The M1 Sustainable Homes™ Division started off strong with the sale of a three bedroom, three bath condominium unit at the luxurious Continuum building located south of Fifth Street in Miami Beach. The condo traded for 3.15M and closed quickly to an all-cash buyer. Metro 1 Properties will be assisting the new buyer in updating the residence with sustainable flooring, efficient lighting, fixtures and appliances, low VOC paints and other environmentally conscious upgrades. By utilizing the firm’s in-house Green Building Resource Center, the buyer was able to select from a wide variety of sustainable samples and start the updates quickly.

The vision for the newly launched M1 Sustainable Homes Division is to provide sustainable real estate solutions for residential properties which include condos, single family homes, green developments, residential income, luxury, distressed and rental properties. M1 Sustainable Homes ™ will focus on creating more sustainable residential properties, developments and urban environments and providing solutions for the consumers, homeowners, investors and institutions alike, who are all looking to create a more economically viable, environmental friendly and energy efficient world.

Based in Miami, Metro 1 Properties is a full-service real estate brokerage firm dedicated to providing a superior level of advisory and transaction services for clients conducting business throughout the world. Metro 1 Properties offers clients the services of a vertically-integrated, full service brokerage with a unique twist: the power of an advertising firm as well. Our services include commercial and residential sales and leasing, landlord and tenant representation, sustainability services, M1 debt and equity finance and M1 marketing. Our focus is to build sustainable communities and effect the smart redevelopment of the built environment through strategic alliances with private investors, developers, landlords, retailers, tenants and governmental entities and to promote services that are sustainable, always advocating for smart growth. Metro 1 Properties is a member of the USGBC, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, ULI, CCIM, ICSC, CIASF, RAMB, and RCA. For more information on Metro 1 Properties please visit www.metro1properties.com or call the Metro 1 Properties office at 305.571.9991.

METRO MIXER @ the W Hotel sponsored by Ocean Drive

Fran Clougherty and Tony Cho along with
Ocean Drive Magazine, the W Hotel and the M1 Hospitality Group invite you to

METRO MIXER

Where South Florida’s Top Professionals Meet to Network, Mingle and Strengthen Business Relationships

The W South Beach
2201 Collins Avenue Miami Beach

RSVP required
Please RSVP to rsvp@metro1properties.com or call 305.571.9991

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
7-9PM

Complimentary cocktails courtesy of VeeV

W Hotel – South Beach
2201 Collins Avenue

Metro 1 Properties would like to extend sincere thanks to Renewable Choice Energy for carbon offsetting our Green Building Resource Center and Offices for an entire year!

Metro 1 Properties; Making An Impact

Voluntary markets play a vital role in supporting renewable energy and carbon mitigation projects. The voluntary market gives individuals and companies the choice to go beyond the direct reductions they make on their own. Offsets provide a market-based means to invest in technologies that most efficiently create verified,measurable, and permanent environmental benefits. Corporations are taking a leading role in supporting markets for renewable energy and carbon offsets.

Renewable Choice has helped hundreds of companies reduce their environmental footprint and support clean energy development. Renewable Choice recognizes that companies’ environmental actions can accomplish more than environmental benefits. They have led the growing market for corporate environmental action by connecting our clients with impactful environmental projects and delivering unparalleled education and outreach initiatives.

For more information on Renewable Choice Energy please visit: www.renewablechoice.com

Metro 1 Properties’ Senior Urban Associate Fabian Graff secured a lease, for Deco Bike, LLC. Deco Bike, LLC. is a Miami-based joint venture firm that will house is headquarters in the Wynwood Arts District.The company recently entered into contract with the City of Miami Beach to provide residents and visitors an automated, solar-powered public bicycle rental and sharing system that will operate 24 hours per day throughout the City. Patrons will be able to check a bike out from any of 85 station locations and return to a station of their choosing. With nearly 1,000 bikes in the program, it aims to improve mobility in the community, improve public health, reduce vehicle emissions and help to eliminate parking problems and traffic congestion by taking hundreds of cars off the road. Bikes will be available via monthly memberships or on an hourly basis. Such programs have experienced great success in Europe and now are slated to be implemented in a variety of urban locations in America. The Deco Bike Miami Beach program will be one of the first and largest city-wide programs in the country and is expected to launch in the Spring of 2010.

A breakdown of Metro 1 Properties’ landlord and tenant representation services include: product positioning—or repositioning, competitive property valuation and marketing analyses, renovation planning and supervision, tenant prospecting, lease negotiations, creating and launching targeted marketing strategies, leasing of hospitality locations for third-party owners, lease valuation and lease value comparison, subleases and buyouts, and structuring sale/leasebacks.

Based in Miami, Metro 1 Properties Inc. is a boutique commercial real estate brokerage firm dedicated to providing a superior level of advisory and transaction services for clients conducting business throughout the world. Metro 1 Properties offers clients the services of a vertically-integrated, full service brokerage with a unique twist: the power of an advertising firm as well. Our services include commercial sales and leasing, landlord and tenant representation, sustainability services, M1 debt and equity finance and M1 marketing. Our focus is to build sustainable communities and effect the redevelopment of the urban core through strategic alliances with private investors, developers, landlords, retailers, tenants and governmental entities and to promote services that are sustainable, always advocating for smart growth. Metro 1 Properties is a member of the USGBC, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, ULI, CCIM, ICSC, CIASF, RAMB, and RCA. For more information on Metro 1 Properties please visit www.metro1properties.com or call the Metro 1 Properties office at 305.571.9991.

Greenbuild is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. Thousands of building professionals from all over the world come together at Greenbuild for three days of outstanding educational sessions, renowned speakers, green building tours, special seminars, and networking events. The Green Exhibitor Performance Award recognizes the outstanding efforts of exhibiting companies who are successfully minimizing the negative environmental effects of participating in conferences and tradeshows. The Award criteria are designed to establish a baseline for accepted environmentally responsible exhibit practices. Each participating exhibitor earns points based on the amount of environmentally responsible practices and products incorporated into their display.

Metro 1 Properties was awarded the 2008 Green Exhibitor Award for their sustainable booth design at the USGBC’s Greenbuild Boston. With over 800 exhibitors at Greenbuild, Metro 1 Properties was one of 32 companies that was awarded. Special thanks to Andrew and his team at Project Import Export for their assistance in addition to the Metro 1 team, with a very special thanks to Carl Hildebrand and Susie Glass who designed the space.

Read more: http://www.greenbuildexpo.org/Expo/Exhibitors/Green-Exhibitor-Awards.aspx