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Company Notes

News about Tampa Bay area companies

By Dolly Brosan, Times Staff Writer
Published August 27, 2007

ADVERTISING

Dutcher Group, 400 N Ashley Drive, Suite 3000, Tampa, was recognized with four bronze Telly Awards this year. Dutcher won in the broadcast and animation category for its role in creating, developing and producing a series of television commercials for Time Warner Cable in Northeast Ohio.

BANKING

BankAtlantic has opened a branch office at 2650 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater. The toll-free phone number is 1-800-741-1700 and the Web address is www.BankAtlantic.com.

LEGAL

Robert W. Bivins and John M. Hemenway announce the opening of the law firm Bivins & Hemenway PA. The firm specializes in real estate, including transactions and real estate development projects, business law, estates and trust, environmental law and banking and lending work. The firm is at 1060 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico. The phone number is 813 643-4900 and the Web address is www.bhpalaw.com.

NONPROFIT

The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, 5771 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater, announces the launch of its redesigned Web site at www.thehospice.org. The redesigned Web site includes more user-friendly search tools and a new pages section; interactive maps of community service centers and other locations; a new resource section; online forms that can be used to request services; an enhanced contact page; the ability to donate, volunteer and search for jobs; and a searchable calendar.

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Rearden Killion Communications, 820 9th Ave. S, St. Petersburg, announces the launch of Web sites for DreamTime Publishing, St. Petersburg, at www. DreamTimePublishing.com; and for Bon Secours, St. Petersburg, at www.BonSecoursStpete.org.

REAL ESTATE

Colliers Arnold Commercial Real Estate Services, 4350 W Cypress St., Suite 300, Tampa, announces these transactions. Sales: Buckley Shuler Properties to Fortress Development LLC, 1 acre, retail outparcel at Cross Creek Commons, Cross Creek Boulevard and Morris Bridge Road, Tampa, $875,000. Leases: Nineteen and East Bay Retail LLC to Einstein Bros. Bagels, 2,662 square feet, retail space, new lease, U.S. 19 N and E Bay Drive, Largo; First Industrial LP to Apparel Distribution Center, 12,326 square feet, flex space, new lease, Thompson Center II, 5709 Johns Road, Tampa; Sterling American Property Inc. to Miller/ING, 6,332 square feet, office space, new lease, Park Tower, 400 N Tampa St., Tampa; North American Properties to Planet Beach, 1,400 square feet, retail space, new lease, Lakewood Ranch, at the northwest corner of State Road 70 and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard, Bradenton; and Milan Properties West to the Law Offices of Nathan Townsend, 566 square feet, office space, new lease, Bank of America Building, 9385 56th St., Tampa.

Colliers Arnold Commercial Real Estate Services, 17757 US 19 N, Suite 275, Clearwater, announces these lease transactions: Bay Vista TIC to Equant, 21,665 square feet, office space, new lease, Bay Vista Office Park, 5741 Rio Vista Drive, Clearwater; WSI Sunstate Industrial IV LLC to Ultimate Products, 1,933 square feet, flex space, new lease, Sunstate Commerce Center, 4987 W Waters Ave., Tampa; Corporate Square LLC to Think Partnership, 3,644 square feet, office space, new lease, Corporate Square, 28050 U.S. 19 N, Clearwater; AA Shuluga Group Inc. to Child Protection UK Ltd., 2,047 square feet, office space, new lease, Roosevelt Office Center, 15500 Roosevelt Blvd., Largo; Zena Lanky Trust to Garg Medical Center Inc., 1,640 square feet, office space, new lease, 2050 W Bay Drive, Largo; and MG Tower to ALI EFE Inc., 1,493 square feet, office space, new lease, Bank of America Building, 600 Cleveland St., Clearwater.

Ross Realty Group, CentreS at Feather Sound, 3001 Executive Drive, Suite 250, Clearwater, announces these lease transactions: Ronald L. Roseman to Greg Coxon, 1,500 square feet, industrial space, lease renewal, Linebaugh Business Center, 5555 W Linebaugh Ave., Tampa; Orfus East Lake LLC to Renaisse Inc., 4,746 square feet, retail space, new lease, Eastlake Centre, 6213 E Hillsborough Ave., Tampa; MAS Orfus Inc. to Integrity First Title LLC, 1,342 square feet, retail space, lease renewal, Bloomingdale Towne Center, 10312 Bloomingdale Ave., Riverview; Newport Investments to Title Express Agency LLC, 1,536 square feet, office space, new lease, Newport Square, 4625 E Bay Drive, Clearwater; NAIDIP Watermark LLP to Franklin Street Financial, 2,079 square feet, office space, new lease, Watermark 7, 5420 S Bay Center, Tampa; Bickley Family LLP to Lorenzo Burroughs, 1,380 square feet, industrial space, new lease, Bickley 8, 5553 64th Way N, St. Petersburg; Kno-Mar Tool and Mold to Cutting Edge Composites LLC, 2,040 square feet, industrial space, new lease, 14525 62nd St. N, Clearwater; Dustin Secor to Y & I Nursery & Landscaping, 2 acres, vacant lot, new lease, Accu-Center, 6365 53rd St. N, Pinellas Park; and Mark LaPrade to Passport Marine, 3,910-square-foot, free-standing building, new lease, former Thunder Marine Building, 3433 Tyrone Blvd., St. Petersburg.

Bankruptcies

Chapter 7 liquidation Candilas Golf Inc., c/o John Candilas, president, 3390 Hickorywood Way, Tarpon Springs. (07-07267)

Chapter 11 reorganization Chase Investors Inc., d/b/a Chase Auto Brokers, 166 Clearwater-Largo Road, Unit No. 3, Largo. (07-07190)

The listed businesses have filed bankruptcy petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Tampa. Under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, Chapter 7 filings are for companies whose assets are being liquidated to pay creditors. Chapter 11 is for businesses seeking to reorganize while under bankruptcy court protection from creditors.

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