RIVERBEND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE COMPLETE, TWO MORE ON THE WAY

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Amera-Barron has completed the first 67,000-square-foot office building at the Riverbend Transit Oriented Development, a 6 million-square-foot community planned at the intersection of Broward Boulevard and Interstate 95 in Fort Lauderdale. The developer is finalizing approval for two additional four-story, 120,000-square-foot office buildings, slated to begin construction in second quarter 2009. The Class A buildings will include fiber optics, low-emission window systems and 15,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. The buildings are part of Riverbend’s 700,000-square-foot first phase.