Bosh & Co. Advertising & Design, 535 32nd Ave. N, St. Petersburg, has been retained by First State Bank of Florida to develop the bank's new branding campaign and to create advertising and marketing to support the bank's new customer-driven programs.
Schifino Lee Advertising, 701 W Bay St., Tampa, has announced the launch of its Web-based direct marketing campaign for AT&T Internet Protect Service, which provides businesses with early warnings on impending cybersecurity threats.
COMPANY SERVICES
QDS Logistics Inc., 10840 Endeavor Way, Largo, has announced a warehousing/fulfillment contract with Circle Bolt & Nut, Atlanta, to warehouse, deliver and replenish the inventory of fasteners for ABC, America's Truck Body, in Tampa.
MANUFACTURING
Film Technologies International Inc., has relocated its corporate offices from 2544 Terminal Drive S, St. Petersburg, to 2630 Fairfield Ave. S, St. Petersburg.
Gerdau Ameristeel Corp., 5100 W Lemon St., Suite 312, Tampa, has entered into an agreement with Cargill Inc. and certain subsidiaries to purchase the fixed assets and working capital of four long steel product minimills in St. Paul, Minn., Wilton, Iowa, Calvert City, Ky., and Beaumont, Texas; three wire rod processing facilities in Beaumont, Carrollton, Texas, and Memphis; and a grinding ball facility in Duluth, Minn.
MULTIMEDIA
Tampa Digital Studios, 718 S Howard Ave., Tampa, has completed post production for the 2004 Ironman Triathlon World Championship television programs. The seven one-hour programs will air on Outdoor Life Network.
REAL ESTATE
Colliers Arnold Commercial Real Estate Services, 4350 W Cypress St., Suite 300, Tampa, announces these lease and sales transactions. Leases are: Wachovia Bank to Bank Atlantic, 2,600 square feet, former Wachovia Bank facility at University Square, 2009 E Fowler Ave., Tampa; Humana Medical Plan to Interactive Direct Ideas, 4,139 square feet, sublease, 5401 W Kennedy Blvd., Tampa; and Osprey, S.P. Properties LLC to Manning & Napier Advisors Inc., 4,045 square feet, office space, First Central Tower, 360 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. Sales are: Roth Investment to Builders Hardware, 75,000 square feet, warehouse facility on Powhatan Ave. and Bonacker Drive, Tampa, $2.9-million.
CRT Properties Inc., 877 Executive Center Drive W, St. Petersburg, announces these lease transactions: Verizon, 39,801 square feet, new lease, Dade Building, 9620 Executive Center Drive N, St. Petersburg; Modern Business Associates Inc., 17,000 square feet, new lease, Henry Building, 9455 Koger Blvd., St. Petersburg; Concannon, Miller & Co., 6,300 square feet, lease renewal and expansion, St. Lucie Building, 9800 Fourth St. N, St. Petersburg; E.W. Siver Insurance, 4,300 square feet, lease renewal, Aames Financial Services Inc., 2,500 square feet, lease renewal, Hevia, Beagles and Co., 2,500 square feet, lease renewal, Clarendon National Insurance, 6,300 square feet, lease renewal and expansion, and State of Florida/Brain and Spinal, 2,700 square feet, lease renewal, all at the Lake Building, 9400 Fourth St. N, St. Petersburg; Wells Fargo Mortgage, 15,000 square feet, lease renewal, Madison Building, 9600 Koger Blvd., St. Petersburg; American National Insurance Co., 4,600 square feet, lease renewal, Monroe Building, 9720 Executive Center Drive N, St. Petersburg; state of Florida, 4,600 square feet, lease renewal, Pinellas Building, 9500 Koger Blvd., St. Petersburg; Best Software Inc., 2,800 square feet, expansion lease, Baker Building, 888 Executive Center Drive W, St. Petersburg; and Pinellas County Sheriff's Department, 17,000 square feet, lease renewal, Franklin Building, 701 94th Ave. N, St. Petersburg.
The Dikman Co., 1315 S Howard Ave., Tampa, announces this lease transaction: CJ Marina LLC to WCI Communities Inc., 3,200 square feet, office space, Tampa Bayside Marina, 5200 W Tyson Ave., Tampa.
Grubb & Ellis, Commercial Florida, 3030 N Rocky Point Drive, Suite 560, Tampa, announces these lease and sales transactions. Leases are: Universal Unlimited to Modu-Built Ind., 42,500 square feet and to Steel Drum Ind., 17,500 square feet, both industrial space and new leases, 5818 W Linebaugh Ave., Tampa; and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. to Office Depot, 36,000 square feet, industrial space, lease renewal, 1909 U.S. 301 N, Tampa. Sales are: Trans Holdings to Commercial Bedding, 46,000 square feet, industrial building, 661 40th St. S, St. Petersburg, $1.19-million; G.P.N.D. Building Inc. to the city of Temple Terrace, 8,003 square feet, Havana Palms restaurant, 8615 56th St., Temple Terrace, $1.02-million; AVMED Inc. to Jagdish D. Kulkarni, 6,788 square feet, physicians' office building, 6251 E Fowler Ave., Tampa, $825,000; Motiva Enterprises LLC (Shell Oil Products US) to Landquest II LLC, gas station on 54,450 square feet of land at 5252 Ehrlich Road, Tampa, $1-million; to Come Again Inc., gas station on 63,590 square feet of land, 2441 Seven Springs Blvd., New Port Richey, $950,000 and to Raul C. Rodriguez, 29,607 square feet of land, 3411 W Columbus Drive, Tampa, $400,000; and Edwin and Rosemarie Lamm Trustees to Tigris Management LLC, 2,928 square feet, medical office building on 1.5 acres of land, 2929 Lakeland Highlands Road, Lakeland, $420,000.
