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FORTUNE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES
BECOMES THE OFFICIAL COMMERICAL
REALTY COMPANY OF 2010 ALLTECH FEI WORLD
EQUESTRIAN GAMES
For Immediate Release
04/16/2008
LEXINGTON, Ky.
– The World Games 2010 Foundation today
announced that Fortune Commercial
Properties, a Lexington-based company, as
the Official Commercial Realty Company of
the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
As part of
the partnership, Fortune will provide 10,000
square feet of warehouse space and 6,000
square feet of office space for the World
Games 2010 Foundation, as well as a
financial contribution in support of the
2010 Games. The space is expected to
be used for storage and as a center of
operations for the 6,000-person volunteer
program.
“We are very
excited to be working with Fortune
Commercial Properties,” stated Terry
Johnson, Vice President of External
Relations for the World Games 2010
Foundation. “John Paul Miller has been
an important business owner in this
community for a long time, and this
partnership shows incredible support of this
event and our community.”
When asked why Fortune
Commercial Properties became involved in the
2010 Games, Mr. John Paul Miller, owner,
responded:
“It starts
with our love for horses, Lexington, and the
Kentucky Horse Park. I own a buckskin
Quarter horse, an ex-reiner, ‘Drifter’ and
my wife owns a Palomino Missouri Fox
Trotter, ‘Sunny.’ She has also been in the
Thoroughbred business for twenty five years.
We’ve ridden on trails in Kentucky, Ireland,
Mexico, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Florida,
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Utah,
and New Mexico.
“We’ve been
to Calgary Stampede, Cheyenne Frontier Days,
dozens of rodeos, the ’96 Olympics in
Atlanta, Gran Prix events, Pat Parelli’s in
Pagosa Springs, the National Cutting Horse
Championships in Ft. Worth, and the National
Reining Championships. We have been sponsors
of the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation, High
Hope Steeplechase, and Rolex Kentucky Three
Day Event,” said Mr. Miller.
“There are a
lot of ‘backside’ elements that are critical
to the success of an event such as the
Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, he
continued. “So when we
talked with Terry Johnson and Jack Kelly, we
wanted to do something special to help
guarantee the success of the 2010 Games.
Fortune Commercial Properties and I are
furnishing 6,000 square feet of office space
to be used by staff and training for
volunteers, along with 10,000 square feet of
warehouse space for equipment and storage.
We are very proud for Fortune Commercial
Properties to be the exclusive Commercial
Real Estate sales, leasing and development
partner with the Alltech FEI World
Equestrian Games.”
Fortune
Commercial Properties has been constructing
class-A offices, showrooms, warehouses, and
distribution centers since 1983. John Paul
Miller is the owner and Amy Mellinger is the
property/leasing manager. They have grown to
be one of the largest commercial property
companies in Kentucky. Fortune
Commercial Properties has built, owns and
leases over 750,000 square feet to a
prestigious list of national and local
tenants.
These
tenants selected FORTUNE for their NEXT
address: Fifth Third Bank, Graybar Electric,
XPEDEX, Tyco Simplex-Grinnell, Fastenal,
Omnicare, CED, Wesco International, Champion
Windows, KY Lottery, Farmers Bank,
Enterprise Rental Car, Jordan-Chiles,
Harshaw Trane, Pella Windows, Vascor,
Scott-Gross Nalley & Gibson, Ferguson
Enterprises, Paul Miller Ford, Okaya, and
Kinetic Technologies.
Fortune
Commercial Properties is a full-service Real
Estate company, specializing in leasing,
sales, development, build-to-suit, design,
and client representation.
The Alltech
FEI World Equestrian Games, to be held at
the Kentucky Horse Park September 25-October
10, 2010, are the world championships of the
eight equestrian disciplines recognized by
the Fédération Equestre Internationale
(FEI), and are held every four years. The
Games have never before been held outside of
Europe; nor have all eight disciplines ever
previously been held together at a single
site— both firsts that will be achieved at
the Kentucky Horse Park. The 2010 Games are
expected to have a statewide economic impact
of $150 million. It is anticipated that more
than 600,000 spectators will attend the
16-day competition.
Media Contact:
Amy Walker
Office 859-255-2010
ext. 235
awalker@feigames2010.org
For more information
on the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian
Games visit
www.feigames2010.org.
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