The leases have a total approximate value of nearly $4.7 million and are for a combined 25,945 sf. Grace Blanco of Abood Wood-Fay Real Estate Group LLC represented Aquila in all the deals.

Recent leases at the 44,600-sf Lakes Plaza are:
-Premier Community Bank of South Florida, which inked a 10-year lease for 11,562 sf. The deal is worth approximately $2.9 million. The bank plans to relocate its headquarters to the property and open a 3,500-sf branch on the ground floor.
-NSI Insurance, which signed a six-year renewal and expansion lease for 9,245 sf. NSI previously leased 6,974 sf. The deal is valued at about $1.2 million. Wayne Schuchts of CB Richard Ellis represented NSI Insurance in this transaction.
-Capital Prime Mortgage Co., which signed a five-year deal for 4,185 sf. The lease is worth approximately $475,000.
-LMH & Associates Inc., an insurance company, which signed a five-year lease for 953 sf. This lease has an approximate value of $100,000.

"We are extremely pleased with the level of leasing activity and the quality of tenants that Donna Abood and Grace Blanco of Abood Wood-Fay Real Estate Group have been able to bring to our buildings over the last 12 months," Jordan Paul, president of Aquila Property Co. Inc., says in a statement. "Our strategy has been to acquire and implement an intensive hands-on management approach on well-located, under-performing office projects in affluent Florida communities. This approach has worked very well for us."