Morris Southeast Group/CORFAC International Leases Office Space to Broward Charter School of Science and Technology in Pembroke Pines for New School

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The South Florida City of Pembroke Pines has a healthy degree of civic pride and rightly so—it has won national awards such as All-American City Award, been recognized as one of the best places to live and twice ranked in Florida as the best place to raise your kids. Some day in the future, the Broward County city could also be known as the Rocket Scientist capital of the world.

Morris Southeast Group/CORFAC International Principal Ken Morris, SIOR, announced today that his firm has signed the Broward Charter School of Science and Technology Inc. to a 10-year lease of a 24,246-square-foot building located at 1800 North Douglas Road, a two-story office property that is near the intersection of Taft Street in Pembroke Pines.

Morris, Koreena Rivers and Lois Paskow, RPA represented the landlord in securing the alternative-use tenant. The building is owned by CSG Building LLC and was formerly known as the Miller Legg Center. The newly formed K-12 Charter School is associated with Edfutures, Inc. (www.edfuturesinc.com) and has a sister school Burns Science Tech (www.burnsscitech.org).

Broward Charter School of Science & Technology (BCSTEM) utilizes Florida and National Standards in the teaching and learning of the Science, Technology Education, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines, in an innovative, integrated, collaborative, and applied fashion to a level of challenge sufficient for college and/or career readiness. Students are also taught traditional core classes such as English and history.

Located in Plantation FL, Morris Southeast Group is the official South Florida affiliate of CORFAC International and specializes in commercial real estate services including owner and tenant representation, corporate services and investment sales in the office, industrial and retail sectors throughout Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties.

For Miami Tenant Representation, South Florida Commercial Property, Ft. Lauderdale Commercial Real Estate Broker and Landlord Representation in Broward, Dade and Palm Beach counties, contact Ken Morris, president of Morris Southeast Group/CORFAC International at (954) 474-1776 or visit www.morrissegroup.com.

U.S.-based CORFAC International (Corporate Facility Advisors) is comprised of privately held entrepreneurial firms with expertise in office, industrial and retail real estate leasing and investment sales, multifamily property acquisitions and dispositions, property management and corporate services in North America, with coverage in South America provided by Panama-based Latin American Corporate Property Services. A Principal Member of FIABCI – the International Real Estate Federation with global affiliates in Europe and Asia, CORFAC International offers commercial real estate services with market reach in 65 countries worldwide. In recent years, CORFAC firms have averaged 10,000 completed transactions annually encompassing nearly 100 million square feet and valued at more than $6 billion. For more information on CORFAC, contact 703.532.6160 or visit www.corfac.com.