Community News

September 11, 2007

Development started on Lowe’s store in PoincianaSM

Lowe’s, the world’s second largest retailer with over 1,400 stores in 49 states, has begun development of a Lowe’s home improvement retail store in the massive 47,000-acre master-planned community being developed by Avatar Properties Inc.

September 06, 2007

Blackton, Inc. establishes a manufacturing plant in Poinciana

Blackton, Inc., an Orlando-based distributor of roofing and flooring, has

set up a 10,000 sq. ft. manufacturing plant for bathroom vanity countertops in a 180,000 sq. ft. warehouse it leases and operates in Poinciana Office & Industr

August 20, 2007

Condo office warehouse complex planned in Poinciana Industrial Park

The boom continues in Poinciana Office & Industrial Park where plans have been announced for a condo office warehouse and office showroom complex estimated to cost approximately $15 million.

August 01, 2007

PROscape to build branch operations center in PoincianaSM

PROscape, one of Central Florida’s largest landscape management and service companies, is planning to break ground within the next 30 days on a branch operations center in Poinciana Office & Industrial Park.

July 10, 2007

Starbucks among eight new tenants coming to Poinciana’s Cypress Plaza Shopping Center

Coffee lovers will be pleased to know Starbucks is among eight new tenants coming to Cypress Plaza, a $15 million shopping center currently under construction on a 16-acre site fronting Cypress Parkway in Poinciana Towne Center. limit 255 characters

June 27, 2007

Avatar ranked among nation’s top builders in two polls

Fueled by 2006 residential closings and revenues, Coral Gables-based builder-developer Avatar Holdings Inc. (Avatar) was ranked among the country’s top 50 homebuilders in two national magazine polls.

June 17, 2007

Vendors sought for 6th annual Fall Festival at Solivita®

Artists and artisans are being sought for the 6^th annual Fall Festival at Solivita® which will be staged November 10^th in the Mediterranean-inspired Village Center of the award-winning active adult community in Poinciana.

March 14, 2007

Home Depot retail center coming to Poinciana

Home improvement do-it-yourselfers and the more than 65,000 residents of Poinciana will soon have a neighborhood Home Depot retail center.

February 19, 2007

Williams Co. plans second warehouse in Poinciana Industrial Park

The Williams Company, one of the largest commercial and industrial construction companies in the Southeast, has purchased a 4-acre site in Poinciana Office & Industrial Park on which it plans to build a 30,000 sq. ft. warehouse for lease or sale.

February 15, 2007

Say hello to Poinciana’s new Liberty High School

Guided tours of the $49 million campus are expected to take place in July