CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Ryland Homes has opened its new fully-decorated, Hastings model home at Skybrook, a golf-course community located off Eastfield and Harris Roads in Huntersville.

WINTER PARK - Mattamy Homes USA, the U.S. division of Canada's largest home builder, recently acquired 68 town home sites on New Broad St. in Baldwin Park near downtown Orlando.

JACKSONVILLE - Mattamy Homes has opened 14 new showcase homes priced from the $130s in 10 communities in the Jacksonville region.

JACKSONVILLE - Rob Valenti, a Jacksonville native with extensive sales experience, has joined the staff at Ryland Homes' Jacksonville Division as a new home sales counselor.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Beach Street Courtyard, an exclusive luxury condominium community developed by Richard A. Friedman, managing director of Chadwick Real Estate Group, will host a soft opening Dec. 5 on the top floor at 128 S. Beach St. in downtown Daytona Beach to preview 12 luxury condominiums.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida, associated with 200 Grubb & Ellis offices worldwide, recently negotiated a long-term sublease of 10,090 square feet of Class A office space in Maitland Promenade One at 485 N. Keller Rd. in Maitland.

ORLANDO, Fla. - NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new five-year lease agreement for 1,450 square feet retail space at Boardwalk Plaza, suite 1012, 3100 Alafaya Trail in Oviedo.

LONGWOOD, Fla. - Emerson International recently negotiated six lease renewals totaling more than 25,000 square feet at its 100,000-square-foot Sanlando office development in Longwood.

Political candidates are being held responsible for leftover campaign signs found on public property along roads and sidewalks in one North Carolina city.