The Continental Group Announces New Hire in the Tampa Office

Hollywood, FL, August 10, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The Continental Group (TCG), a FirstService Residential Management company, is pleased to announce that Michele Pryor has been hired as a Senior Associate of Business Development in the St. Pete/Tampa office. Pryor will be responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with both current and prospective clients. She will also act as a liaison between TCG and area chambers and organizations that serve the communities of St. Petersburg and Tampa.

Before joining The Continental Group, Pryor served as an Association Services Officer at The Bank of Tampa. She is currently an active board member of The American Lung Association, a Team Selection Committee Member of The Outback Bowl, and participates regularly in other charities and events to benefit Junior Achievement and HARC. Additionally, Pryor enjoys networking within the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce and is active in The Suncoast Community Associations Institute (CAI) chapter.

Pryor holds a Masters in Management with a concentration on Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness from Troy University.

For more information about The Continental Group, please call 727-299-9555 or visit www.tcgmgt.com.

About The Continental Group, Inc.

Founded in 1990, The Continental Group’s corporate headquarters is located in Hollywood, FL.

It also has regional offices in Boca Raton, Miami, West Palm Beach, Wellington, Vero Beach, Orlando, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Jacksonville and Destin. The company is the largest manager of condominium and homeowner associations in the state, and one of South Florida’s leading private sector employers.

Today, The Continental Group manages and maintains 1,500 Associations and more than 310,000 residential units. As the leading community association management company in Florida, Continental pioneered many of the practices widely utilized throughout the industry today.

The Continental Group is a subsidiary of FirstService Residential Management (FSR). FSR is the largest manager of residential communities in North America, overseeing more than 5,600 properties and over 1.3 million residential units. FSR is a subsidiary of FirstService Corporation (NASDAQ: FSRV, TSX: FSV), a global leader in the rapidly growing real estate services sector, providing a variety of services in commercial real estate, residential property management and property services. More information about FirstService is available at www.firstservice.com.

To learn more about The Continental Group, call (954) 925-8200, toll-free: (800) 215-2316 or visit www.tcgmgt.com.