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Business briefcase
Companies
By Times Staff Writer
Published September 19, 2005
ARCHITECTURE
Bessolo Design Group Inc., 556 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, announces these contracts: The Reserve at Sea Forest, for the design of a 54-unit townhome complex, Green Key Road and Sea Forest Drive, New Port Richey; Economy Inn, renovation project, 50-unit condo/hotel to include new finishes, bathrooms, upgrading A/C units, laundry, pool and new lobby, 451 34th St. N, St. Petersburg; and River Crossings Medical Office, for the design of a single-story, 13,815-square-foot medical office, New Haven Court, adjacent to 5508 Little Road, New Port Richey.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Performix Marketing Inc. announces it has acquired Geisha Design Inc., a design agency in St. Petersburg, and has relocated its offices from 503 E Jackson St., Suite 301, Tampa, to 4100 W Kennedy Blvd., Suite 202, Tampa.
REAL ESTATE
Airport Business Center, 4500 140th Ave. N, Suite 101, Clearwater, announces these leases: Smiths Aerospace Electronics Systems LLC, lease renewal and expansion of 14,000 square feet, office space, 4770 140th Ave. N, Clearwater; and Aegis Mortgage Corp., 4,100 square feet, lease renewal, office space, 4525 140th Ave. N, Suite 904, Clearwater.
@DUTTERealty.COM 2528 NE Coachman Road, Clearwater, announces these sales transactions: Florida Commercial Holdings Inc. to Waupaca Holdings LLC, 5.69 acres of vacant land, 5731 Trouble Creek Road, New Port Richey, $450,000; and JG Housing to Christopher McNamara, 17-unit apartment complex, 4367 Millwood Road, Spring Hill, $1.47-million.
Colliers Arnold Commercial Real Estate Services Inc., 4350 W Cypress St., Suite 300, Tampa, announces these lease transactions: Allstate Insurance Co. to SunTrust Bank, 12,070 square feet, office space, new lease, Allstate 800 Building, 800 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg; and Highwoods/Florida Holdings LP to Black Ink Marketing Inc., 2,196 square feet, office space, new lease, Cypress Center III, 5405 Cypress Center Drive, Tampa.
Hayes & Associates Realty Inc., 15201 Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 101, Clearwater, announces this lease transaction: Mears Enterprise Center to the Cabinet Place Inc., 8,900 square feet, warehouse/manufacturing space, new lease, 8565 Somerset Drive, Suite B, Largo.
Vector Commercial Real Estate Services LLC, 125 Fifth St. S, Suite 201, St. Petersburg, announces these transactions. Sales: Beckett Whitney Group to Allris Homes, 18,000 square feet, office building, 529 13th St. W, Bradenton, $875,000; TMC Investments Inc. to FSCS LLC, 4,920 square feet, office building, 9210 Fourth St. N, St. Petersburg, $845,000; Ron Wolf to Nguyen Family Inc., 6,900 square feet, office complex, 8424 Fourth St. N, St. Petersburg, $825,000; Office Enterprises Inc. to RTST & McDevelopment Inc., 10,000 square feet, office/condo, 405 Central Ave., Suite 100, St. Petersburg, $725,000; Lynell Owen to 1600 Partners/Sun, Ski, Spa LLC, 4,459-square-foot building on 17,780 square feet of land, 1600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N, St. Petersburg, $675,000; Vector Investment of Manatee LLC to WJA Properties LLC, 18 acres of vacant land, 10807 U.S. 41 N, Palmetto, $575,000; Ross Roeder to Pilgrim Hall LLC, 18,000 square feet, vacant land, corner of Third Street and Third Avenue N, St. Petersburg, $1.5-million; AGM & Sons to Stationary Power Services Inc., 12,758 square feet, industrial warehouse, 4902 113th Ave. N, Clearwater, $960,000; WTA Benefits Association to SA Development, 14,000 square feet, building, 133 First St. NE, St. Petersburg, $2.2-million; and Michael Lazzara to John Laltara, 2,000-square-foot building on 15,400 square feet of land, 10634 U.S. 19, New Port Richey, $290,000. Leases: H&B LLC to Colonial Bank, 5,062 square feet, office space, new lease, Colonial Bank, 12475 28th St. N, St. Petersburg; VPC3 Partnership to Wachovia Bank, 5,000 square feet, office space, new lease, 125 Fifth St. S, St. Petersburg; American Industrial Supply to Signature Bank, 3,245 square feet, office space, new lease, 12645 49th St., Clearwater; Palais Royal Associates to Marris Media, 3,100 square feet, office space, new lease, 146 Second St. N, Suite 201, St. Petersburg; Kennedy Square Investors LLC to PHG Financial Recovery Services, 3,133 square feet, office space, new lease, 4950 W Kennedy Blvd., Suite 101, Tampa; and E&G Properties Ltd. to Smith Industries Aerospace, 14,400 square feet, warehouse space, new lease, 14180 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater.
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