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By Times Staff
Published June 12, 2006

ADVERTISING

FKQ ADVERTISING AND MARKETING, 15351 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater, announces the addition of Thrifty Car Rental and Dollar Rent A Car to its client portfolio.

CONSTRUCTION

CONNERTON, 20421 Rose Cottage Way, Land O'Lakes, won six awards in the Neighborhood on Parade category at the 2006 Pasco Building Association's Parade of Homes Awards Banquet. Connerton won for Best Community Entrance, Best Community Master Plan, Best Community Streetscape, Best Community Amenities, Best Environmental Sensitive Community and Best Community of the Year.

ENGINEERING

TBE GROUP, 380 Park Place Blvd., Suite 300, Clearwater, is the recipient of the 15th anniversary Industry Achievement Award. Given by the North American Society for Trenchless Technology, TBE Group won in the medium-sized consultant category, recognizing contributions to the trenchless industry.

FINANCIAL

MacDILL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION announces the opening of its newest branch office at 11008 Arcade Place, Bradenton.

INTERIOR DESIGN

DECKER ROSS INTERIORS has relocated from 936 Cleveland St. to 1445 Court St., Clearwater.

REAL ESTATE

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD OF FLORIDA INC., One Tampa City Center, Suite 3600, Tampa, announces this lease transaction: 581 Highwoods LP, c/o Highwoods Properties, to MetLife Inc., 115,230 square feet, office space, lease renewal and expansion, 18216 Crane Nest Drive, Tampa.

GRUBB & ELLIS/COMMERICAL FLORIDA, 3030 North Rocky Point Drive W, Suite 560, Tampa, announces these lease transactions for the city of Temple Terrace: First Choice Supply of Tampa, 5,000 square feet, and Rocky Trading Co., 3,990 square feet, both retail space and lease renewals at Terrace Plaza Shopping Center, Temple Terrace; and Jo-Jo's Grill & Seafood LLC, 6,971 square feet, retail building, new lease, 8615 N 56th St., Temple Terrace.

MARCUS & MILLICHAP REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT BROKERAGE CO., 7650 Courtney Campbell Parkway, Suite 920, Tampa, announces this sales transaction: Macintosh Land Co. Limited Partnership to Neviot Realty Holdings LLC., the Preserve, 22 three-story buildings consisting of 392 units on 35 acres of land at 7855 E Fletcher Ave., Temple Terrace, $46-million; and 5th Avenue Apartments Ltd. to Vision 193 LLC, the 5th Avenue Apartments, consisting of 193 units on 6 acres at 5675 Fifth Ave. N, St. Petersburg, $16.5-million.

RUBIN REAL ESTATE INC., 15500 Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 301, Clearwater, announces these lease transactions: Roosevelt Park Ltd. to Spectrum Installations Inc., 16,650 square feet, flex space, new lease, 15301 Roosevelt Blvd., suites 301 and 302, Clearwater; Pinellas Center Ltd. to Key Financial Corp., 6,975 square feet, flex space, new lease, 12505 Starkey Road, suites E and F, Largo; and Rubin Automobile Boulevard Ltd. to Warehaus South Inc., 7,500 square feet, flex space, new lease, 12890 Automobile Blvd., Suite F, Clearwater.

TECHNOLOGY

BAYSHORE SOLUTIONS, 600 N West Shore Blvd., Suite 700, Tampa, announces the launch of the redeveloped Web site for MacDonald Training Center at www.macdonaldcenter.org.

DYNAMIC SOLUTIONS GROUP, 1022 Main St., Suite K, Dunedin, announces the launch of its Web site for business solutions through information technology for small and mid-sized business at www.dsolutionsgroup.com.

FORTRESS TECHNOLOGIES, 4023 Tampa Road, Suite 2000, Oldsmar, announces that it has been selected to provide the security component for the Coalition Operating Area Surveillance and Targeting System field experimentation program in Thailand.

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