Snapped at the ribbon-cutting for the new HQ of the SeaLand, the intra-Americas regional ocean carrier of Maersk Group in Miramar: SeaLand CEO Craig Mygatt and Gov Rick Scott. The governor welcomed SeaLand to the state and used the event to announce the strong December 2014 Florida jobs numbers. SeaLand is occupying 13k SF at Huntington Centre, a MetLife property. Taylor & Mathis director of leasing Donna Korn, along with colleague Jennifer Gemma, repped MetLife.

Doral Mayor Luigi Boria, councilwoman Ana Maria Rodriguez, 2013 Miss Universe Gabriela Isler, Shoma Group president Masoud Shojaee and Councilman Pete Cabrera. Gabriela joined Shoma Group at its recent reception for the Oasis Park Square property, a 180-house single-family development by Shoma, which has also developed the multifamily Doral View and the Residences at Park Square, which are in Doral. (We’ve always thought it odd that there aren’t more Miss Universe contestants from the Andromeda Galaxy or at least the Alpha Centauri star system.)

While the the Northeast was out shoveling snow this week, the sales staff of Paramount Fort Lauderdale Beach--Catherine Kohn, Elizabeth Finearty, Karen Howard and Amanda Manteiga--an 18-story, 95-residence tower condo project, decided to shovel some sand. Encore Housing Opportunity Fund is developing the condos on the site of the former Howard Johnson hotel, and it will be the first oceanfront luxury condo project in Fort Lauderdale since the housing crash.