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Business briefcase

Companies

By Times Staff Writer
Published January 24, 2005


ARCHITECTURE

GLE Associates Inc., 3109 W Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St., Suite 550, Tampa, has been selected as the architect for Bob Sierra's new YMCA Youth and Family Center. The project consists of 20,000 square feet of renovations to the old St. Timothy's Catholic School in Tampa, and the amount of the project is $2.5-million.

Wedding, Stephenson & Ibarguen Architects Inc., 300 First Ave. S, Suite 402, St. Petersburg, announces a contract with Tampa Bay Watch to design the second phase of a 5,400-square-foot waterfront research and education facility on Cunningham Key, north of Fort De Soto Park, $2-million.

CONSTRUCTION

Rowe & Newberry Construction Co., 2728 20th Ave. N, St. Petersburg, announces a contract with Pokorny Enterprise to renovate the Poinciana Apartments into eight condominiums. Each condominium will consist of 1,300 square feet; the amount of the project is $1.2-million.

FINANCIAL

Monroe & Giordano, 777 S Harbour Island Blvd., Suite 140, Tampa, has arranged the following financing: Fisherman's Cove manufacturered housing community in Dade City, 99 home sites on 16 acres, $1.56-million.

LEGAL

The law firm of Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns has relocated its offices from 100 N Tampa St., Suite 1800, to 403 E Madison St., Suite 400, Tampa.

REAL ESTATE

Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT, 1988 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd., second floor, Clearwater, announces this lease transaction: Weaver Enterprises Inc. to Kandi Corp., 5,000 square feet, office/warehouse space, 2034 and 2036 Weaver Park Drive N, Clearwater.

Cushman & Wakefield of Florida Inc., 1 Tampa City Center, Suite 3600, Tampa, announces these transactions for November: ACP Westshore Place LLC to Sun CoastStaffing Inc., 2,157 square feet, office park, lease renewal, Westshore Place I, 4350 W Cypress St., Suite 101, Tampa; Crescent Resources to Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., 51,382 square feet, suburban office space, new lease, Corporate Center Three at International Plaza, 4221 W Boy Scout Blvd., Tampa; Sabal Park Properties LLC to Robbins Engineering Inc., 58,038 square feet, industrial office/warehouse space, new lease, 6904 Parke East Blvd., Tampa; ACP Westshore LLC to U.S. Home Corp., 2,449 square feet, suburban office space, expansion lease, Westshore Corporate Center, 600 N West Shore Blvd., suites 350 and 600, Tampa; Tampa City Center Associates to Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., 3,258 square feet, urban office space, lease renewal, Tampa City Center, 201 N Franklin St., Suite 2865, Tampa; and First Industrial Development Services Inc. to MasterBrand Cabinets Inc., 2,700 square feet, industrial office/warehouse space, new lease, First Park @ Brandon, 2904 Falkenburg Road, Riverview.

TECHNOLOGY

Bayshore Solutions, 600 N West Shore Blvd., Suite 410, Tampa, announces the launch of Carsmetics Express Accident Repair's Web site, www.carsmetics.com The site includes flash demonstrations that show before and after animation of auto body repairs.

Pegasus Imaging Corp., 4522 Spruce St., Suite 200, Tampa, announces the acquisition of Oklahoma-based TMSSequoia's component product technology division.

Proxity Digital Networks Inc., 10901 Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 100-D, St. Petersburg, announces that its shareholders have voted to change the corporate name to Proxity Inc.

UTILITIES

PowerCold Corp., 12345 Starkey Road, Suite A, Largo, has expanded its applied building technology operations to include a national design-build project management services program. The program will enable PowerCold to supply complete design-build management services for major national hotel, restaurant and retail chains.

[Last modified January 21, 2005, 20:49:33]


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