Centex Rooney Completes AutoNation USA Near Orlando.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 1997--Centex Rooney Construction Co. has completed an AutoNation USA used car superstore in Sanford, Fla., near Orlando. The project, which took eight months to construct and landscape, consists of three structures, including a Showroom, a Service/Reception building and a Car Wash facility. It has the capacity to display 1,000 vehicles for sale to perspective car buyers. The new facility, located on a 30-acre site on Interstate 4, will open its doors to the public during the week of Aug. 25. It is the third such operation to open in the state, with the other two located in South Florida. Centex Rooney Construction Co. Inc., a 64-year-old Florida-based builder, is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, with regional offices in Miami, Orlando, Fort Myers Fort Myers, city (1990 pop. 45,206), seat of Lee co., SW Fla., on the Caloosahatchee River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1850, inc. 1905. It has a tourist trade and light industry and is a shipping point for citrus fruits, winter vegetables, flowers (especially , Tampa and Jacksonville. Centex Rooney, Florida's largest general contractor A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. and construction manager, is a subsidiary of Centex Construction Group, a division of Centex Corp. Dallas-based Centex Corp., a New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (symbol:CTX CTX Context (Management; Tandem) CTX Centex Corporation (stock symbol) CTX Centrex CTX Cyclophosphamide CTX Corporate Trade Exchange CTX Cytoxan CTX Cholera Toxin CTX Clinical Trial Exemption ) company, also is one of America's largest home builders and single-family mortgage originators. CONTACT: Centex Rooney Construction Co., Fort Lauderdale Larry Casey, 954/771-7122 Fax 954/776-4857 |
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