Celebrating women
As part of Women’s History Month, Office Depot had a breakfast reception with its “Women of Color” associate resource group at the company’s Boca Raton headquarters. After the breakfast, Dress For Success CEO Joi Gordon hosted a roundtable conversation with South Florida female community and business leaders.
Rapidly expanding realty company Compass Florida has added The Koolik Group, led by Elliot and Wendy Koolik, above, and Modern Living Group, led by Patrick Lafferty, to its team in Palm Beach County. The Koolik Group brings 15-plus agents, and Modern Living Group has 11.
The Ocean Delray project by developers National Realty Investment Advisors and U.S. Construction has received final site plan approval from the city. The developers say it will be the first new development project along the ocean in Delray Beach in 30 years. Ocean Delray, at 1901 S. Ocean Blvd., will have 19 residences from the upper $4 millions to $9 million. Completion is expected in the fourth quarter.
concept store
Tire Kingdom Service Centers has opened a shop of the future concept at 3615 Northlake Blvd., West Palm Beach. The store has a business area, upgraded broadband, a digital feature wall, children’s tablets with games, an enhanced concession area, a large open view to the back shop and digital inspection equipment. Tire Kingdom has nearly 190 locations in Florida.
Florida Power & Light Co., based in Juno Beach, says a planned solar-powered battery system in Manatee County will have four times the capacity of the largest battery system in the world. The FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center will have 409 megawatts of capacity—the equivalent of approximately 100 million iPhone batteries or 300 million AA batteries. It will be charged by an existing FPL solar power plant.
Compass Development Division has been tapped as the lead brokerage for Amrit Ocean Resort & Residences on Singer Island. Amrit Ocean Resort & Residences offers five-star resort amenities and is being developed by WRS Development, an affiliated company of Creative Choice Group.
Nonprofit Carrfour Supportive Housing has teamed up with the Jerome Golden Center for Behavioral Health to break ground on the Dr. Alice Moore Apartments, a $17.5 million development at 335 27th St., West Palm Beach. The 36 supportive housing units will be used for residents impacted by mental illness and residential instability.
Famed TV personality and bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman has a new partnership with Treatment Alternatives of Boca Raton. Treatment Alternatives is working with bail bonds agents, judges and court representatives to create a safe and effective program to rehabilitate those suffering from addiction who have been incarcerated or who may be facing.
“I am what rehabilitation stands for,” Chapman says. “I have been there. I know every addict can change and shake the demon they are dealing with when given the right opportunity and the right treatment. I have seen how Treatment Alternatives has helped thousands of people get clean and get their lives back on track.”
Miller Construction Company has completed the exterior restoration of Halsey Place for owner Sunshine Towers. The project removed a Chattahoochee façade that was added to the original stucco exterior decades ago. The 22,348-square-foot, three-story structure was built in 1924 at 313 Datura Street and initially operated as the Hotel Halsey.
The Norton Museum has completed a $100 million renovation and opened The Restaurant at the Norton, which overlooks the Pamela and Robert B. Goergen Garden and offers a choice of dining indoors or outside. The Restaurant is run by the Constellation Culinary Group.
