Canam Steel claim of lien — joist and deck materials

What the record says#

• Recorded October 16, 2026 at 9:20 a.m., instrument 202622003140, Official Records book 432, pages 326–329. The four-page filing is a claim of lien, not a judgment.

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• Canam Steel Corporation is the lienor. The filing identifies a purchase order with East Coast Metal Structures Corp. for joist and deck, described as specially fabricated materials.

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• The claim states a total furnished value of $311,290.38 and an amount remaining unpaid of $307,969.81. These are the claimant’s figures, not a verified current balance.

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• The filing gives June 22, 2026 as the first furnishing date and July 20, 2026 as the last. Its conditional Notice to Owner statement gives June 2, 2026 as the service date if such notice was required.

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• The first page identifies Lake Front Estates, 28020 FL-78, Okeechobee, and names Okeechobee Community Developers LLC as property owner. It refers the lot description to the attached exhibit and does not name the boys’ school.

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• Jennifer Porter signs as Director of Credit & Collections and is identified as agent of the lienor. The acknowledgment is dated October 15, 2026 and names Heidi Thompson as notary.

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• The preparer block names Alex DePriest, Florida Bar No. 1075216, of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani. This is the role stated in the document.

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• Exhibit A is labeled Harvey St Okeechobee Land Acquisitions (Parcel 1). It uses a metes-and-bounds description with an exception for an FDOT right-of-way donation, rather than isolating a platted residential lot or school tract.

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• Exhibit A retains stamps from instrument 202122003525, book 376, pages 335–336, recorded November 16, 2021, beneath the current October 16, 2026 stamps. Those retained stamps do not make this a 2021 lien.

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• The current county recording header lists Doc Mort, Int Tax and Doc Deed as 0.00. The separate county-index consideration of $0.00 is not the amount claimed unpaid.

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How to read this record#

This is a sworn nonpayment allegation, not an adjudicated debt or verified current balance. No response, payment confirmation, satisfaction, release, bond transfer, foreclosure docket or judgment resolving this claim is established by the supplied file.

The purchase-order counterparty is East Coast Metal Structures Corp.; the filing does not identify an Amboy Builders contract. It does not establish the complete contracting chain, which particular building received the materials, or a school-specific assignment.

The broad legal description is not assigned to individual homes or a school polygon. The filing alone does not establish that every Lakefront home is encumbered, construction stopped, or the project is insolvent.

The county-index description is preserved as supplied, including its geographic shorthand. For property scope, consult the actual Exhibit A; it uses Range 34 East. The index shorthand is not a verified parcel match.

The October 19 supplied index reports 224 unique instruments in the exact-name search and displays county verification through October 15, 2026, while including this October 16 recording. Its appearance does not establish complete coverage through October 16 or a search of every related entity.

County index description#

LAKEFRONT ESTATES 28020 FL-78 OKEECHOBEE SESC4 TWP39S RNG29E

The supplied name searches matched the To field in the county index. The source context below preserves the matched names and search scope. Index labels do not substitute for the parties’ roles stated in the document.

Related recorded instruments#

• 202122003525 · Warranty deed: Glenn C. Harvey to the developer

In the project timeline#

• October 16, 2026 · Canam Steel records a joist and deck lien claim

Reporting using this record#

• First home closing verified in Lakefront’s recorded-deed archive
• 23 construction-lien filings at Lakefront: 12 new roofing claims
• Who actually builds Lakefront
• 197 county instruments fill gaps in the Lakefront record

Retrieve the original#

Search the Glades County official-records portal using instrument 202622003140, or book 432, page 326. County image-session links can expire.

Summaries identify the source pages. The original PDF controls if a transcription differs. Glades County records have been checked through Oct 28, 2026; see the collection scope. Acquisition dates and the limits of earlier collection batches remain in the source entries.