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Status
Summary
As
of November 21, 2003
Design
& Permitting
| Richard Lis with Ivey,
Harris & Walls, our civil engineers, and Ron
Campbell, from our Marketing Team attended the Seminole
County Development Review Committee Hearing on
Wednesday, November 19th.
All items will be completed for resubmission
prior to Thanksgiving except the threatened and
endangered specie survey and the site lighting plan.
Neither of these was previously requested by the
county. These
two items will be complete no later than December 3,
2003. All
issues that were addressed by the county staff have been
resolved to our satisfaction.
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| Fugleberg Koch our
Architect is proceeding with the construction drawings
on the buildings. The
design development drawings on the 1-story building will
be completed for review prior to Thanksgiving.
The 2-story building design development drawings
will be completed the following week.
The complete construction drawings should be
complete prior to the end of the year.
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C
onstruction
| We have held off on
sending out drawings for bids until we have the complete
design development drawings and the changes to the site
drawings are completed.
Currently, we are anticipating the we will
solicit bids from various General Contractors,
Brassfield & Gorie, Center Construction and Tower
Group.
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Marketing &
Promotion
| The tri-fold brochures
were delivered to the post office on Thursday, November
13th. It
seems the first deliveries were Monday, November 17th.
We have received approximately 20 calls and one
walk-in this week as a result of the brochures.
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| We signed an advertising
agreement with “Lake Mary Life”, a local magazine
with circulation to10,500 homes and 1,000 offices in the
Lake Mary area. The
magazine is published bi-monthly and our first ½ page
full color ad will appear in the January/February issue.
We will finalize the layout and artwork next
week. The
magazine will also do a feature article on the project
in the March/April issue.
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| We also have a ½ page
full color ad going in the Seminole County/Lake Mary
Regional Chamber of Commerce Annual Directory.
The layout and artwork for this piece is due on
or before December 1st.
This directory is mailed to all chamber members
and also to everyone making inquiries to the Chamber
throughout the year. Lake Mary Professional Campus is also highlighted in the
directory as a “Silver Corporate Member”.
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| We are in contact with
“Florida Investor” magazine with a circulation of
22,000. They
are writing a feature article on the project to be in
their next issue.
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| We had lunch on Friday
with Chris Hurn, the CEO of Mercantile Commercial
Capital. They
have a dominant position in the Orlando market for
providing SBA 504 program loans.
They can qualify our prospects in as little as 24
hours when necessary.
We have worked out a joint marketing strategy and
they will highlight Lake Mary Professional Campus in the
promotional literature, including an 8 ½ x 11”
two-sided color insert at their expense.
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Sales Presentations
(week of November 17th)
Acupuncture
& Herbs
Zhu Hongjie
1,310 sf
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leases 1,100 sf - $1,200/mo in Class C building.
Even with the low rental rate the analysis shows
a significant benefit to ownership.
Financing could be questionable.
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International Inc.
Michael Everett, CEO
15,228 sf
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leases. The company provides numerous services to
hospitals throughout the southeast.
Several design issues were discussed to
accommodate their operation.
They receive paper and forms approximately 10
times per year by tractor trailer.
They receive on pallets and access for pallets
was discussed. We
have discussed several ways to accommodate this
requirement with the architects and engineers.
It does not appear to be a problem.
We can utilize two 3’0” x 8’0” 8-panel
steel doors without a center post on the rear of
Building 1. The
site configuration will allow access of a
tractor-trailer for unloading without interfering with
the flow of traffic through the parking lot.
Numerous other questions relating to code
requirements were also answered.
This is a very viable prospect. They are looking
for 15,000 sf and our 2-story building seems to fit that
requirement.
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Alta
Dental Group
Leonides Sandoval, DDS
2,000 sf
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owns his building in Altamonte Springs.
He is looking to sell his building and downsize
his practice. He
is currently building a new home in Lake Mary and likes
our location. He
is a prospect that we will continue to work with.
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Micromint
Frank Cerasoli
2,000 sf
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owns his building. Tire kicker!
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Corporate
Investment International
Sandra Norberg (wife of owner & broker)
3,000 sf
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leases approximately 2,000 sf.
They have outgrown the space.
The lease expires 3/31/04 which may be a problem.
They are a prospect that we will continue to work
with.
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Prospecting (week of
November 17th)
| Professional office
buildings located between 765 and 820 Douglas Ave. in
Altamonte Springs were canvassed.
Tri-fold brochures were distributed.
This resulted in the presentation to Alta Dental
Group.
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