Sold: 2,156 +/- Acre Hendry County Grove Closes for $16.925 Mil by CBC Saunders Real Estate

Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate (CBCSRE) in Lakeland, FL, announces the recent closing of 2,156 +/- acres located east of LaBelle in Hendry County Florida for $16,925,000. The CBCSRE licensed real estate broker associate who handled the deal was Brian Beasley, CCA, CNLM. 

The Seminole Grove property is a high-producing citrus grove originally developed in 1997 using up-to-date agricultural engineering. The citrus trees in the grove are Florida Department of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry Registered/ Certified Scions and Rootstocks selected for their high productivity and disease resistance. Varieties include Early Mids and Valencias. The sale included a two-year transferable fruit contract. 

The new owners of the grove will continue citrus production.

For more information, call Brian at 863-648-1528.

For Sale: Commercial Industrial Property Lake Alfred, Florida, Includes 3 Buildings

Nice commercial/industrial property includes three buildings on 1.77 +/- acres located on 215 Hainies Blvd. West in Lake Alfred, Florida

Rental buildings are a 2,400 SF muffler repair shop, 3,000 SF storage warehouse, and 2,400 SF office building. Rental income is available in complete listing materials. There are 10 parking spaces.

This parcel is centrally located near high-traffic corridor, US 17, with southbound US 17 traffic at 9,500. Zoning is C-3

 


For more information, contact:

Clay Taylor, ALC
David Hitchcock, ALC
863-648-1528

View full listing information and flyers here.

For Sale: Commercial Vacant Land in Optimum Retail Location, Auburndale, Florida

This great parcel is 1.46 +/- acres located on 295 Berkley Road (Co Rd 655) between Anarece Ave. and Marjorie Ave. in Auburndale, FL.

The property is uniquely situated directly across from the Super Wal-Mart that brings a traffic count recorded as 20,388 daily. Owner is willing to divide!

For more information, contact:

Terry Flynn, Sales Associate Realtor®

 Kyle Vreeland, Sales Associate Realtor®

See all commercial listings for CBC Saunders Ralston Dantzler Realty

Dean Saunders to be Panelist at Florida Realtors® 2012 Real Estate Economic Forecast Conference

 Dean Saunders, ALC, CCIM, and owner broker of CBC Saunders Real Estate in Lakeland, Florida, will be a guest panelist at the Florida Realtors® 2012 Real Estate and Economic Forecast Conference in Orlando.

The conference will be held this coming Tuesday, Dec. 6, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Florida Realtors® headquarters, 7025 Augusta National Drive, Orlando, FL 32822.

Speakers will be expert economic forecasters and a panel of Florida real estate professionals, who will discuss the outlook for several sectors of the real estate market in Florida. Saunders will be speaking on the market for land and undeveloped property.

Florida Realtors® is formerly known as the Florida Association of Realtors®.

For more information, read full press release from Florida REALTORS®....

For Sale: Bartow Packing House, Turn-key Fruit/Crop Packing

Bartow Packing House comes complete with offices and degreening buildings to offer a turn-key business for citrus or fruit/crop-packing activities. In a great commercial-industrial central location, the warehouse is located in Bartow in Central Florida and just minutes from SR 60. Only 35 miles to
Tampa, 50 miles to Orlando, and 4.5 miles to or from the proposed CSX Facility in Winter Haven, FL, this property is central to the area's commercial  hubs.

  Structures include a 43,320 +/- SF Packing house with 2,400 SF of offices, two structures approximately 7,330 SF of degreening buildings, plus a Pole barn/shed. There is a ramp and an open dock in the rear for five trucks.

For more information, contact:

Clay Taylor, ALC

Darby Craddock

863-648-1528

For complete listing and full brochure, click here.

