condos near ucf: FREE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER SEMINAR AT THE CREST AT WATERFORD LAKES THIS SATURDAY, JAN. 26TH AT NOON - 01/23/08 01:56 AM
The Podvin Development Group (http://www.TheCrestLife.com) annouced today in Orlando that it will host a series of "First Time Home Buyer" seminars at The Crest at Waterford Lakes, its luxury, award winning 276-unit condominium community in East Orlando, which is conveniently located minutes from UCF, Siemens, Lockheed and the Central Florida Research Park and across the street from the Waterford Lakes Town Center, the largest outdoor mall in the U.S."We feel that now is the best time to buy," says Scott L. Podvin, President of the Podvin Development Group. "With the FED lowering the interest rates by three-quarters of one percent earlier in the … (0 comments)

condos near ucf: PODVIN DEVELOPMENT GROUP LISTS A FEW TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING SMART GROWTH DESIGN FEATURES - 01/17/08 02:21 AM
Scott L. Podvin, President of Podvin Development Group, has reviewed countless articles and studies on mixed-use communities dotting the American skyline from lady liberty in New York to South Beach and over to Golden Gate Bridge in California.
 
"A community's micro-design may be improved through pedestrian and bicycle features and street connectivity, as well as design and architecture," Podvin explains.  "Typically, modern communities typically include dead-end or cul-de-sac local arterial roadways that lead to collector streets and then to major arterials that connect communities to other communities vis-a-vis highways.  This design feature is ill conceived," Podvin cautions. 
 
"For example, I have seen … (1 comments)

condos near ucf: PODVIN DEVELOPMENT GROUP'S SMART GROWTH INITIATIVES TAKE ROOT IN ORLANDO - 01/13/08 03:41 PM
Smart Growth Initiatives, Sustainable Development Movement. Smart growth in the United States has been  defined as environmentally sensitive land development whose goals are to minimize dependence on automobile transportation, reduce air pollution, and make infrastructure investment more efficient. The movement was started to combat sprawl, a form of urbanization earmarked by growth centered disconnected patterns of development, commercial strips, low density, separated land uses, automobile dominance, and minimal public open space.
 Today, cities around the country have adopted "the smart growth movement" as a framework for urban, and at times, suburban revival.
The National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education recently published "ten principles of … (0 comments)