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By TIMES WIRES
Published August 7, 2006

ARCHITECTURE

BESSOLO DESIGN GROUP INC., 556 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, announces this contract: Casa Santa Marta Apartments, a HUD substantial rehabilitation project that consists of a five-story, 78,000-square-foot building on 2.24 acres. Work will include a new roof, elevator updates, new mechanical and cabinets, 800 N Lemon Ave., Sarasota, $2.4-million.

BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING

FOCUS MANAGEMENT GROUP, 5001 W Lemon St., Tampa, announces the opening of its newest office in Chicago. Focus Management has offices in Atlanta, Greenwich, Conn., Los Angeles and Nashville.

NONPROFIT

HIS STOREHOUSE THRIFT CENTER has relocated its store from 35918 State Road 54, Zephyrhills, to 35924 State Road 54, Zephyrhills.

REAL ESTATE

CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP INC., 201 E Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1500, Tampa, announces these sales transactions: Capital Partners Inc. to KBS Capital Advisors LLC, Sabal Pavilion, 120,000-square-foot, class A office building, located within Sabal Park at 3620 Queen Palm Drive, Tampa, $24.25-million; and TMG Three Palms I LLC to BH Equities, Three Palms Apartment Homes, a 438-unit rental community at 3831 Northgreen Ave., Tampa, $35.3-million.

COLDWELL BANKER COMMERCIAL NRT INC., 1988 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd., second floor, Clearwater, announces this lease transaction: Highwoods/Florida Holdings .P. to Human Capital Recruiting Inc., d/b/a Snelling Personnel Services, 23,770 square feet, office space, 4511 N Himes Ave., Suite 125, Tampa.

COLLIERS ARNOLD COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES INC., 4350 W Cypress St., Suite 300, Tampa, announces this lease transaction: First States 5200 LLC (American Financial Realty Trust) to Health Care Management Enterprises Inc., 2,218 square feet, office space, new lease, 1007 U.S. 41, Inverness.

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD OF FLORIDA INC., One Tampa City Center, Suite 3600, Tampa, announces these sales transactions: Gertrude E. Carey to Land Invest Holding LC, 47 acres at U.S. 301 and Big Bend Road, Tampa, $2.2-million; and National Commercial Ventures to AIMCO, BaLaye Apartment, 324 units at 10011 BaLaye Run Drive, Brandon, $38.5-million.

GVA ADVANTIS, 3000 Bayport Drive, Suite 100, Tampa, announces these lease transactions: Bayport Plaza Investors LLC to Forge ABS LLC, 5,695 square feet, class A office space, new lease, Bayport Plaza, 3000 Bayport Plaza, Tampa; and EastMeadow Distribution Center LLC to West Logistics Group Inc., 74,970 square feet, industrial space, new lease, Meadow Creek Distribution Center, 1210 U.S. 301, Tampa.

RUBIN REAL ESTATE INC., 15500 Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 301, Clearwater, announces these lease transactions: Tampa Tri-County Owner LLC to RLR Tool & Mold Inc., flex space, lease renewal, 12716 Dupont Circle, Tampa; Delta Sea Products Inc., 3,125 square feet, flex space, lease renewal, 14660 McCormick Drive, Tampa; and The Scotts Co., 10,000 square feet, flex space, lease renewal, 13500 and 13520 Wright Circle, Tampa.

TECHNOLOGY

UTEK CORP., 2109 Palm Ave., Tampa, announces its agreements with the following companies: Inverted Paradigms Corp., Sarasota; Gadot Biochemical Industries, Israel; Innova Pure Water Inc., St. Petersburg; and Material Technologies Inc., Los Angeles. UTEK was chosen to identify potential technology acquisition opportunities for those companies.

UTILITIES

SEMINOLE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC., 16313 N Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa, has been recognized by the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) with an Honors Award for its 2005 Annual Report, "Building for the Future." Seminole Electric place fifth among 51 entries in the Utilities-Electric/Gas category and was ranked 270th overall among 1,957 entries.

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