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Briefcase

Company notes

By TIMES WIRES
Published August 28, 2006


ARCHITECTURE

WEDDING, STEPHENSON & IBARGUEN ARCHITECTS INC., 300 First Ave. S, Suite 402, St. Petersburg, announces its contract to design Lucaya Landings, a five-story, 16-unit condominium consisting of 15,000 square feet that will contain two- and three-bedroom flats built above a ground-floor parking garage at 618 and 628 Fourth Ave. S, St. Petersburg.

CONSTRUCTION

FREEMARR HOMES INC., 1383 Oakfield Drive, Brandon, has been named builder of 92 homes for the single-family residences in Wellington South at Bay Park in SouthShore in Hillsborough County.

ENGINEERING

BGA INC., 3550 W Waters Ave., Tampa, announces its contract with the U.S. Postal Service to identify, finance and install energy-conservation measures at up to 3,700 Postal Service facilities in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee.

FINANCIAL

MACDILL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION has relocated from the Terrace Collection Shopping Center, 4941 E Busch Blvd., Temple Terrace, to 5250 E Busch Blvd., Temple Terrace.

MARKETING

PERFORMIX MARKETING INC., 4100 W Kennedy Blvd., Suite 202, Tampa, announces the addition of Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., owner of Channelside Bay Mall, to its client portfolio. Performix Marketing will be responsible for all of Ashkenazy's marketing and advertising.

REAL ESTATE

CB RICHARD ELLIS, 201 E Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1500, Tampa, announces these lease transactions: Colliers Arnold to Vitality Foodservice Inc., 28,550 square feet, office space, new lease, 400 N Tampa St., Tampa; Highwoods Properties to E*TRADE Financial, 30,262 square feet, office space, new lease, Harborview Plaza, 3031 N Rocky Point Drive, Suite 600, Tampa; and ING Clarion to the Parksite Group, 210,000 square feet, showroom/distribution center, new lease, Madison Avenue and U.S. 41, Riverview.

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD OF FLORIDA INC., One Tampa City Center, Suite 3600, Tampa, announces these lease transactions: Heritage Square Land Trust to Fowler White Boggs Banker, 18,500 square feet, office space, new lease, Heritage Square, Fort Myers; and Tampa Equities REIT I, c/o USAA Realty Co., to Pender Newkirk & Co. LLP, 18,743 square feet, office space, lease renewal, Wachovia Center, 100 S Ashley Drive, Tampa.

THE DIKMAN CO., 1315 S Howard Ave., Tampa, announces this sales transaction: Woodberry Properties LLC to Church of the Living God, 2.3 acres with two office buildings, 3015 54th St., Tampa, $750,000.

RUBIN REAL ESTATE INC., 15500 Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 301, Clearwater, announces this lease transaction: Pinellas Center Ltd. to Timberland Door LLC, 46,000 square feet, flex space, new lease, 12555 Enterprise Blvd., Largo.

TECHNOLOGY

CORNERSTONE CONSULTING INC., 2600 McCormick Drive, Suite 210, Clearwater, announces the launch of the new Web site for Technology Paradise Corp., www.technology paradise.com. The new site provides a more efficient way for manufacturers and distributors of popular computer technology hardware, software and electronics to market more than 300,000 products to consumers.

SITE DYNAMICS, 15351 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater, announces the launch of the new Web site for the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce and the city of Clearwater, www.billiondollarbeach.com. The new site provides information about public and private developments currently under way or planned for Clearwater Beach over the next few year.

TELECOM

APPLIED MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES CORP., 4091 AMTC Center Drive, Clearwater, announces its contract with GuestHouse International Franchise Systems Inc. to provide telephone "on hold" messaging; and with Piggly Wiggly grocery store to provide SIRIUSBusiness as its background music for the 600 grocery outlets across the United States.

[Last modified August 28, 2006, 07:17:13]


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