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By Times Staff Writer
Published July 18, 2005

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Ad Partners Inc., 9800 Fourth St. N, St. Petersburg, has been named the advertising agency of record for Ferman Motor Car Co., Tampa. Ad Partners will provide print and electronic media, and will be responsible for all strategic media planning.

Fraze Design Inc., 4215 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, announces a contract with Redington Shores Yacht and Tennis Club for architectural and engineering services for four seven-story condominium towers, a clubhouse and guard house on 23 acres, 17715 Gulf Blvd., Redington Shores, $150-million.

Cox Target Media and Valpak Direct Marketing Systems Inc., 8605 Largo Lakes Drive, Largo, has been awarded the 2005 American Business Award for best corporate responsibility program. Cox Target Media, which owns Valpak Direct Marketing Systems, was recognized for its advertising program in support of the National Association of Letter Carriers' Stamp Out Hunger food drive.

Nicholas Financial Inc., 2454 McMullen-Booth Road, Building C, Clearwater, has expanded its branch office network by opening a branch in Indianapolis. This brings the branch office network to 36 branches in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky.

Injury Care Institute has relocated from 4728 N Habana Ave., Suite 303, Tampa, to 4107 N Himes Ave., Suite 101, Tampa, and announces its new toll-free number, 1-877-424-3477.

The Tampa Bay Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators, or IABC, announces its 2005 Bronze Quill Award of Excellence winners: Eckerd Youth Alternatives, Clearwater, and McShane Communications, Tampa, for Eckerd Youth Alternatives 2004 annual report in the design/writing of an annual report category; Honey Rand, the Environmental PR Group, Lutz, for Pasco County hurricane board postcard for the Pasco County tourism department, in the direct mail message/design category; Nancy Rowell, Florida Department of Revenue, for the 2004 gas tax cut communications plan, in the total communications program category; Dean Goldsworthy, Mark Hallsteine, Mike Karr, Bill Longstreth, Jennifer Wall and Bob Waselewski, TECO Energy, Tampa, for TECO TV, in the ongoing video production category; Honey Rand, Environmental PR Group, Lutz, for Happy Feet Plus green building poster, in the marketing/advertising campaign category; Christine Goodwin, Jim Walter Homes, Tampa, for Jim Walter Homes' Web site, in the Web site design/content category; Cindy Holloway and Shannon Benfield, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, for MFC Spirit, in the full-color employee publications category; and Glen Gonzalez, Mellon Human Resources and Investor Services, Tampa, for ChoicePoint BenefitNews@Work in the electronic newsletters category.

@DUTTERealty.COM 2528 NE Coachman Road, Clearwater, announces this sale transaction: Ameriplus Inc. to Racetrack 430 LLC, 22,900-square-foot industrial building on 4.8 acres, 430 Race Track Road, Oldsmar, $1.7-million.

Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT Inc., 1988 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd., second floor, Clearwater, announces this sale transaction: Janice and Jesse Kane to Schlau Properties Land Trust, 4,500-square-foot office condo, 3820 Tampa Road, Palm Harbor, $675,000.

The Dikman Co., 1315 S Howard Ave., Tampa, announces these lease transactions: Ferris Funk to Tesinc LLC, 19,900 square feet, office space, 6401 Harney Road, Suite A, Tampa; and Sabal Park Properties LLC to Robbins Engineering Inc., 58,038 square feet, building, 6904 Parke East Blvd., Tampa.

Rubin Real Estate Inc., 15500 Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 301, Clearwater, announces this lease transaction: Carr Rubin Associates LLP to Lota USA LLC, 4,700 square feet, office space, lease renewal, 13191 56th Court, Suite 106, Clearwater.

Grand ISS (Investigative Security Services), 5039 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, announces an agreement with Alion Science and Technology Corp., McLean, Va., to provide materials for forensics investigative analysis servicing the automobile, air, rail and marine insurance industries.

Advanced Interactive Sciences LLC, 1001 St. Petersburg Drive W, Oldsmar, has entered into an agreement with Durand Media Group Inc., Cleveland. AIS will provide in-bound calling service for products Durand markets via direct response television advertising.

Bayshore Solutions, 600 N West Shore Blvd., Suite 410, Tampa, announces the launch of the new Web site for Tampa-based Ocean Insurance Management, www.oceaninsurance.com

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