Susan Breding

ORLANDO, Fla. - Snapt, Inc., a company that offers marketing and Web based 2.0 services to enhance the operations and marketing of rental apartment communities, recently appointed John Tenuta chief operating officer.

Keith Caven, chief executive officer of Snapt, Inc., said Tenuta attended the University of Illinois and has more than 25 years of experience in the Information Technology industry specializing in SaaS (Software as a Service) model systems.

Tenuta formerly served as lending software products division president of Fiserv and ranks as one of the region's top technology executives.

Caven said Tenuta's position marks a turning point for Snapt, Inc.

"John's extensive background in the successful management of technology companies and software systems makes him a perfect addition to the Snapt team," said Caven.

"We are delighted he has joined our firm and we expect him to help take Snapt to a new level of achievement and customer satisfaction," Caven said.

Snapt is a client of the UCF Business Incubation Program at the Technology Incubator in the Central Florida Research Park.

For more information, contact:
Keith Caven, Chief Executive Officer, Snapt, Inc., 877-264-2727 ext.11, keith.caven@snapt.com
John Tenuta, Chief Operating Officer, Snapt, Inc., 877-264-2727, john.tenuta@snapt.com Carol Ann Dykes, Site Manager, UCF Business Incubation Program, 407-882-0211, cdykes@mail.ucf.edu Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142, lvershelco@aol.com

About Snapt, Inc.
Snapt, Inc., markets turnkey Enterprise Marketing Management software for the real estate industry to help multi-family communities identify and capture target market segments and improve profit centers and tenant relationships.

About the UCF Incubation Program:
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Incubation Program has helped more than 100 emerging companies (including nearly 70 current clients) create over $500 million in annual revenue and more than 900 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With five facilities across the metro Orlando community, the Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between UCF, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit http://www.incubator.ucf.edu.

TAMPA, Fla. - Lennar's Central Florida Division will host a special luncheon for local Realtors at the Villages of Avalon in Spring Hill on March 10 to showcase a new model home. At the same time, Mark Metheny, president of Lennar's Central Florida Division, said Lennar will host a Realtor luncheon at Summerfield Crossings, located off U.S. 301 in Riverview and Hampton Hills in Lakeland off Mall Hill Rd.

In Spring Hill, just west of the Suncoast Expressway off County Line Rd. and Winthrop Drive, Lennar is building single-family homes priced from the $140sat the Villages of Avalon on 50 and 80 foot home sites. The luncheon will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Metheny said.

At Summerfield Crossings in Riverview, Lennar is building town homes priced from the low $100s and the luncheon will also be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The same is true at Hampton Hills in Lakeland, where Lennar is building single-family homes from the $160s.

For more information, contact:
Jassy Friddle, Marketing Manager Lennar, 813-769-5277, jassyfriddle@Zadv.com;
Robert Jesski, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Lennar-Central Florida, 813-769-5277, Robert.Jesski@lennar.com;
Mark Metheny, Lennar Division President-Central Florida, 813-769-5277, Mark.Metheny@Lennar.com;
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142, lvershelco@aol.com

ORLANDO, Fla. - Beazer Homes has completed development of a second phase at The Enclave at Moss Park, located off Moss Park Rd. and Great Commission Way in southeast Orlando.

David Byrnes, Florida division president of Beazer Homes, said 36 town homes are planned in the new phase priced from under $160,000 and 25 single-family homes priced from under $200,000.

New two, three and four-bedroom town homes at The Enclave at Moss Park range in size from 1,300 square feet of living space to 1,800 square feet, Byrnes said. New three, four and five-bedroom single-family homes range in size from 1,400 square feet to 3,300 square feet.

Byrnes said one single-family model home and two model town homes in the community are open to the public now.

Construction of new homes in the second phase at The Enclave Moss Park will start in March, Byrnes added.

The Enclave at Moss Park features a community swimming pool with cabana and a community park.

For more information, contact:
David Byrnes, President Beazer Homes/Florida Division, 407-339-4114

Theresa Tilton, Vice President of Sales Beazer Homes/Florida Division 407-339-4114, ttilton@beazer.com

Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142

About Beazer Homes:
Beazer Homes, headquartered in Atlanta, is one of the country's 10 largest single-family homebuilders with operations in 21 states. Beazer Homes is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "BZH".

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Three commercial brokers at Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida were winners in the “Best of the Best” Gala Awards Banquet sponsored by the NAIOP Central Florida Chapter recently at Sea World’s Ports of Call.

Jeffrey Sweeney, SIOR, president of Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida, said David Calcanis, vice president of Land Services and a five-year veteran of Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida, was named one of the top three land sales brokers in 2008. Calcanis sold properties valued at more than $25 million last year.

Joe Rossi, senior vice president of investment services who joined Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida in 2004, and Bret Felberg, associate vice president of investment services who joined Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida in 2005 ranked among the top three investment sales brokers. Rossi and Felberg sold investment properties valued at more than $20 million in 2008, Sweeney said.

NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, is the leading organization for developers, owners and related professionals in office, industrial and mixed-use real estate, comprising 18,000 members in North America. For more information, visit www.naiop.org.

Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida

Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida is an affiliated commercial real estate services firm specializing in the leasing and sale of office, industrial, retail, land and investment

properties. Currently Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida has 40 brokers divided among its

Orlando, Tampa and Melbourne offices to serve the entire mid-Florida marketplace.

About Grubb & Ellis

Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE) is one of the largest and most respected commercial real estate services and investment companies. With more than 130 owned and affiliate offices worldwide, Grubb & Ellis offers property owners, corporate occupants and investors comprehensive integrated real estate solutions, including transaction, management, consulting and investment advisory services supported by proprietary market research and extensive local market expertise. Grubb & Ellis and its subsidiaries are leading sponsors of real estate investment programs that provide individuals and institutions the opportunity to invest in a broad range of real estate investment vehicles, including tax-deferred 1031 tenant-in-common (TIC) exchanges; public non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) and real estate investment funds. As of September 30, 2008, more than $3.8 billion in investor equity has been raised for these investment programs. The company and its subsidiaries currently manage a growing portfolio of more than 225 million square feet of real estate. In 2007, Grubb & Ellis was selected from among 15,000 vendors as Microsoft Corporation's Vendor of the Year. For more information regarding Grubb & Ellis Company, please visit www.grubb-ellis.com.

Contacts:

Jeff Sweeney, SIOR 407-481-5387, Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida;

Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Ashton Woods Homes, which builds new homes in five neighborhoods in the Windermere area and two more in Seminole County, reports net sales of 179 new homes in 2008.

Michael Roche, vice president of sales for Ashton Woods Homes in the Orlando region, said the average sales price in 2008 was $284,000.

Roche said net sales in 2008 are up 48 percent over 2007 when Ashton Woods sold 121 new homes in the Orlando region.

Roche said he expects to see strong sales growth in 2009 as well.

“The housing market cycle is bottoming out and the economic stimulus package is good news for everyone,” said Roche. “We anticipate new home sales will increase throughout 2009, with the greatest growth coming in the second half of the year,” he said.

Ashton Woods Homes is a subsidiary of the Great Gulf Group of Companies, a North American real estate conglomerate headquartered in Toronto, and currently has communities under development in Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Phoenix, Tampa, Denver and Orlando.

For more information contact:

Michael Roche, VP Sales/Marketing Ashton Woods Homes-Orlando/Tampa, 407-647-3700;

John Reny, President Ashton Woods Homes-Orlando/Tampa, 407-647-3700;

Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142.