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By Times Staff Writer
Published March 21, 2005

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FKQ Advertising and Marketing, 15351 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater, has been contracted by the nonprofit Clearwater Marine Aquarium to provide a promotional campaign. FKQ will produce advertising, billboards and new collateral materials to promote the aquarium's role in public education, and the preservation and conservation of Florida's ecosystem.

Caladesi Construction Co., 1390 Donegan Road, Largo, announces these contracts: Hammerheads Hardware & Gessert LLC for a 40,578-square-foot ACE Hardware store, 1015 W Bay Drive, Largo, $1.94-million; Catalina Yachts, 59,600-square-foot manufacturing facility, 7200 Bryan Dairy Road, Largo, $1.83-million; and Grace Christian Fellowship Church, about 26,500 square feet, for a new church sanctuary, fellowship hall and administration offices, 901 Ridge Road, Largo, $2.67-million.

First Housing Development Corp., 1715 N West Shore Blvd., Suite 375, Tampa, has arranged this financing: Stratford Mill, St. Augustine, 240-unit apartment complex on 30 acres, $20.7-million.

Excel Billing & Consulting Services Inc., has relocated its corporate headquarters from 1401 16th St. N, St. Petersburg, to 9887 Fourth St. N, St. Petersburg.

@DUTTERealty.COM 2528 Coachman Road, Clearwater, announces this sales transaction: Frank C. Hughes to Hill Properties of Pinellas Inc., 2033 54th Ave. N, St. Petersburg, $640,000.

Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT Inc. , 1988 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd., Clearwater, announces this sales transaction: Samuel John Saad Jr. to Mark Maconi Homes of Tampa Bay Inc., 9.48 acres of land, Waters Avenue, Tampa, $1.25-million.

Colliers Arnold Commercial Real Estate Services Inc., 4350 W Cypress St., Suite 300, Tampa, announces this sales transaction: Pepin Distributing Co. to North 54th Street LLC, 175,000-square-foot industrial building on 16.5 acres at N 54th Street and E Hanna Avenue, Tampa, $3.9-million.

Grubb & Ellis/Commercial Florida, 3030 N Rocky Point Drive, Suite 560, Tampa, announces these lease and sales transactions. Leases: Glenborough Realty Trust to Physiotherapy Associates, 3,502 square feet, office lease, Park Place Promenade, 430 Park Place Blvd., Clearwater; Fleck Holdings III LLC to Physiotherapy Associates, 2,500 square feet, office space, Blackwood Medical Center, 1151 Blackwood Ave., Ocoee; city of Temple Terrace to Just Brakes of Florida Inc., 9,433 square feet, retail space, North River Plaza, 8637 N 56th St., Temple Terrace; Walgreen Co. to AAA Auto Club South Inc., 2,205 square feet, retail space, sublease, Marketplace at Cypress Creek, 721 Cortaro Drive, Ruskin; Walgreen Co. to Pinch-A-Penny Inc., 2,280 square feet, retail space, sublease, Manatee Village, 875 S Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Springs; and Henderson Professional Group Inc. to Health Advocates Inc., 5,000 square feet, office space, 4805 W Laurel St., Tampa. Sales: BDG LLC to Motiva Enterprises LLC (Shell Oil Products US), gas station on 24,429 square feet of land, 702 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Seffner, $650,000; HD Spring LLC to Motiva Enterprises LLC (Shell Oil Products US), gas station on 48,953 square feet of land, 5288 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill, $550,000; and Beckryger Properties LLP to Florida Tile Industries, 59 acres of land, Interstate 4 and Frontage Road South, Lakeland, $450,000.

Rubin Real Estate Inc., 15500 Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 301, Clearwater, announces these lease transactions: Bryan Dairy Ltd. to Tropica Boat & Marine Inc., 7,575 square feet, flex space, lease renewal, 10720 72nd St., suites 303-305, Largo; and Rubin Automobile Boulevard Ltd. to First Class Moving Systems Inc., 11,250 square feet, warehouse space, lease renewal, 12900 Automobile Blvd., suites D, E, I and J, Clearwater.

McNichols Co., 5505 W Gray St., Tampa, received the United Way of Tampa Bay's Spirit of Tampa Bay Award for its 2004 campaign season. The award is given to a business that is a strong supporter of the United Way and the agencies and communities it serves.

Southwestern Accents, 40743 U.S. 19 N, Tarpon Springs, has relocated and opened under a new corporate name, Southwest & Tropical, at 5635 State Road 54, New Port Richey. The new location has added a garden center, nursery, gazebos, tropical wall art, fountains and statuary to its Southwest and Western furniture home decor.

Chris Layhe Associates Inc., 1802 N Belcher Road, Studio 120, Clearwater, announces the completion of a series of six videos for the La Jungle skin care company that have been airing on Home Shopping Network and will be used for direct marketing. Layhe Associates also has been commissioned by Assembly Works to create a video program for multimedia distribution that promotes Assembly Works marketing concepts.

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