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MIAMI BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Michael Capponi, one of Miami's most respected and well-known hospitality entrepreneurs, known for setting records in event promotion, is now setting records in the real estate market. Capponi, Principal of The Capponi Group, which specializes in the development of high-end, luxury single-family homes, has set a Miami Beach record with the $4.3 million sale of a Sunset Island II home, the highest price ever recorded for an existing, non-waterfront property. The renovated three-story, 9,600 sq. ft. residence, located on a 13,000 sq. ft. lot at 2501 Bay Avenue, Miami Beach, has seven bedrooms, four full bathrooms, two powder rooms, a large formal dining room, and a loft-like living room with 25-foot ceilings and bay views. It features Caribbean overtones throughout and contains a separate family room with mahogany built-ins, an entertainment complex with a large movie theatre, a wine cellar room, wet bar, billiard room and gym.
Our interview today is with Tooey Courtemanche, CEO of Santa Barbara-based Procore Technologies (www.pro-core.com), which is developing software-as-a-service tools for the construction industry. We talked with Tooey about the firm, his stellar set of angel investors, and the interesting story on how the company grew out of his own efforts to build a house. Ben Kuo: What is ProCore's software is used for and who uses it? Tooey Courtemanche: Procore provides a construction project management tool, which a web-based, software-as-a-service tool that contractors can use to manage their projects online. It's currently called SitePro. The site is primarily a web portal that allows contractors to manage their schedules and communications online, and can be used to track who is accountable for a task and when they need to do them.
When Linda Wilson found out a home at the end of her street was being rented she didn't think anything of it, until the Sept. 13 issue of the Okeechobee News hit the street. It was then she realized the home had been rented to two men who were convicted sexual offenders. "I didn't know about it until I read about it in the newspaper and I recognized the address as being on my street," said Mrs. Wilson. "I didn't know when they first moved in who they were." But now, she's making sure everyone knows. At the center of her concern is that as many as four more convicted sex offenders may be moved into the home at 7272 N.W. 81st Court in Dixie Ranch Acres. Because there are an estimated 16 children living on that street, Mrs. Wilson has contacted Okeechobee County Sheriff Paul May, Okeechobee County Commissioner Gene Woods, Okeechobee County attorney John Cassels and the office of State Senator J.D.
London's mayoral race enters the "crucial" final three weeks today with challenger Joe Fontana hoping to close ground on Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best. Whether he will succeed is anybody's guess, although a leading local government expert remains skeptical. "Now is a critical time in a close race," Andrew Sancton, a professor at the University of Western Ontario, said yesterday. "But I just don't see any evidence (Joe) Fontana is making any headway." Earlier this month, a poll of 1,000 Londoners conducted by Acumen Research Group for The London Free Press and A-Channel suggested DeCicco-Best has a 20-point lead among decided voters. The poll, conducted Oct. 15 and 16, indicated DeCicco-Best has the support of 58 per cent of decided voters compared with 38 per cent for Fontana, the former London North Centre MP who resigned his seat to run for mayor.
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