Annual CBC Saunders Real Estate BBQ Event Hosts CBC Corporate Executives, Florida Brokers, Unveiling of Commissioned Painting Series

(l-r) Mike McKosky, InArt Santa Fe Gallery;  

David Escudero, Artist;Dean Saunders, ALC,

CBC Saunders Real Estate

The 7^th annual 2011 Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate BBQ was held in the locally famous antique barn of Wanda and Leland Young in Alturas, FL. The company hosted a pre-event “meet and greet” for Coldwell Banker Commercial corporate executives and Florida CBC brokers. Obie Walli, executive management and Coldwell Banker Commercial Vice President of Operations, attended from Parsippany, New Jersey, and represented the CBC corporate team. Seventeen Florida CBC brokers and agents traveled from as far as Jacksonville to attend the meet and greet portion of the event.

This year’s event included the newly formed commercial real estate firm, Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Ralston Dantzler Realty. CBC Saunders Ralston Dantzler Realty launched in the first quarter of 2011 as the only commercial real estate firm in Polk County with a national and global presence. Since 2006, CBC Saunders Real Estate remains the only land brokerage in the county with a national and global presence.

In attendance were several county commissioners, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, and other elected officials.

The highlight of the event was the annual unveiling of the next in a series of paintings commissioned by Saunders each year. This was a special unveiling as it marked a series theme change to The Saunders Collection, Natural Lands of Florida. Last year’s painting concluded six years of the “Wildlife Series” all by well-known wildlife artist Thomas Brooks (www.thomasbrooks.com). This year starts the new “Agricultural Series” by known artist David Escudero (InArtSantaFeGallery) who came from Santa Fe, New Mexico to attend the event. Mike McKosky, the artist’s representative and gallery owner attended with Escudero.

Richard Dempsey Elected as Florida REALTORS® District 10 Vice President

Richard Dempsey, ALC, REALTOR®, and sales associate at Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate (CBCSRE) for more than 11 years, has been elected to serve as the 2012 District 10 Vice President of Florida REALTORS®. As one of the named vice presidents for the 13 districts in the state of Florida, the announcement was made by FR (Florida REALTORS®), headquartered in Orlando, FL and is the Florida state chapter of NAR (the National Association of REALTORS®).

Richard specializes in large acreage tracts, citrus groves, and development properties. Beginning in 1984 as an appraiser for the Polk County Property Appraiser’s Office and thirteen years as a state certified general appraiser with an agricultural lender appraising a wide variety of properties, his experience includes small residential tracts up to 25,000-acre groves, along with various types of commercial properties all over the state. Having sales and appraisal experience throughout Florida, Dempsey is knowledgeable about the diverse aspects of today’s real estate market.

Richard has received numerous industry awards for outstanding sales in real estate, including twice in the top 25 worldwide among all associates in the Coldwell Banker Commercial (CBC) affiliate network and top #2 rank in the region for sales performance by FGCAR (Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of REALTORS®), among others.

Dempsey is a Lakeland native and served as the 2010 President of the Lakeland Association of REALTORS® (LAR). He has been a member of the LAR Board of Directors since February 2007. He has also served as LAR Treasurer, Secretary, and is past Chairman of the LAR Commercial Investment Division. In addition, he has served on the corporate Coldwell Banker Commercial technology council. 

Jeff Cusson Earns Distinguished CCIM Real Estate Designation

Jeff Cusson, CCIM, is to be congratulated for earning the distinguished CCIM real estate designation! . He is a licensed real estate sales associate affiliated with Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate, a real estate brokerage firm specializing in large land transactions throughout the state of Florida. The Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation is awarded by the CCIM Institute to those who successfully complete a designation curriculum that covers ethics, interest-based negotiation, financial analysis, market analysis, user decision analysis, and investment analysis for commercial investment real estate.  In addition, candidates are required to complete a portfolio demonstrating the depth of commercial real estate experience and to complete a comprehensive examination.

Jeff is a 40-year resident of Vero Beach, Florida and serves real estate clients throughout Florida’s Treasure Coast. His real estate specialization includes agricultural, transition, industrial, and general commercial real estate properties. He is a University of Florida graduate and received the Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture/Fruit Crops. In addition, he holds the Master of Science degree in Business/Entrepreneurship from the University of Florida, where he was honored as an inductee into Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.