I AM Group Inc., 2851 First Ave. N, St. Petersburg, won five awards at the Communicator Awards. I AM won a Crystal Award of Excellence for its marketing program and a Jade Award of Distinction for its advertising program for the Sanctuary at Lake Butler Sound, Windermere; and a Crystal Award for its marketing program and two Jade Awards for its direct mail and presentation catalog for Capri Album Co., Mount Vernon, N.Y.
ARCHITECTURE
FleischmanGarcia Architecture, 324 Hyde Park Ave., Suite 300, Tampa, won an award of merit from the Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission. FleischmanGarcia won in the public projects division for its design of the Fernando Noriega Jr. Palm Avenue Parking Garage, Tampa.
CONSTRUCTION
J.O. DeLotto and Sons Inc., 2101 Hubert Ave. S, Tampa, received the Project of the Year Award from the Florida Gulf Coast chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors. The company won for the construction of Tampa Preparatory School campus academic and athletic buildings.
Wichman Construction, 5523 W Cypress St., Suite R-3, Tampa, announced this contract: Hernando Pasco Hospice, 26,000 square feet, for construction of a hospice facility, Rowan Road, New Port Richey, $2.8-million.
FINANCE
Raymond James & Associates has moved its Tampa branch office from 100 S Ashley Drive to 100 N Tampa St., Suite 2400.
MORTGAGE BANKING
Monroe & Giordano, 777 South Harbour Island Blvd., Suite 140, Tampa, arranged this financing: Wildwood Manufactured Housing Community, Sandwich, Ill., for 486 homesites on 129.6 acres, $11-million.
REAL ESTATE
Cushman & Wakefield of Florida Inc., 1 Tampa City Center, Suite 1900, Tampa, announced these lease transactions: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., c/o Taylor & Mathis, to Irvin Steel Inc., 8,952 square feet, industrial office-warehouse space, new lease, Center Point Business Park, 1909 U.S. 301 N, Suite 130, Tampa; First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. to Admiral Testing Services Inc., 2,880 square feet, office park, lease renewal, Breckenridge III, 5909-C Breckenridge Parkway, Tampa; KGA Enterprises Inc. to Monroe's Prestige Group Inc., 4,400 square feet, suburban office space, new lease, 1803 Briar Creek Blvd., Safety Harbor; ARA Properties No. 5 Ltd., c/o PLC, to Health Craft Inc., 4,200 square feet, industrial office-warehouse space, lease renewal, Crenshaw Building 5456-B Crenshaw St., Tampa; FOA Tampa LLC, c/o Alliance Commercial Partners LLC, to Kaplan Inc., 2,457 square feet, urban office space, lease renewal, 1700 66th St, St. Petersburg; ARA Properties No. 1 Ltd., c/o PLC, to Life Care Technologies, 3,850 square feet, industrial office-warehouse space, lease renewal, Eisenhower Technology Park, 4710 Eisenhower Blvd., Suite A-10, Tampa; Koger Equity Inc. to United Guaranty Residential Insurance Co., 3,340 square feet, urban office space, new lease, Glades, 877 Executive Center Drive W, Suite 206, St. Petersburg; Anderson/Tampa (II) J.V., c/o Northwestern Mutual Life, to Contractors Access Equipment, 9,990 square feet, industrial warehouse space, lease renewal, Tampa East Industrial Park, 1425 Massaro Blvd., Tampa; E.W. Burton LLC to New Hampshire Indemnity Co. Inc., c/o American International Realty Corp (AIG), 5,792 square feet, suburban office space, new lease, Sabal Office Center, 3913 Riga Blvd., Tampa.
