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Contact: Brie Turek (407) 246-3106
Daisy Staniszkis (407) 246-3625

DOWNTOWN ORLANDO SKYLINE GETS A QUICK CHANGE

Downtown Developers Come Together With Community Redevelopment Agency to Benefit Citizens and Visitors
of the City Beautiful

ORLANDO, FL (December 8, 2005) -- With more than $2 billion worth of investment in Downtown Orlando, the next several years will be a unique time for the City Beautiful as its scenic skyline will grow with the addition of new high-rise residential towers and modern, corporate headquarter buildings.

This week, one fixture on the current skyline will disappear thanks to the assistance of local developers and the City’s Community Redevelopment Agency.

“In keeping with the City’s reputation as the City Beautiful,
AT& T has agreed to have the microwave tower on top of their building removed,” said Frank Billingsley, Executive Director of Community Redevelopment Agency. “The microwave tower has been providing a service to the community since its installation during the 1950s and has been a fixture on the downtown skyline. “

“We’re happy to be a part of the City’s beautification plan,” said Richard Kaleta, AT&Ts director of Network Field Services. “The City of Orlando has been important to our company for many, many years.”

The City of Orlando’s Community Redevelopment Agency was successful in raising the required sum of $75,000 for the tower’s removal through a partnership with the Dynetech Corporation (recently announced corporate headquarters tower adjacent to the AT&T building) and Churchill Development Group (the developer of The VUE at Lake Eola).

“With all of the booming activity our City Center is experiencing, Dynetech is committed to helping shape the look and feel of Orlando as it develops into a prominent diversified center for high value, high wage economic growth” said Laurence J. Pino, CEO of Dynetech Corporation.

“We are happy to help enhance the downtown community”, said Mike Murray, Principal of Churchill Development Group. “We are here to build more than a luxury high-rise. We’re here to build a long-lasting urban community. We want to be a community partner and help beautify the City Beautiful.”

Work is scheduled to begin today, December 8, 2005. Wall Street, between Magnolia and Rosalind will be closed for the duration.

Please call (407) 246-3625 for more information or log on to the official web site of Downtown Orlando at www.downtownorlando.com.

For additional information on Dynetech Corporation, please visit www.dynetech.com and for details about Churchill Development Group, please visit www.vueorlando.com.

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