Change in Property Management Company - Welcome Focus Property Management!

Oaklawn Park will have a change in property management as of April 1, 2025. PMI Meridian will continue to manage Oaklawn Park through March 31, 2025. As of April 1, we will be transitioning to Focus Property Management.

All parties have agreed to work together to make this transition as smooth as possible. We thank both PMI Meridian and Focus Property Management for making this happen.

Please note that the 2nd quarter dues will be managed through Focus Property Management so please keep that in mind before submitting any 2nd quarter dues to/through PMI.

Our main contact with Focus will be Suzanne O'Connell. The following is from the Focus Property Management website regarding Suzanne.

Suzanne O’Connell is a licensed Indiana Real Estate Broker with a passion for client success, customer service, management, operations and organization.

Suzanne O’Connell

Suzanne has 25+ years of proven exceptional customer service in professional property management.   In addition to her broker license, she has earned the CAPS® designation from NAA.

Most recent, Suzanne was Vice President, Real Estate of Cedarview Management (Tenth & College) in Bloomington for 14 years and oversaw maintenance, capital improvements and leasing of Cedarview’s 40+ locations and ~1,000 rental units.  She honed her operational and organizational skills by participating in site selection, negotiations, acquisition and development / construction processes, and working closely with contractors to ensure quality and cost-effective solutions.

Her career in real estate included home sales for Wininger Stolberg Homes, where she helped coordinate the set-up and transition of the HOAs as communities were completed.  Suzanne has been a Principal Broker for a Bloomington-based third-party property and HOA management firm, Commercial / Industrial Manager of 20+ locations in Michigan and Wisconsin creating budgets, conducting onsite inspections, coordinating maintenance and negotiating vendor contracts.

Community service is a focus for Suzanne. She was an instructor for the City of Bloomington’s “Renting 101” and taught the “Landlord Info” course for South Central Indiana Housing Opportunities. She is a participant at Habitat for Humanity Women Build and member of the SHE Society, and also volunteers at the Pantry 279 Thanksgiving food distribution and as a Pantry 279 Christmas Elf. Suzanne proudly served on the Board of Directors for the Monroe County Apartment Association and was President of the Board for two years.

• Kyle Thompson