| 1960-1965 |
Carlson Industrial Electric Contractors. With upwards of 50
electricians when sold, the Company was a major component of numerous large projects
throughout Western Canada. |
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| 1965 |
Carlson Mastercraft Speedboats. These sleek
hand-crafted boats are still popular throughout
Western Canada. |
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| 1968 |
Carlson Vehicles. Manufacturer of custom dune buggies. |
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| 1967-1973 |
Polaris factory snowmobile racer. Bill Carlson won many Provincial championships
throughout his racing career including the 1972 Canadian Championships. |
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| 1972 |
DuraDeck Flooring Systems. Franchisers throughout Canada and the Western United States. |
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| 1978 |
Aqua Sun Investments, Inc., the United States timeshare development arm of the
Carlson Group, has developed, sold out and/or continues to manage eleven resorts with 45,000 owners. The Aqua
Sun Investments Inc. resort group is as follows: |
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| 1978 |
Penthouse Beach Club. Located in Treasure Island, Florida. Penthouse Beach Club
was one of the first timeshare resorts in Florida with 30 units and 1,530 owners. |
|
| 1980 |
Traders Inn Beach Club. Located in Ormond-By-The-Sea, Florida. 49 units
and 2,499 owners. |
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| 1981 |
Georgian Inn Beach Club. Located in Ormond Beach, Florida. 104 units and
5,304 owners |
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| 1983 |
Maverick Resort. Located in Ormond Beach, Florida. 138 units and 7,038 owners. |
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| 1987 |
Oceanside 99. Located in Ormond Beach, Florida. 21 units and 1,050 owners. |
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| 1988 |
Tropic Sun Towers. Located in Ormond Beach, Florida. 84 units and 4,284 owners |
|
| 1988 |
Dean Carlson's appointment to the Board of
Directors continues the winning ways of the
family and the growing Carlson Group of Companies. |
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| 1990 |
Tropic Shores Resort. Located in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida. 80 units and
4,080 owners. |
|
| 1990 |
Magic Tree Resorts. Located in Kissimmee, Florida. 92 units and 4,652 owners. |
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| 1993 - 2003 |
Klassix Auto Attraction.
This 52,000 square feet opened
to rave reviews and was said to be “The Greatest Auto Museum in the World” with a
Corvette collection second to none consisting of every year produced. To
make it even better, in 1997 a “Star Cars” with George
Barris collection was acquired
and displayed in unique dioramas as the attraction had become
known for. |
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| 1994 |
Villas at Fortune Place. Located in Kissimmee, Florida. 100 units and 5,100 owners. |
|
| 1995 |
Island Seas Investments Limited. The international timeshare development arm of the Carlson Group
is in the development of its first Bahamian resort, Island Seas Resort, a sister resort to the Aqua Sun Resort Group. |
|
| 1996 |
Island Palm, Freeport, Bahama is a hotel used for marketing and getaway vacation
specials for Aqua Sun Owners Service. |
|
| 1998 |
Grand Lake Resort. Located in Kissimmee, Florida. 38 units and 1,976 owners. |
|
| 1998 |
Lifetime of Vacations. Located in Kissimmee, Florida. 52 units and 2,652 owners. |
|
| 1998 |
Whispering Pines Golf and Country Club Resort
Limited. This resort is a unique, lakefront, recreational
vehicle and condominium development on Pine Lake
in Alberta, Canada. Development of Phase
6 starting in 2008. |
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| 2001 - 2007 |
Four Winds Aircraft, LLC developed a unique and innovative single engine, four door and four seat aircraft. |
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| 2002 |
NGEN, LLC is an engine development company that has patents pending on several unique innovations that greatly increase the efficiency of the internal and external combustion engine. |
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| 2004 |
Aerospace Investments, LLC is a software development company with several unique software and business process applications for the aviation community. The company has developed several patentable products including SkyBOOKS™ and sold the assets associated with SkyBOOKS™ in January 2008 to Textron. |
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| 2005 |
Aqua Sun Technologies, LLC specializes in the development and marketing of products on the internet and provides various Information Technology services internationally. |
