ONE LINERS Palm Beach
► Carl Von Luger Steak & Seafood, an offshoot of the famed Peter Luger Steak House of New York, plans to open two restaurants at the North Palm Beach Country Club.
► Real estate financing firm Walker & Dunlop processed two multifamily loans worth $49 million for Avesta Communities, which were used to purchase a development in Tampa and acquire Avesta Costa Del Lago in Lake Worth.
► Benefactors Phyllis and Harvey Sandler donated $7 million to Florida Atlantic University, which will establish two centers within the newly named Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work.
► Florida Atlantic University’s College of Business launched a new center for forensic accounting.
► Nashville-based Bricktop’s opened its third South Florida restaurant on the Intracoastal Waterway in Palm Beach Gardens.
► Port of Palm Beach signed a 10-year contract with Tropical Shipping.
► Accounting firm Gerson Preston will relocate to a larger and new office in Boca Raton, 1951 NW 19th St.
► Protection Against Physical Element Removal, a student engineering company, won $10,000 during Florida Atlantic University’s annual Business Plan Competition.
► Chef Dale Talde, of Bravo’s “Top Chef” fame, will open two restaurants at Grange Hall Market in West Palm Beach’s emerging arts and entertainment destination.
►Loggerhead Marina sold 11 of its Florida-based marinas to Suntex Marina Investors of Texas.
► West Palm Beach-based self-storage company Elite Stor Capital has changed its name to SROA Capital, and nearly doubled its facility size.
► Boca Raton-based PEBB Enterprises made its largest transaction with the acquisition of Germantown Village Square, a retail property in Tennessee, for $28 million.
► Florida Atlantic University’s Leon Charney Diplomacy Program is a recipient of the 2017 National Model United Nations Distinguished Delegation award.
► Crocker Partners, the developer behind Mizner Park, proposed to develop Midtown Boca, a 270-acre, live-work-play district that includes Boca Center.
► Quantum Foundation gave six grants to organizations including the Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County, the Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative, the Pediatric Oncology Support Team, El Sol, Florida Atlantic University, and Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County.
