Orlando

The Nemours Foundation has had its 34,092-square-foot lease renewed at its Orlando location, in 1717 South Orange Avenue.

Hotel Equities has announced its arrangement with Wyndham Hotel Group to manage Wyndham Orlando Resort International Drive and a newly built hotel in Southwest Texas.

Cortland Partners recently acquired its first asset in the metro Orlando market. The firm purchased Harbor at Lake Howell, a 408-unit, garden-style community in Casselberry for $40 million. Aside from the acquisition, the company also announced that it has added John Builder to its team of experts.

The Rialto, a 105,275-square-foot retail and office center changed hands in early March. The seller, The Wilder Companies, entrusted HFF with the marketing of the property and the sales team was led by senior managing directors Brad Peterson and Coleman Benedict and analyst Whitaker Leonhardt. The transaction was worth $31.7 million, according to Orlando Business Journal.

Standard Pacific Homes has recently introduced The Townhomes at Eagle Creek community, inviting enquirers for a tour in two of the model homes. Located at Eagle Creek, just two miles south of SR 417on Narcoosee Road, the new designs offer homebuyers a country club lifestyle.

NAIOP Central Florida Chapter has recently distinguished McCraney Property Company’s Dade Paper project with the “Industrial Development of the Year” title. Presented at the Best of the Best Awards Gala, the award recognizes Dade Paper’s 150,000-square-foot state-of-the-art Central Florida Distribution Center and Offices for its overall design to meet the needs of the end user.

ESA Renewables has recently announced the completion of the first community solar farm in Orlando. The 2.5-acre array has a 400 kW output and as a community solar farm, it is only the second of its kind in the whole of the Sunshine State.

The upcoming expansion at Universal Orlando Resort will create 3,500 new permanent jobs during 2014, according to the management’s announcement. That is about the same amount of employees as Universal Orlando has hired in the past four years.

W. P. Carey Inc. took a dynamic start this year, having recently announced that one of its publicly held non-traded affiliates, CPA®:18 – Global acquired two Florida self-storage facilities last month, one of which is located in the Greater Orlando, Fla. area.