We are very concerned about our tenants that have been forced to cease operations and are actively lobbying our representatives in State and Federal government to support Small Businesses and their employees through direct assistance. We encourage you to do so as well!  We are also hopeful that the Federal government will provide emergency modifications to banking regulations that will support the Commercial Real Estate industry as well. We have also been gathering as much information as possible to share with our tenants during this crisis and here are some ideas:

Small Business Assistance:

Here are a few links for small businesses to reach out to:

®    https://www.sba.gov/page/coronavirus-covid-19-small-business-guidance-loan-resources

®    https://www.facebook.com/business/boost/grants

®    https://www.broward.org/CoronaVirus/Pages/BusinessAssistance.aspx

®    http://www.floridajobs.org

®    https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistance

®    http://floridasbdc.org/small-business-preparedness-recovery-resources-for-the-coronavirus

https://careersourcebroward.com/coronavirus

State of Florida Program :

The Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program to support small businesses impacted by COVID-19. The bridge loan program will provide short-term, interest-free loans to small businesses that experienced economic injury from COVID-19.

•The application period is open and runs through May 8, 2020. More information is at FloridaDisasterLoan.org

•The Business Damage Assessment survey has been activated to assess the impact of COVID-19 on Florida’s local business operations. The survey, managed by DEO, will evaluate businesses affected by COVID-19 and the impacts the virus has had on the local economy so actions to implement appropriate relief programs can begin.

The survey can be taken online at https://floridadisaster.biz/

Please share and let us know if you have any other ideas. Together we will get through this,

Stay healthy,

Rod L. Castan, CRRP

President, Leasing and Management Services

Courtelis Company

703 Waterford Way, Suite 800

Miami, FL 33126

Tel: 786.388.6470 │ Cell: 305.794.4700

www.courtelis.com

Miami, Florida, 1/16/2020 – Courtelis Company is pleased to announce that Coastal QSR, LLC, a Taco Bell franchisee, has signed a ground lease at the Westview Plaza shopping center in Miami, Florida, joining RaceTrac Petroleum at the project.  

The new 2,200 SF square-foot Taco Bell restaurant will feature a drive-thru and will be located on  NW 119^th Street (Gratigny Parkway) and NW 24 Ave with visibility to over 44,000 vehicles daily.

Westview is part of a mixed-use project at the site of the former Westview Country Club golf course with plans for 80,000 SF of retail space to be developed by Landmark Companies and Courtelis Company, a 450,000 SF Business Park in the Eastview Commerce Center developed by Panattoni Development Company, and 700 residential units to be developed by Lennar Corporation.

The project is located on the Gratigny Parkway which connects I-95 and the Palmetto Expressway in North Miami, Florida.

Rod Castan of Courtelis Company represented the landlord, Rosal Westview LLC. and Nate Werner of RSI represented the tenant in this transaction.

For More Information Contact Rod Castan at Courtelis Company

rcastan@courtelis.com, 305.261.4330

Gainesville, Florida, 1/9/2020 — Courtelis Company is proud to announce that we have been engaged for the property management of the Tower Square and Hunters Crossing shopping centers located in Gainesville, Florida.

Hunters Crossing is an 86,558 SF Publix-anchored neighborhood shopping center that includes Ace Hardware, The UPS Store and Piesanos Pizza. The shopping center is located at the Southwest corner of the NW 43rd Street & NW 53rd Avenue.

Tower Square is a 94,283 SF neighborhood shopping center located at the Northeast corner of Archer Rd & SW 57th Avenue.   

The shopping center is anchored by Publix and includes Anytime Fitness, GNC, and Camp Credit Union.

The Properties are leased by Anne Metz, Metz and Company.

About Courtelis Company:

Courtelis Company is a Miami-based full-service real estate company that has leased and managed high-quality shopping centers throughout Florida since 1963.

For management information contact 305.261.4330

We are proud to announce that Courtelis Company’s Senior Leasing Manager is closing the year out strong! Jim Zaydon has signed 4 new leases in the last week of the Year for 16000 Pines Market and Pines City Center in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

New tenants joining the 16000 Pines Market roster will now include:

MD Now, which will be occupying 2,576 SF in the outparcel building for an Urgent Care facility. MD Now is the fastest-growing urgent care provider in the state of Florida.

