Accelerated Marketing Partners and Wood Partners Announce Orlando's First High-Rise Condominium Real Estate Auction for Solaire at the Plaza.

- Solaire at the Plaza's March 1 Auction Offers 42 Luxury Residences at Close-Out Prices in Premier Downtown Development -

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Accelerated Marketing Partners will conduct the first luxury residential high-rise close-out real estate auction in Orlando for Wood Partners' Solaire at the Plaza, Orlando's premier downtown development, on Sat., March 1. Minimum bids for the 42 one- and two-bedroom homes available at the close-out auction will start at $170,000, which is approximately 45 percent below the highest asking price prior to the auction.

"We're excited to bring Accelerated Marketing Partners into Solaire at the Plaza for this first-of-its kind opportunity in the southeast," said Charles Barrus, director of Wood Partners, the developer of Solaire at the Plaza. "With the challenges builders and developers are facing in today's real estate market, this strategy could become a model for movement of inventory across the nation."

The close-out auction will take place at 1:00 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Orlando Downtown, located at 191 East Pine Street, Orlando, Fla., 32801. An auction information center and model residence is open at The Solaire, which is located at 155 South Court Ave., Suite 2302. Advance registration for the auction is required, and interested parties can obtain additional information at www.solaireattheplaza.com.

Solaire at the Plaza features masterfully designed one- and two-bedroom homes with private balconies. The 24 one-bedroom residences available at auction range in size from approximately 837 sq. ft. to 866 sq. ft. for a minimum bid of $170,000. Additionally, 18 two-bedroom residences available for auction start at approximately 1,261 sq. ft. and have a minimum bid of $250,000. One-bedroom homes had previous asking prices of up to $296,000, and two-bedroom homes had previous asking prices of up to $450,000.

"This is a historic, in fact, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," said Jon Gollinger, co-founder and east coast chief executive officer of Accelerated Marketing Partners. "We have an exceptional opportunity for buyers to determine the market value for luxury downtown real estate, and we will trust and respect their price points for Solaire."

Located in the heart of downtown Orlando, residents enter Solaire at the Plaza through a chic designer-appointed lobby with a 24-hour doorman and full-service concierge. Residents have exclusive access to unparalleled amenities, including an outdoor pool with landscaped garden and grill area, as well as a fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment; clubroom, lounge and bar for residential entertaining; media center with plasma television and computer stations; arcade area with systems such as Playstation2 and Xbox; and more. As part of central Florida's largest mixed-use development, residents will have instant access to restaurants, retail stores and a cinema.

For more information, please call 407-423-0802 or visit www.solaireattheplaza.com.

About Wood Partners:

Wood Partners ("Wood") is a multi-family real estate firm that develops, constructs, and acquires multi-family rental communities of the highest standards. Wood also develops, constructs, and converts condominium projects. Wood does business in partnership form. Because they are partners in the business, the owners have similar incentives and share in the upside as well as the downside of real estate. Wood believes that the opportunity to control one's own destiny and create personal wealth has attracted, and will continue to attract, outstanding real estate entrepreneurs.

Wood organizes its business geographically. A specific geographic focus allows the Partners to be "local experts". They are therefore in a position to take advantage of local opportunities they can discover before others because of their local knowledge. This local real estate expertise is coupled with industry experience, a sharing between Partners of "best practices," Partner capital, and a broad base of financial relationships. The combination is powerful. Good ideas and capital are brought to bear on great local opportunities -- a winning formula.

Wood Partners key partners average over 20 years' experience in the apartment industry. Since the formation of Wood Partners in May 1998, the firm has developed and/or built over 30,000 multi-family apartment homes and condominiums with a total value that exceeds $3.8 billion. Wood will continue to acquire, develop and construct outstanding apartment and condominium communities to enhance day-to-day living for its customers. By serving its residents, Wood will create value for its investors and for the Partners.

Accelerated Marketing Partners

Accelerated Marketing Partners, a full-service residential real estate firm, specializes in the development and implementation of both accelerated and conventional marketing and sales programs. The company has brought together the industry's most seasoned professionals with decades of experience providing strategic marketing solutions for residential real estate developments nationwide. Accelerated Marketing Partners offers comprehensive integrated services including detailed marketing analysis, management of on-site sales initiatives and accelerated marketing campaign development and implementation. For more information, please visit www.acceleratedmp.com