CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – One Charter Place, a $25 million Class A office center by Amera Urban Developers, is now open, marking the completion of the first phase of the Downtown Coral Springs project.
The dramatic, curving 4-story office, financial and retail center is located on a 3.9-acre site at University Drive and Sample Road. State Farm, the signature tenant, occupies 50,500 square feet, or approximately 50 percent of the building. Wachovia, Merrill Lynch, First Southern Bank, and a LasikPlus Vision Center are completing their build-outs and plan to open ...
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As part of the tremendous advancement and exponential growth of the borough of Chaguanas, Trinidad, the expansion of Price Plaza is highly anticipated addition to the trend of development in the area. A sod turning ceremony for this new phase of the popular Price Plaza Shopping Center in Endeavour Chaguanas was held on June 5th, 2007.
On hand to witness and bless the project was President of the IRO Pundit Acharya Karmananda. Key speakers included Mayor of Chaguanas Suraj Rambachan, Managing Director of Multicinemas Limited Dereck Chin, and Director of Endeavour Holdings John Aboud.
As part of ...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL. – With an initial assembly of 75 acres at the Broward Boulevard-I-95 interchange, Riverbend Corporate Park LLC has set the stage for one of Broward County’s most strategic locations to become a regional gateway. The dramatic transformation begins this week with the start of the first phase of the half-billion dollar Riverbend project, designed to encompass up to 2 million square feet of Class A office space with complementary retail services.
“Riverbend is poised to become an important business hub for Broward County, a multi-modal transportation center – and ...
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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – First Southern Bank today announced plans to expand and relocate its Coral Springs office to One Charter Place, the first phase of the pedestrian-friendly Downtown Coral Springs area planned as the revitalized hub of the city.
"This strategic move into the heart of Coral Springs’ new downtown positions the bank to deliver our financial products and services to a growing market of professionals and entrepreneurial businesses," said William S. Kelley, executive vice president in charge of community banking for First Southern and a 20-year resident of Coral Springs. "We’ll have a ...
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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - Amera Urban Developers, Inc., the master developer of the first phase of the Downtown Coral Springs project, has brought WCI Communities, Inc. (NYSE:WCI) in as residential developer for the 3.3 million-square foot mixed-use project. "WCI’s expertise in developing residential communities in Florida, especially in Coral Springs, is an invaluable addition to this project," said George Rahael, CEO of Amera Urban Developers. "Amera, the CRA and the City collectively recognize the social and economic impact this project will have on our community, and see WCI as a huge confirmation that this will ...
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Coral Springs, Fla. -- Amera Caribbean Development announced it has completed leasing Briar Place, a 65,000-square-foot, Class A office center located in the St. Clair area of Port of Spain, Trinidad’s uptown business district. EOG Resources, Inc. and British Gas of Trinidad and Tobago, Ltd. are prime tenants. Briar Place features an elevated arrival drive, outdoor plaza, two-story lobby and below-grade parking to fulfill quality-minded tenants’ requirements. Republic Bank Ltd. financed the project. The development team included Beaver Construction, general contractor; Emsab Engineering, structural engineer, and EDC Consultants, services engineer. Architects Bynoe, Bynoe Rowe, ...
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The Renaissance at Shorelands, will be a state of the art twin nineteen story luxury residential complex on the shores of the western peninsula of Trinidad, built by local real estate developers Amera Caribbean Development and Woodguill Development Company Limited. The sod turning ceremony took place on January 25th at 10 am.
Present at the sod turning ceremony was MP for the area, Dr., the Honourable Keith Rowley, Minister of Housing. In his speech he urged the private sector to assist the public sector in providing the country with homes since the country’s growing need for ...
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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Amera Urban Developers, Inc., announced that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ("State Farm") has executed a long-term lease agreement for 50,500 square feet, or approximately 50 percent of One Charter Place, the first multi-tenant office building of the Downtown Coral Springs project. Completion of the dramatic, curving 4-story Class A office building, financial and retail space and adjacent parking garage on a 3.9-acre site at University Drive and Sample Road, is anticipated for the fall of 2006. Amera Urban Developers are the master developers of the Downtown project that will ...
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City Commissioners voted in late June to approve a new project known simply as 300 Third (finally a return to simple addresses instead of names like Aura), a project which will be in many ways a marvelous change for this city.
Bustling Fort Lauderdale has seen its share of new multi-unit buildings over the past few years. Many of these have been worthy of praise and many others are quite simply not up to par for a growing city of this caliber. It seems we have begun to learn our lesson and avoid further high-rise "Bocatecture." ...
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Places that attract George Rahael represent Florida sprawl stereotypes. One spot, ostensibly a city’s main intersection, is no more than six lanes of asphalt separating a confluence of parking lots. Another site is a forgettable strip of tired shopping centers.
Rahael and his Amera Corp. aim to make the first - an intersection in northwest Broward’s Coral Springs - into a $300 million office-residential-retail downtown. The second, west Broward Boulevard just off I-95, will take another $300 million to reconfigure for offices. He’s also starting a $60-million retrofit of a branch bank site in east Boca ...
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George Rahael is helping to shape the future of western Broward. In Coral Springs, his development company is moving ahead to create a pedestrian-friendly “downtown” environment. A few miles to the east in Lauderhill, the founder and CEO of Coral Springs-based Amera Cos. plans to turn a vacant retail center into a one-of-a-kind mixed-use center with a Caribbean theme.“While west Broward has great homes, schools and playgrounds, people are yearning for a stronger sense of place,” Rahael says. “Today, suburban residents are seeking out places where they can walk, dine, shop and enjoy with their ...
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