Tropical Smoothie Café, a national fast-casual cafe concept that is best known for its smoothies and delicious food with a tropical twist, will be joining the Pines Market lineup, with their 1,134sf restaurant.

At the Pines City Center, CoreLife Eatery, a healthy lifestyle restaurant, joins the lineup with a 2,576 SF Lease. This fast-casual concept personifies the old saying “you are what you eat” will be located in the second phase of the shopping center adjoining the UFC Fitness Center.   

Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt, a well-known frozen desert concept, founded in 2005 and operating over 260 locations nationwide has also signed up at Pines City Center. Pinkberry will be occupying 1,403SF in the second phase of the Project.

Nick Short of Strategic Retail Advisors was a co-broker on the Tropical Smoothie Café deal; Spencer Young of Creative Realty Group represented CoreLife Eatery; Brian J. Richardson of Avison Young represented MD Now.

Jim Zaydon of Courtelis represented the Landlord in these transactions.

C is for COMMUNITY, and creating communities is our business.
In its 56-year history, Courtelis Company has developed over 2,000 residential units and planned over 10,000 acres of mixed-use communities.
Our most recent projects are the Murano branded communities in Orlando and Fort Myers, Florida.
In 2017 Courtelis developed the Murano Apartments in Orlando which is a 240-multifamily apartment complex on the intersection of John Young Parkway and Taft Vineland Road.
Murano is conveniently located in Central Orlando, minutes from SeaWorld, and is designed for 21st-century living, with modern amenities such as a fitness on demand studio, internet café and game room, package and dry cleaning lockers, poolside entertainment center and fire pit.
Courtelis recently began construction of Murano at Three Oaks, a 318-unit luxury residential project located in Fort Myers. Murano at Three Oaks offers a best-in-class luxury apartment living to a growing market that has seen increased demand with the continued growth of the Florida Gulf Coast University and Southwest Florida International Airport.
Here at Courtelis Company, we create communities that bring people together!

October is officially a Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to increase awareness of this widespread disease.
Courtelis Company joins the cause to help women to fight against breast cancer today by participating in the 5K Run organized by the American Cancer Society Florida next Saturday, October 26th.
Follow the link below to make a difference in someone’s life and help NOW!
https://secure.acsevents.org/site/STR?pg=entry&fr_id=94477

C is for CALIENTE.
Today, we are proud to feature EduVillage Learning Center as a successful Hispanic business and a longtime tenant at Kendall Professional Village located on Kendall Drive and SW 97 Avenue.
The learning center shares the same building with the University of Miami Health Center and CVS drug store and is owned and operated by Carlos and Gretta Martinez.
Carlos is President and CEO of an 800 employee non-profit organization serving disabled and older adults in South Florida, and Gretta is the day-to-day operator and director of the learning center that primarily serves the doctors, nurses, and employees of its neighbor U Health and nearby Baptist Health Hospital Main Campus.
The center serves 98 children and their families. “ Gretta is a teacher and psychologist,” says her husband Carlos. “She is passionate about the care and safety of the children under the care of the professional teaching staff, but you can’t be effective raising resilient children without the input of everyone involved in the child’s life”. The school was inspired and modeled after the book “ It takes a village to raise a child” written by former first lady Hillary Clinton, which emphasis on the need to have multiple influencers such as parents, grandparents, siblings, physicians, coaches and people involved in a child’s life working in tandem to increase the chance of the child’s success.
Education runs in Gretta’s DNA starting with her grandmother, Stella Carty, who owned and operated schools in their native Peru. Gretta started her version of the school in the U.S. in 2005 and has operated various schools since then. The key to the couple’s success goes beyond education. “ You must be in-tune with the needs of each family that you serve in order to be successful in preparing children to be resilient and provide them with the fundamentals to succeed in early learning”.

C is for Caliente!
Courtelis Company is proud to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by showcasing Hispanic businesses that are tenants in our shopping center management portfolio throughout the next 30 days, as well as celebrating the diverse Hispanic heritages of our team members. We embrace the many cultures of Florida and can truly feel the heat of the season.