General Contracting

The Lake County Extension Office will put on an educational program titled "Take Control of Your Finances" at the Agricultural Center, 1951 Woodlea Road in Tavares. The two-part series will be offered from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 13 and 20. The program...

By Lisa Skolnik Tribune photos by BILL HOGAN . Architect Avi Lothan didn't mean to create a neighborhood controversy when he built the house of his dreams on a prominent street in Lincoln Park. "When we first moved in, people would come up to me and...

Orlando-based Johnson-Laux Construction recently completed the city of Clermont's new, $1.15 million, 8,000-square-foot Fire Station No. 1, located on West State Road 50 in the south Lake County community. C.T. Hsu + Associates, also based in Orlando,...

Perry Schwarz has been hired by Ondra-Huyett Construction Services, Allentown, as a project manager. He will be responsible for the management of a variety of general contracting projects including office, industrial, health care and higher education...

Activity in the key south Orlando submarket for commercial service centers and flex-space buildings was slow in the first quarter but even more sluggish in the second, a closely watched survey shows. The latest report shows a "dramatic slowdown" in...

Edwards Construction Services Inc., based in Ocala and operating an office in Orlando since 1999, is celebrating its 30th year in business. Since its founding by company President Steve Edwards, the business has built more than 9 million square feet of...

Harkins Development Corp., the full-service development and general contracting division of Lake Mary-based Harkins Cos., ranks 147th largest among "The Southeast's Top Contractors" this year, according to Southeast Construction magazine. Headed by...

For most people, inheriting a house would be a big economic leap forward. But for black Chicagoans such as Shari Lawrence, being given an old house in a dicey neighborhood can be as much millstone as cause for celebration. Lawrence felt incredibly...

The Home Builders Association of Metro Orlando will host its first ever Green Building Expo tomorrow, Thursday at the HBA offices in Maitland. The day-long expo will feature 40 local exhibitors showcasing green building products and services to area...

Roger B. Kennedy Inc. has completed its 15th project for time share properties of Central Florida Investments Inc., a relationship that began almost a decade ago. The latest to be completed by the longtime general contracting company: a $12.4 million...

Lamm & Co. Partners , a leading general contracting company in Central Florida for more than 17 years, is still going strong with projects for the growing sector of independently owned medical office buildings. Recent new contracts include Southwest...

Harkins Cos., a turnkey commercial development, contracting and real estate group in Seminole County since 1974, has broken ground on a $2.5 million, 10,000-square-foot corporate-office complex on Monroe Road in Sanford. Harkins Development Corp. is...