Avatar Holdings News

Avatar Properties Inc. on Wednesday announced the signing of eight new leases, including two restaurants, at Cypress Courtyard, a $15 million shopping center in Poinciana Towne Center.

We bet Avatar Holdings Inc. can't wait to get home and show its report card to Mom.

Avatar Holdings Inc. on Friday announced it was one of just two homebuilders to receive strong results in Big Builder magazine's Public Builder Report Card.

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The executive vice president and a chief operating officer at Avatar Holdings Inc., a real estate operator, sold 40,804 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday. via Canadian Business Magazine

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Housing market troubles took their toll on Coral Gables real estate company Avatar Holdings in 2007. via Miami.com

Local stocks had a bumpy morning as the market reacted to federal reserve cutting a key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Tuesday, a week before its regularly scheduled meeting. via South Florida Business Journal

Jericho, N.Y. - NexTech Solutions doing business as "NexTech FAS" announced that a plastic electronics leader, Plastic Logic Limited, has placed a follow-up order with the company for NexTStar , a stand-alone ... via WebWire

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“All the local governments always say, 'We have our own local planning process,' ”

South Florida developer Avatar Holdings has agreed to temporarily shelve plans for thousands of homes beside an Osceola wilderness preserve and negotiate a possible sale of the land for conservation. via The Orlando Sentinel

“It's just that this bank is here.”

A developer can build a highway through federally protected wetlands, but only if it either spends millions to bridge the sensitive property or compensate the landowner for damages, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said.

Developer Avatar Holdings' Poinciana Parkway could be the first road built through a wetlands bank, a privately restored preserve that is funded by developers to offset wetlands destruction elsewhere.

While the details of this situation are unique, battles pitting transportation against conservation will only become more common as Central Florida gets more congested and outlying lands are set aside for conservation, one regulator said. Developers, environmental groups and planners must strike a balance between protecting natural resources and giving the public adequate roads. Read more

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