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.
Eagle Property’s Fund Acquires Multifamily Property for $8.9M
Eagle Property Capital, LLC recently announced to have acquired a 244 unit multifamily community through Nova Eagle Multifamily Property Fund II. The Columns is located in the western region of Arlington, south of Atlantic Blvd and east of University Blvd. Fund II is a private investment vehicle raised and managed by Eagle Property Capital, and as its name suggests, it is the company’s second multifamily fund.
The Marketing Directors to market Mirasol at Celebration
The Marketing Directors, LLC expands its condominium portfolio by providing residential sales and marketing for Orlando’s Mirasol at Celebration and three other neighborhoods in Florida and Texas. The addition consists of 353 units valued at more than $110M in Tampa’s Town Park Villas, The Palazzo on St. Johns in Jacksonville, The Strand Lofts of Galveston in Texas and the above community.
Crescent Brings 256 Luxury Apartments to Howell Mill Road
Crescent Howell Mill, a $47 million, 256-unit luxury community is officially on its way to bringing the apartment market in the area between Atlanta’s Buckhead and Midtown districts to boil.
Miami Entertainment Complex Prepares for Key Scene
Miami Entertainment Complex will be developed and operated by EUE/Screen Gems as on Nov. 20 the Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency’s board of directors voted unanimously to begin negotiations with the proposer. The Miami Omni CRA has been seeking proposals from qualified bidders to design, build, operate and manage a major film and television studio in Miami’s Media and Entertainment District since September.
Washington Gas Energy to Add Solar Array in UA Tech Park
Washington Gas Energy Systems, Inc., an affiliate of Washington Gas Light Company recently announced a commitment with Tucson Electric Power to establish a one-megawatt solar array. The facility will be owned and operated by Washington Gas Energy Systems under a 20-year power purchase agreement with TEP. The electric utility company announced a Request for Proposal for the installation not long ago. Cogenra Solar developed and designed the project and will manage procurement and construction.
Howard Haynes Joins Hill International’s Orlando Office
Howard H. Haynes Jr., P.E. (Professional Engineer), CCE (Certified Cost Engineer), has joined the Hill International as senior vice president, the company announced last Wednesday. Haynes is now in charge of the firm’s Construction Claims Group operations in Florida.
Parkway Properties Takes Ownership of 7000 Central Park
7000 Central Park in Atlanta changed hands on Nov. 5, as the joint venture Parkway Properties Inc. entered has recently foreclosed on the asset and taken ownership of the property, Parkway announced.
Developers Join Forces to Revive Overtown
Overtown’s fortunes are on the rise regarding the hundreds of construction jobs and long-term jobs a twin-project next to Lyric Theater is expected to bring.
CGI Acquires 55 Miracle Mile with $22 Million Loan
CGI Merchant Group LLC recently acquired 55 Miracle Mile, a mixed-used project for $26.75 million. The 65,000-square-foot property located in Coral Gables was previously owned by CF Miracle Mile, LLC. The transaction was partially backed by a loan.
New Luxury Apartments Come to Bird Road in Coral Gables
Mill Creek will develop 262 Class A luxury apartment units in Miami. The complex, standing in with Mill’s Modera brand name and indicating its location on Bird Road – an important traffic corridor of the area – is to be called Modera Bird. Central location of the luxury homes in the Coral Gables/Merrick Park submarket will offer easy access to three major Class A office hubs, hospitals, universities, cultural centers, banking, dining, shopping, etc. Douglas Station Metrorail stop is also nearby as well as Miami-Dade County Transit System’s Metrobus and the Coral Gables free trolley system’s lines.