A South Florida development company that specializes in constructing charter schools has purchased 10 acres on South Goldenrod Road in southeast Orlando.
MG3 Developer Group purchased the property, which is part of the 39-acre Goldenrod Commerce Center, for $1.5 million. The center also includes a Murphy USA convenience store, three retail parcels and about 91,000 square feet of office/flex space.

Hernon Leonoff, manager for MG3, said the property had previously been approved as an educational site and can accommodate a building of about 75,000 to 80,000 square feet, which is large enough for 1,400 students.

Even though no charter-school operator has signed a lease, Leonoff said the vacant property is suited for an elementary/middle school. His group has developed 14 charters schools for different operators.

"We speak to the community about local needs and don't work exclusively with any school," said Leonoff, whose group worked on the purchase for about five months. "We don't have immediate plans to start work. Most likely, construction would start in 2014."

Therese Taylor of Hold Thyssen Inc. represented the seller.

<strong>Leases</strong>
Family Melton Convention Contractors Inc. leased 19,300 square feet of space in Parksouth Distribution Center, 2481 Principal Row, Orlando. Matt Sullivan, Wilson McDowell and Bobby Isola of Colliers International Central Florida represented the tenant. Tim Perry represented the landlord, Duke Realty LP. Also, Tantara Transportation Group Inc. leased a 13,422-square-foot industrial space in Prologis Orlando Central Park South, 2100 Consulate Drive, Orlando. Sullivan, McDowell, and Isola represented the landlord, Prologis. …

Michael Heidrich, principal for NAI Realvest, represented the Maitland-based landlord, Ray A. Kennedy, in the lease of 3,455 square feet of office space at 1920 Boothe Circle, Longwood. The law offices of Scott M. Miller will locate there.

<strong>Design</strong>
Cuhaci &amp; Peterson Architects, in conjunction with CBX of New York City, designed the Orlando area's first six Wawa stores. The Orlando locations are on Central Florida Parkway, Goldenrod Road, Silver Star Road, South Orange Blossom Trail and North Orange Blossom Trail. A Kissimmee store is on U.S. Highway 192.

<strong>Sales</strong>
Taylor Morrison has closed on 270 acres in a $17 million transaction to build Overlook at Hamlin, a mixed-use community southwest of Windermere near State Road 429. Overlook will include 381 single-family home sites and is slated to open for sales in mid-2013. …

Meritage Homes purchased 234 acres in southwest Orange County's Horizon West development for $18 million. The home builder acquired the property from Compass Rose Corp., an affiliate of Walt Disney World. …

Duke Realty Corp. acquired two portfolios of medical-office assets totaling 1,536,000 square feet. Buildings sold by Seavest Healthcare Properties include Celebration Medical Plaza in Kissimmee and Medical Plaza and East Orlando Medical Surgical Plaza, both in Orlando.

<strong>Construction</strong>
Roger B. Kennedy Inc. of Altamonte Springs is under way on the Flats at Carrs Hill, a $13 million, 225,000-square-foot student-housing facility at the University of Georgia in Athens that is slated to open in June 2013.

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