The US Green Building Council South Florida Chapter has announced its new Board of Directors for 2010-11. Officers President — Robert Cannellos, LEED AP BD+C, The Spinnaker Group (Delray Beach) Vice-President — Paul Carty, LEED AP, State Contracting &

While the housing market is experiencing a post tax credit correction, RE/MAX reports that at the end of the 3rd quarter, 2010 franchise sales are 36 percent higher than this time last year. “Wherever we go in the world

RE/MAX has further broadened its international reach into two new countries: Bolivia and Tunisia. New Region Owners Tarek Thabet of RE/MAX Tunisia and Oliver Viera of RE/MAX Bolivia said the brand’s strong global visibility and credibility were prime reasons

This month, Akerman Senterfitt, one of Florida’s largest law firms, is co-sponsoring the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) exhibit entitled “The City in 2050: Creating Blueprints for Change.” Making its debut in Miami during the ULI Fall Meeting, “The City

The Brickell Area Association (BAA) welcomed Miroslav “Misha” Mladenovic to the board table as their newest director. Mladenovic is currently vice-President of development for Cabi Developers, the U.S. subsidiary of GICSA, Mexico’s largest development company. As the newest BAA

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, the state’s largest residential real estate brokerage company, announced the launch of its CASA Coldwell Banker initiative in Spanish. CASA Coldwell Banker is designed to offer home buying and selling resources in Spanish to

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate recently announced that Lynn Cromer, an experienced real estate broker, has joined the company’s Pinecrest North office. Cromer, formerly co-owner of Assist 2 Sell Cromer Realty, has a vast knowledge of the area and

EA Fish Associates, which has recently received two 2008 PRISM Awards, has named Beatrice H. Bastidas project manager for Latitude One in Brickell West. Joining Bastidas on the project is John Protomaster as the new sales and marketing coordinator.

Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell (EWM) Realtors announced that four new sales associates have joined its Brickell branch office: Sindia Borras, Carolina D’Escoubet, Davina Melgarejo and Ellen Olsen. Borras relocated to South Florida three years ago from Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. She was

Esslinger∙Wooten∙Maxwell (EWM) Realtors recently announced that six new sales associates have joined its Aventura office: Paulo Bomfim, Rosa Diamond, Maria Christina Lapinig, Lizbeth O’Donnell, Diana Perez and Michael Solovay. Bomfim has been a real estate agent for 12 years.

For the second month in a row, Florida’s existing home sales rose in October, with Florida Realtors reporting a 15 percent increase in activity in the year-to-year comparison; October’s sales of existing condos statewide increased 5 percent in the

Many Florida Realtors statewide noted positive movement in their local housing markets in June, with an upswing in the statewide median price reported for both existing home sales and condominium sales over May 2008, according to the latest housing

Lisa Fox, broker associate, has joined Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate Inc. as a full-time sales associate working out of the Coral Gables Office, Sunset Branch, according to managing broker Charlette Seidel. Lisa has resided in Miami since 1968,

Jose Carlos Jimenez has been named sales executive for Infinity at Brickell, the all-loft condominium tower rising in the Brickell area. DYL Group, developer of luxury residential condominiums, hotels, resorts and retail/mixed-use projects throughout South Florida including Infinity at

Richard Lamondin has joined International Sales Group (ISG) as head of the firm’s newly established Caribbean Division. Although ISG has had an international broker network since its inception 15 years ago, the company decided to focus specifically on the

Chicago-based Laramar Group, a fully-integrated real estate investment and management company, announced the acquisition of Oceanview Apartments, a 160-unit waterfront property located in Boca Raton. The Oceanview property, to be re-named Villa Oceana Apartments, was previously a condominium conversion