Balazs Szekely
Balazs covers the workspace trends, tools, and strategies that help organizations make hybrid work actually work, from access and space management to keeping distributed teams connected. A journalist by training with a career spanning radio, print, and digital media, Balazs has held content roles across multiple Yardi products and teams. His writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as on CBS, CNBC, and more. Outside of work, Balazs is passionate about photography, winter sports, and nature, and never misses a chance to explore a new city. Drop him a line via email.
University of North Florida, Habitat for Humanity Join to Build Homes in Historic New Town
The University of North Florida joined with Habitat for Humanity of Jacksonville to build a home in the historic New Town neighborhood. Building of the ranch-style model home at 1819 West 5th Street was supervised by UNF’s College of Computing, Engineering and Construction students.
Bella Vita Place Community Sold for $11.6M
The 192-unit apartment complex in the northwestern submarket of Orlando changed hands just recently, with Miami-based Rivergate Partners acquiring the property for $11.6 million.
First Miami International Tradeport Warehouse Completed
Liberty Property Trust’s Miami International Tradeport initiative reached an important milestone as the commercial real estate leader started the New Year by celebrating the completion of the industrial park’s first warehouse.
Oak Coast Buys Multifamily Asset in Duluth
Oak Coast Properties and Investors Management Group announced the acquisition of Promenade at Berkeley on January 14. Located in Duluth, Ga., the 492-unit apartment community was sold for $33.7 million by Northwoods Lake Partners LLC.
School Wins Office Makeover by Goodmans Interiors Structures
The Edge School at Himmel Park has recently won Goodmans Interior Structures’ “Eye for the Good GuyS Board Governance Award.” The prize was a $20,000 office makeover that got the local nonprofit charter high school a bigger and more modern chamber to do business in. The institution now has a state of the art assembly hall with a capacity to seat 25 people, for example on the occasion of board meetings.
Signature Vacation Rentals Enters Tucson Market
Signature Vacation Rentals has expanded its operation by opening a new branch office in Tucson. Launched in 2011, the company is an affiliate of The Schwab Oranization which came to life in 2001 in Puerto Penasco Mexico and is dedicated to client services, community service and cross border business.
Luxury 274-Unit Mixed-Use Project in the Pipeline for Oro Valley
Luxury apartments and a multi-tenant retail center are coming to North Oracle Road’s southeast corner with First Avenue in Oro Valley. The mixed use project, owned by Cañada del Oro, LLC will be built on a site that has been a planned area development since more than a decade, as Oro Valley approved it in 2002.
Parkway Acquires Jacksonville’s JTB Center in Multi-Asset Deal
The Christmas season was jolly at Parkway Properties as the investment giant has managed to add several landmark properties to its Florida portfolio besides announcing to be under contract for selling assets Houston, Texas and Phoenix, Arizona.
Pinellas Park’s Judy Ann Apartments Community Sold for $1.1M
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services’ Tampa office has recently announced the $1,100,000 sale of a 20-unit Pinellas Park community, Judy Ann Apartments.
Renovation Completed on Heart and Vascular Institute at St. Mary’s Hospital
2013 marks a great leap forward for the Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute as a major expansion took place both on crew- and infrastructural level, including some truly streamlined innovations such as the state-of-the-art hybrid operating suite.