Soderstrom has set up what is believed to be metro Orlando's first genuine French real estate connection with the hiring of Catherine Metais, a former ambassador of goodwill at the French Pavilion at Walt Disney World's Epcot attraction.

Metais is Stirling International Realty Inc.'s new luxury shelter specialist in the Dr. Phillips Real Estate Showcase Center on Sand Lake Road in Orlando's main tourist corridor. She came to Orlando 10 years ago from her home in the Lorraine region in northwestern France.

Soderstrom, not known for his use of superlatives, calls Metais "a very knowledgeable real estate professional with extensive contacts throughout France and a terrific knowledge of that market."

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