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January 20 - 26, 2009
VILLAGE, from page 1 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Spanish Village entrance — listed on the National Register of Historic Places — and an address by historian Arva Moore Parks. “Here you will recognize beauty, outstanding architecture, consummate expressiveness of art — structural strength and militant challenging permanency,” Parks said. Now under construction, the $350 million “new urbanism” development evokes the aesthetics of ancient Spanish towns yet is an entirely modern community, with hurricane-ready building materials and structural components. When complete, Old Spanish Village, designed by Jorge L. Hernandez Architect PA, will span three city blocks on seven acres just south of Miracle Mile and adjacent to Ponce Circle. The Villas comprise three- and fourbedroom town-mansions priced from $1.5 million. They will include private rooftop terraces, private elevators, twocar garages, a butler’s pantry and a separate laundry room.
El Prado, the first of the mid-rise condominiums, will include a landscaped pool with deck and intimate park area, professional fitness center, common areas, and valet parking. The separately owned Ponce de Leon Towers, which are being built by Allen Morris Company, has signed its first tenant: New York-based Rockefeller Group Business Centers. Ponce Circle Developers is a joint venture between racing-promotion legend Ralph Sanchez and prominent regional development firm Mas Group. The Master Brokers Forum is a networking organization comprised of South Florida’s top residential real estate professionals. Membership is limited to the region’s most successful real estate professionals, and is by invitation only. For more information, visit online at <www.masterbrokersforum.com>. For information on sales, call sales director Nancy Iliffe at 305-444-1717.
LAPSLEY, from page 1 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– another high on the list. As a seemingly full-time club woman and volunteer, Lapsley has tackled a variety of jobs including working for Mackle Brothers (Deltona Corp.) as payroll and insurance supervisor; Greenbrier Construction; Young Stovall & Company in accounting, and her husband’s CPA firm. Of course, the mystery is how she has time for anything other than her volunteer activities. For two decades as her sons were growing up, Lapsley was very active at Plymouth Congregational Church and served as a member of its board of directors. She was an active member of the Women’s Cancer Association’s Barton-Ravlin Chapter for 12 years and Lamda Mu for seven years. For the past 23 years, Lapsley has been an active member of Coral Gables Junior Woman’s Club. Her leadership skills have been a blessing to the organizations in which she has volunteered. She served as president of the Coral Gables Junior Woman’s Club for five terms and then as first vice president and treasurer of both the GFWC Coral
Gables Woman’s Club and the Coral Gables Junior Woman’s Club before they merged to become one club. For many years, Lapsley also was chair of the CGJWC’s major fundraiser, “Cabaret,” for the Clubs’ May Van Sickle Children Dental Clinic. Operated as a free clinic, it makes the job of club president like that of a corporate executive with three businesses to run: dental clinic operations, club house rental and service organization. Working with a dedicated board, Lapsley did all three without missing a beat and with the full support of a loving family. On a state level, Lapsley has served as the Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs district director and junior district director. While Lapsley enjoys travel, reading, cooking, decorating, and spending time with family and friends, she continues to give freely of her time to so many projects, from Smart Ride and Relay for Life, and, if the Coral Gables Woman’s Club is involved, you can bet Lapsley is there helping out and generously donating her time.