Company notes

ARCHITECTURE

Fraze Design Inc. has opened offices at 4215 Central Ave., St. Petersburg.

BANKING

Liberty National Bank, 502 N Highway 17-92, Longwood, has opened an office at 111 Second Ave. NE, St. Petersburg. Mike Park, vice president of commercial/SBA lending, will head up this office.

Monroe & Giordano Mortgage Bankers, 777 South Harbor Island Blvd., Suite 140, Tampa, arranged a $3.7-million loan for Cypress Greens Manufactured Home Community, 1000 Cypress Creek Blvd., Lake Alfred. The 92.63-acre property contains 262 home sites, a 7,000-square-foot clubhouse, an 1,800-square-foot pro shop and a nine-hole golf course.

CONSTRUCTION

Creative Contractors, 620 Drew St., Clearwater, received the 2001 Business of the Year Award for large business category, presented by the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce.

CONTRACTORS

The Florida Pool & Spa Association announced the following awards in its annual design competition: American Pools, 1211 Hamlet Ave., Clearwater, bronze award, concrete category; Blue Dolphin Fiberglass Pools, 4001 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. W, Tampa, silver award, fiberglass category; Integrity Pools & Spas, 159 E Bloomingdale Ave., Brandon, awards of merit, the categories of residential concrete spa and residential concrete pool; and Orangewood Pools, 1378 Corner Oaks Drive, Brandon, award of merit, fiberglass category.

CONSULTING

Adaptive Business Consulting, 3001 N Rocky Point Drive, Suite 200, Tampa, has joined the CorVu Associate Partner program, CorVu Corp., Edina, Minn.

REAL ESTATE

Cushman and Wakefield of Florida Inc., 1 Tampa City Center, Suite 1900, Tampa, announced the following lease transactions: Clear Channel Real Estate Inc. to International Academy of Merchandising & Design, lease renewal, 6,160 square feet, office park, Executive Square Office Park, 5510 W Gray St., Suite 38, Tampa; ARA Properties No. 1, c/o PLC, to Omni Credit Services of Florida Inc., lease renewal, 3,262 square feet, industrial office/warehouse, Eisenhower Technology Park, 4710 Eisenhower Blvd., Suite C-2, Tampa; Benjamin Partners to Richard Karteczka and Dan Roman, 2,800 square feet, industrial office/warehouse, 7031-D and 7031-E Benjamin Road, Tampa; Lenders Funding Corp., c/o the Southeast Cos., to National Distribution Centers, lease renewal, 75,000 square feet, industrial warehouse, 5806 N 53rd St., Tampa; ACP Westshore, c/o America's Capital Partners, to Utility Partners Inc., 3,618 square feet, office park, Westshore Corp. Center, 600 N West Shore Blvd., Suite 990, Tampa; Goral Tov Ltd. to Countryside Institute of Self Defense Inc., 2,550 square feet, retail shopping center, Bayside Bridge Plaza, 1530 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater; 6302 E Martin Luther King Blvd. Association, c/o Alliance Commercial Partners, to Quest Diagnostics Inc., lease renewal, 38,809 square feet, office park, 6302 E Martin Luther King Blvd., Suites 450, 455 & 310, Tampa; ARA Properties No. 3, c/o PLC, to Sat Star Technologies, 2,500 square feet, industrial office/warehouse, Airport Industrial Park, 5123 Rio Vista Ave., Tampa, and to Elite Foods-Tampa Inc., lease renewal, 2,000 square feet, industrial office/warehouse, 59th Street Business Center, 5418 Boran Place, Tampa; KOS Corp. to Select Medical, c/o Novacare Outpatient, lease expansion, 4,000 square feet, office park, Oakbrook Plaza, 2451 McMullen Booth Road, Clearwater.

TECHNOLOGY

PBTI/Xinia Electronic Imaging Products, 14205 Myer Lake Circle, Clearwater, has been awarded ISO 9000 certification by the International Standards Organization.

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