Grande Oaks at Heathrow Tours

GRANDE OAKS RIBBON CUTTING — Kolter Homes recently held a ribbon cutting at its luxury townhome community of Grande Oaks at Heathrow. (left to right) Joe Pease, president of Kolter Homes; Seminole County Commissioner Brenda Carey; New Home Consultants Raymond Gilbert and Marilyn Cassel and Steven Bovio, senior project manager at Grande Oaks. Photo by Bob Buckley.

Grande Oaks at Heathrow welcomed close to 100 visitors and VIP guests, including a group of registered interested buyers, for tours of its new luxury townhomes recently at the Sales and Preview Center on H.E Thomas, Jr. Parkway at Orange Blvd. within the Heathrow community.

Steven Bovio, senior project director for Kolter Homes at Grande Oaks at Heathrow, said the Grand Opening kicked off with an invitation-only VIP/ribbon cutting celebration with Kolter Homes executives and SeminoleCounty Commissioner Brenda Carey participating.

At the weekend public grand opening interest among potential buyers and realtors was high, Bovio said.The three-story, eight-unit building offers luxury condominiums that range from 1,857 sq.-ft. of living space to 2,138 sq.-ft. and prices that start from $305,000.

New Lake Mary Professional Center

Mariner Asset Management Services and Gensler recently announced the approval of the site plan for The Hills of Lake Mary Professional Centre development on County Road 46-A in Lake Mary. The 72,000 sq.-ft. professional office complex will be the first of its kind in Florida, seeking to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Platinum certification combined with carbon neutral status for the building shell.

This approach will support tenants seeking to reduce their impact on the environment by providing a more livable workplace for their employees and guests, while achieving the sustainability goals of their businesses. The building will focus on three major green initiatives: Creation of a sustainable site; Reduced water consumption; and on-site energy generation to offset the energy used by the site and building.

The development will provide the framework for tenants to achieve goals from LEED certification up to zero net energy consumption for their business operations. Energy consumption will be significantly reduced by utilizing advanced building systems such as EBS structural concrete form walls, which reduce the impact of thermal gain on the building, and by utilizing advanced mechanical systems. The use of photovoltaic solar systems on the building and site will offset energy consumption by the building and can be augmented at the tenant and building owners' discretion to further offset or eliminate energy consumed by operations.

DynaFire Acquires Pinnacle Alarm Systems

Ken Hoffman, Dynafire CFO

DynaFire, Inc. of Casselberry, a fire alarm engineering and service company, recently announced the acquisition of the accounts of Pinnacle Alarm Systems Solutions. Pinnacle Alarm will cease business operations and its President David Winterton and technical staff will be joining DynaFire.

All current customers of Pinnacle will now have immediate access to the technology developed by DynaFire, including the DynaNet Wireless mesh system which provides the ability for DynaFire to monitor Fire Alarm Systems statewide without the need of telephone lines. By eliminating the phone lines the technology provides a typical saving of over a $1,000 per year in communication costs for property owners that have required fire alarm systems.

David Winterton will serve in a key business development role with DynaFire. Winterton has been an active participant in the fire alarm industry for the past 25 years. Recently he played active roles in design and installation of fire alarm systems in the construction of the City Plaza, Rialto, Veranda Park, 250 North, Pozner Center and Windermere Business Center in the Orlando area.

Steven Hatch, Dynafire President

DynaFire, Inc. President Steven Hatch said, "DynaFire is excited about the opportunity to add a professional to our staff with the capabilities of Mr. Winterton."

DynaFire, Inc.has experienced steady growth since its conception in 2004, becoming the leading provider of fire alarm services in Florida. The company was awarded the Diamond Distributor of the Year award in 2008 by Honeywell dba Notifier, the fire alarm division of the corporation.