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INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FIRM CONTRIBUTES TO LOCAL EFFORT TO PRESERVE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY

Songy Partners donates $15,000 to Fort Myers Black History Society

WHO: Songy Partners LLC, an international commercial real estate firm with regional offices in Fort Myers, Fla., presented a $15,000 check to Fort Myers Mayor Jim Humphrey to support the Black History Society and the historic Williams Academy. Robert Brooks, Regional Director for Songy Partners presented the check to Mayor Humphrey. Songy Partners is developing Forum Corporate Park, a 42-acre, class-A office park situated within the 700-acre mixed-use development, The Forum at Fort Myers, located along I-75 between SR-82 and Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers, Florida. Forum Corporate Park will include a professional office campus consisting of seven class-A, multi-tenant office buildings with a select few build-to-suit sites available for sale to end users.

WHAT: The news conference and check presentation took place at 2 pm on November 5 at the Williams Academy. Later that evening, Mayor Humphrey again recognized Robert Brooks at the televised City Council meeting at the City Hall.

“On behalf of the City Council and the citizens of Fort Myers, I greatly appreciate Songy Partners for their generous contribution to the quality of life in our community. These funds will be designated for documenting the importance of the historic Williams Academy in our great city,” said Humphrey.

DETAILS: The contribution will help to create a video that describes the historical African-American impact that exists in Fort Myers, Fla., and Lee County. The video will be shown on the local government channel and at the newly restored Williams Academy, which has been converted into a Black History Museum.

The Williams Academy was built in 1913 as the first government funded Lee County School for African-Americans. The school was named in honor of professor J.W. Williams, who moved to Fort Myers previous to the schools opening, exclusively to teach there. In 1995, Lee County retained an architect and historian to convert the Williams Academy to a Black History Museum.

About Songy Partners LLC
Songy Partners LLC (http://www.songypartners.com) is a commercial real estate firm based in Atlanta, with company offices and projects in Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Mexico City, Knoxville, Fort Myers, Boca Raton, Lafayette, and Dallas. The partnership was formed to acquire, renovate and develop institutional quality real estate projects throughout the United States.

Media Contact: Devin Releford, (404)872-7289 ext 14, devin@schroderpr.com / www.schroderpr.com
SONGY PARTNERS LLC WELCOMES JOHN HOWARD TO FLORIDA TEAM

Atlanta, Ga., – October 3, 2007– Songy Partners LLC recently announced the addition of John Howard to its Florida regional office as an associate in the Fort Myers, Fla., office. Howard’s main role is to handle sales, leasing, and property management responsibilities for the Forum Corporate Park. The Forum Corporate Park is a new, ground-up, 42-acre office park development, which will consist of seven building sites, totaling 475,000 square feet of Class A office space. Songy recently broke ground and closed on a construction loan and is currently vertically developing two Class A office buildings totaling 140,000 square feet. The first building is slated to open in February 2008.

“The Forum is a strategic opportunity for Songy Partners, located in the fastest growing submarket in Southwest Florida,” said David Songy, CEO. “John Howard’s addition to our team will add more fuel to our project momentum.”

Prior to joining Songy Partners, Howard has nine years experience in the commercial real estate field in Florida. Howard spent the last four years working as an associate for The Fitzgerald Group located in Boca Raton, Fla., where he oversaw the marketing and management of several successful office projects. In 2004, he was awarded a Top 20 Power Broker Award in Palm Beach County from the CoStar Group for his leasing transactions. Howard is also a Gulf war veteran, having served in the Air Force from 1989 to 1993. Howard is a licensed Florida Real Estate Sales Associate. Howard is a member of the South Florida Realty Society, BOMA of South Florida, South Florida Brokers Association, Realtors Commercial Society and National Association of Industrial Office Properties and trustee of Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce.

About Songy Partners LLC
Songy Partners LLC (http://www.songypartners.com) is a commercial real estate firm based in Atlanta, with company offices and projects in Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Mexico City, Knoxville, Fort Myers, Boca Raton, Lafayette, and Dallas. The partnership was formed to acquire, renovate and develop institutional quality real estate projects throughout the United States.

For more information contact Schroder Public Relations, Chris Schroder (404)872-7289 chris@schroderpr.com.
SONGY PARTNERS SIGNS ANCHOR TENANT RASMUSSEN COLLEGE TO ITS NEW FORT MYERS OFFICE PARK

ATLANTA, August, 2007– Songy Partners LLC signed Rasmussen College, Inc. to a 10-year lease for 18,500 square feet – comprising the entire ground floor of the first of seven office buildings within the new Forum Corporate Park in Fort Myers, Florida.

The three-story, 60,000-square-foot building located at 9160 Forum Corporate Parkway will be completed in February 2008 and will be part of Songy Partners 42-acre, Class-A Forum Corporate Park, situated within the 700-acre mixed-use development, The Forum at Fort Myers.

Robert A. Brooks, Florida Regional Director of Songy Partners Realty, Ltd., brokered the deal that solidifies Rasmussen College, Inc., as one of the initial anchor tenants of the Forum Corporate Park.

“We look forward to a long relationship with Rasmussen College and are excited to welcome them as one of the first tenants at our brand new office park, which we believe will be the new gathering place for business in southwest Florida,” Brooks said. “As Rasmussen considered numerous locations for their new campus throughout the region, we assured them that our park will exceed their expectations and their commitment contributes to making it a premier office development,” Brooks said.

Founded in 1900, Rasmussen College is a for-profit, post-secondary education company that provides programs in Internal Technology (IT), business and healthcare on-line and through a network of campuses. It expanded in 2004 with the purchase of the IT services division of Collegis, an outsourcing company focused on the higher education market, which was then renamed. Webster College, a subsidiary of Rasmussen College, has campuses in Pasco County and Ocala, Florida. Rasmussen also has six campuses in Minnesota and one in Rockford, Illinois. The Forum Corporate Park will include seven, Class-A, buildings when completed, with the second, four-story, 80,000-square-foot office building available for lease and to be completed by the end of 2008. A few selected office sites are also available for sale by end users or developer build to suit opportunities.

About Songy Partners LLC
Songy Partners LLC (http://www.songypartners.com) is a commercial real estate firm based in Atlanta, with company offices and projects in Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Mexico City, Knoxville, Fort Myers, Boca Raton, Lafayette, and Dallas. The partnership was formed to acquire, renovate and develop institutional quality real estate projects throughout the United States.

About Rasmussen College, Inc.
Rasmussen College, Inc. is a premier provider of online and on-campus education serving students through its network of 11 campuses in the Midwest and Southeast and 10 virtual campuses operated by its Deltak division. Through these 22 campuses, Rasmussen offers students a broad range of quality programs ranging from certificate to Masters in nine educational departments focused on the areas with the greatest occupational opportunities. (http://www.rasmussen.edu)

Contact: For more info, Songy Partners: Robert Brooks, 770.395.5200, rab@songypartners.com