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By Editorial Staff

1. ICI Homes, Sisler Johnston Interior Design and NEFBA’s Builders Care have recently renovated the Tony Boselli Foundation Youth Life Learning Center in northwest Jacksonville. Named for the former Jacksonville Jaguar, the center provides after-school and summer programs and features a learning lab, a library, offices and meeting rooms. Shown are (left to right): James Lowe of the Youth Life Learning Center, Lisa Berry of Sisler Johnston Interior Design, Tony Boselli and Judith Sisler Johnston of Sisler Johnston Interior Design.

2. Developers and city officials gathered recently to formally break ground on the new Jacksonville Fire Station No. 50 on Beach Boulevard. Mori Hosseini, chairman and chief executive officer of ICI Homes, officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony along with Scott Phillips, market manager of Beazer Homes in Jacksonville and Richard Clark, city councilman from District Three. The $2.6 million price tag for the station will be shared by ICI and Beazer, who are teaming to develop Tamaya, a nearby community that the station will serve. Shown are (left to right):? Fire Station No. 50 Captain Jim Smith, Clark, Phillips and Hosseini.

3. Providence Homes has broken ground on its third House for Hope located in Aberdeen’s Wellington Park neighborhood. Profits from the sale of the home will benefit Hope International, a global nonprofit organization that provides micro-loans to people in poverty-stricken countries. The 2,818-square-foot home, which will be built using mostly donated or discounted labor and materials, could generate a $75,000 donation to the organization. Shown are (left to right): Michael Lennon, executive director, Houses for Hope International; along with Bill Cellar, Sean Junker and Frank Cirillo, all executives of Providence Homes.

4. Standard Pacific Homes has opened its Carmel model in Timber Creek Plantation. To celebrate the event, the company held separate grand openings for real estate professionals and the public. The Carmel will be priced from $265,000. Shown are (left to right):? Denise Adams, Amber Williams, Ralph Crane and Lynda Seagle, all of Standard Pacific Homes.

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Prudential Network Realty has added Cici Anderson to the sales team at its Ponte Vedra Beach office. ... Scott Phillips has been named market manager for the Jacksonville Division of Beazer Homes. He was previously CFO of Beazer's Gulf Coast Division. ... In other Beazer news, the Jacksonville Division recently won the "Life is Better With Block" award from the Northeast Florida Builders Association (NEFBA) Masonry Council for overall excellence in concrete masonry construction. ... Amber Williams of Standard Pacific Homes was recognized as Marketing Director of the Year at the recent Excel Awards in Orlando. The awards are sponsored by the Florida Home Builders Association (FHBA). ... Barbara Moore was recently named president of Lennar Homes’ Jacksonville Division. Moore was formerly division president for Beazer Homes in Jacksonville.? ... Sheryl Vaughn, marketing manager of Ryland Homes’ Jacksonville Division, recently earned the Member, Institute of Residential Marketing (MIRM) designation from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).