatorMat,” he said. He was soon moving truckloads of it. Developed in Florida, GatorMat is used when ceramic tile, porcelain or stone is installed over concrete slabs. It protects floors from reflective cracking caused by cracks in the sl

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -  Crossman & Company, the Southeast’s premier commercial real estate leasing, property management and investment sales firm, has added Promenade Shopping Plaza in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. to its impressive leasing and property management portfolio. Ideally situated on Alternate A1A, between PGA Blvd and Northlake Blvd., the popular center is anchored by Publix, Planet Fitness, CVS, ACE Hardware and Bealls Outlet. “This is a well-anchored asset in a strong retail market. The Northern Palm Beach County population is on the upswing and high-profile retail opportunities face a high barrier-to-entry given limited available land for future development. That makes the center’s prominent 5,060 square-foot endcap position very desirable,” noted Crossman & Company’s Regional Leasing Director Michael Rautbord. The 201,545-square-foot shopping destination at 9900 Alternate A1A S is 95 percent occupied. The experienced Crossman & Company team

MELBOURNE, Fla. - LandSouth Construction, an award-winning Jacksonville, Fla. based general contractor specializing in multifamily, senior housing and mixed-use development will break ground next month on Addison Pointe, a luxury apartment community in Melbourne, Fla. Developer Integra Land Company, Lake Mary, Fla., chose architect Charlan, Brock & Associates, Maitland Fla., for the four story, wood frame, apartment community located on Delaney Steer at the corner of North Wickham Road and Parkway Drive, across from Wickham Park. The experienced LandSouth team working on the 362,245 square foot development is led by project manager Mark Ondish, field superintendent Kyle Greer and project administrator Krista Frazee. “As we continue to see healthy job growth, new tourist attractions along with tech and service sector employers setting roots across Brevard County, we are striving to deliver a multifamily community for our client that elevates the area’s rental housing options