Treasure Coast Toy Drive Starts

Children's Home Society of Florida's Treasure Coast has launched their 2009 Toy Drive to ensure every child in its foster care and adoption program receives at least one new toy this holiday season. The Society provides toys to more than 600 abused, neglected and abandoned children in Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties.

New unwrapped toys are being accepted, as well as sponsorships. For additional information contact:

Dee Benjamin at (772) 489-5601 x261 or email Dee.Benjamin@chsfl.org or

Sharon Lear (772) 489-5601 x245 or email Sharon.Lear@chsfl.org

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Massive Project Proposed for Martin County

Turner Groves Limited Partnership, a Fort Myers company, has proposed to build a massive agricultural and industrial project in Martin County with a new road and bridge to Port St. Lucie. The project would cover 1,782 acres and include a 5-million-square-foot industrial park, 1 million square feet of office space, 200,000 square feet of retail space and 500 hotel rooms.

As large as this plan is, it is still dwarfed by the proposed Southern Groves plan in Port St. Lucie with 2 million square feet of office space, 2 million square feet of industrial space, 2 million square feet of retail space and 7,388 houses.

These are just two more of the many examples we are starting to see of Light at the End of the Tunnel for the Treasure Coast.

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500 More Jobs for Port St. Lucie, Florida

Aegis Communications Group just leased 33,000 sqaure feet in St. Lucie West. Aegis is a call center handling calls for Avis, Carnival Cruise Lines and Travelocity. This new location for Aegis is across the street from Tradition field and just down the street from QVC. With more than 30 facilities in the United States, it is great to see Aegis set up shop an even larger shop in Port St. Lucie.


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Florida Struggles with Foreclosures

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey was recently quoted as saying the biggest challenge the system faces is "to keep morale up." In 2006 Miami-Dade saw 3,474 foreclosure cases. For the first six months of this year, they have handled 34,417. That's not a misprint.

The scary part is the first three months of this year, bankers were under a wink-wink order from Captain Obama to hold off on foreclosures . . . as if that would somehow help matters. It has not. In fact, Miami-Dade could see more than 50,000 foreclosures during the last six months of 2009, bringing the total close to 100,000 or almost 30 times what it was in 2006.


OPPORTUNITY - Banks are so screwed up at this point, that most of them are either over pricing properties, hoping for a miracle, or they are under-pricing properties . . . leaving HUGE opportunities for investors and flippers. If you're interested in foreclosure opportunities, call me - Mike Morgan at 888-227-5217 or email me Mike@FloridaHomes.pro I'll help steer you around the traps and into profitable investment opportunities.

Hollywood Studio to Join Partnership at Tradition

Digital Domain, the award-winning Hollywood production studio will be a partner with Wyndcrest Holdings and Florida State University in their development of a digital design facility in Port St. Lucie at Tradition where the Torrey Pines Bio-Tech facility has big plans for the area. A recent study shows that the digital design project will create more than 6,100 jobs statewide and have a $480 million impact on the Florida economy.

Once again, these are the kinds of signs we have been looking for to eat up the inventory of homes in Florida and revitalize the economy.


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FPL Turns On Mega Solar Energy Center

The nation's largest solar photovoltaic plant will power up on October 20th. I've written often about Florida Power & Light (FPL) and still have it as a Strong Buy for its overall involvement in alternative energy, including wind and solar. FPL also pays a handsome dividend.

The new solar center, the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, is in Acadia, Florida. And this is just one of three that FPL is building! Another one is being built in Martin County, and one at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Martin County facility will be the first hybrid solar thermal plant in the world, scheduled for completion in about a year.


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Martin Memorial Medical Center Wins Another National Award

The National Research Corporation has recognized Martin Memorial Medical Center as a Consumer Choice Award winner. The award goes to hospitals with the highest quality and image in markets throughout the United States.

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Martin County Businesses Win Governor's Award . . . Again!

This is the third year in a row Martin County businesses have been recognized by the Governor's office. In fact, this is the second year in a row that Martin County won more awards than any other county in the state.

The winners are :

Waterblasting Technologies, Inc
System One LLC
Seatourgue Control Systems LLC
CSA International

This is great stuff for Martin County and just further demonstrates what a great place Martin County is for work and play.

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Florida Bio-Tech Update - Max Planck Institute

More great news for Florida's future. Bert Sakmann, a Nobel Laureate, has been named the Scientific Director of the Max Planck Florida Institute based in Jupiter.

Research at the Max Planck Institute will focus on bio-imaging, working closely with their neighbor, Scripps Florida. The Max Planck institute will be creating 1,824 jobs and $2.4 billion in labor compensation over 20 years in return for almost $200 million in incentives from the State, Local Government and partners.

The permanent facility of the institute is a 100,000 sqaure foot state of the art biomedical complex expected to open in 2011.

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Cynergi Condos Sold for $9M

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a piece about the auction of 97 condos in the Cynergi project. I thought the high bid would be $12 million on this project with banks stuck for more than $30 million. I was wrong. The 97 units sold for an unbelievable $9 million, leaving the Banksters stuck for $21 million. Actually, the bank's not stuck with anything, because the lender will stick it to shareholders and the FDIC. The developers and the Banksters basically skimmed off $21 million for their own pockets.

But this goes to show that there are deals to be made. At $9 million, this project makes sense as a rental building.

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Port St. Lucie Homes - TownPark at Tradition

TownPark offers 17 models in their community at Tradition in Port St. Lucie, Florida. New homes start as low as $179,900. Residents at TownPark can walk to the community's private clubhouse featuring a professionally equipped fitness center, a billiards parlor, a multi-purpose room, a teen room and a tot room with toys and games. Outside they will find a pool, tennis courts, basketball court and a water wonderland for youngsters.

When you purchase a new TownPark home using Morgan Florida Real Estate as your broker, you will receive $2,000 towards closing, upgrades or cash-back after closing. But you must register with Morgan Florida Real Estate before registering with at TownPark's sales center. This offer only applies to new homes from the developer.

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Florida Pushes for High Speed Rail

Governor Crist submitted Florida's proposal for a high speed line to the federal government on October 2nd. The proposed rail line would run between Tampa, Orlando and Miami. The first leg of the line is the Tampa to Orlando route at at cost of $2.5 billion. The Miami extension is estimated to cost at least $8 billion. If the federal government approves the first leg, it could be operational by 2014. The propsed start date for the Miami line would be 2017.

These are the kinds of projects Florida needs to ensure growth and the ability to attract new businesses.

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