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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 26, 2007
For More Information:
Robert Brooks, Songy Partners
770.395.5200
rab@songypartners.com
Chris Schroder, SchroderPR
404.872.7289
chris@schroderpr.com
SONGY PARTNERS SIGNS ANCHOR TENANT
RASMUSSEN COLLEGE
TO ITS NEW
FORT MYERS OFFICE PARK
ATLANTA, June 26, 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 (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. (www.rasmussen.edu)
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