Company Notes
News about Tampa Bay area companies
By Dolly Brosan, Times Staff Writer
Published December 31, 2007
ADVERTISING
Doubletake Studios Inc., 105 S Fielding Ave., Suite B, Tampa, has been named the agency of record for Anvil Paints and Coatings. Doubletake will be responsible for Anvil's media and public relations.
Architecture
Urban Studio Architects, 655 N Franklin St., Suite 150, Tampa, in collaboration with WilsonMiller, Tampa,and the City of Tampa, received an Urban Excellence Award from the Tampa Downtown Partnership for the development and implementation of the strategic action plan for the Channel District community development area.
CONSTRUCTION
Heart Construction, 2830 Scherer Drive, Suite 320, St. Petersburg, has been named 2007 Business of Year, Building Trades Winner, by the Tampa Bay Business Journal.
ENGINEERING
Michael G. Czerwinski P.A. Environmental Consultants, 2716 S Lecanto Highway, Lecanto, has been awarded a three-year contract for bimonthly wellfield data collection for the Southwest Florida Management District.
FITNESS
Lifestyle Family Fitness, 140 Fountain Parkway, Suite 410, St. Petersburg, won the Health Business of the Year Award by the Tampa Bay Business Journal and an Outstanding Performance and Learning Award from the American Society for Training and Development and the International Society for Performance Improvement.
Insurance
CatManDo Inc., P.O. Box 89239, Tampa, has launched a redesigned Web site at www.catmandoinc.com. The site contains new features for insurance carriers, claim adjusters, contractors and client policyholders.
LEGAL
W. Gregory Golsonhas openedW. Gregory Golson PA at 1724 E Fifth Ave., Tampa. The firm the represents clients in commercial law, including business transactions, corporate law, contracts, real estate, real estate title insurance, bankruptcy-related matters and business workouts. The phone number is 813 241-0900 and the Web address is www.golsonlegal.com.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Bob Thompson Photography Studios, 10329 Cross Creek Blvd., Suite H, Tampa, has been named the preferred benefit provider of photography for the Hillsborough County Bar Association.
REAL ESTATE
Collier Arnold Commercial Real Estate Services Inc., 4350 W Cypress St., Suite 300, Tampa, announces these sale and lease transactions. Sales: Schmidt Investment LLP to Sunray Holiday LLC, the Holiday Center, a 67,363-square-foot retail community center at 4645 Sunray Drive, Holiday, $8.5-million; Power Design Inc. to the American Heart Association, a 19,292-square-foot office building at 11207 Blue Heron Drive, St. Petersburg, $3.7-million; and Botanical International Florist to S&R Perry Properties LLC, an 8,061-square-foot freestanding retail building at 2616 S MacDill Ave., Tampa, $1.5-million. Leases: Developers Diversified Realty to Pollo Tropical, 3,250 square feet, retail space, new lease, Lake Walden Square, Plant City; and American Ventures Property Fund to Lockheed Martin, 1,532 square feet, office space, new lease, 550 N Reo St., Tampa.
Colonial Properties Trust, 4300 W Cypress St., Suite 850, Tampa, announces lease transactions to General Services Administration, 2,678 square feet, office space, lease renewal, Suite 340; S.A.L.T. Consultants Inc., 3,209 square feet, office space, lease renewal and expansion, Suite 370; NORR LLC, 1,864 square feet, office space, new lease, Suite 360; and CGI Technologies, 5,347 square feet, office space, lease renewal, Suite 970, all are at Colonial Place II, 4300 W Cypress St., Tampa; Fast Train of Tampa Inc., 5,784 square feet, office space, lease renewal, Suite 100; Klein, Bury, Reif, Applebaum & Associates, Suite 701; Joshua T. Keleske PA, 2,157 square feet, office space, new lease, Suite 980; and Suncoast Staffing, 2,157 square feet, office space, lease renewal, Suite 101, all are at Colonial Place I, 4350 W Cypress St., Tampa; Midwest Diagnostic Management LLC, 6,727 square feet, office space, new lease, Concourse II, 3505 E Frontage Road, Suite 300, Tampa; and Travel Services USA, 13,536 square feet, office space, new lease, Colonial Center Bayside, 17757 U.S. 19 N, Suite 600, Clearwater.
Grubb & Ellis Commercial Florida, 3030 N Rocky Point Drive W, Suite 560, Tampa, announces this sale transaction: Savannah Developers LLC to the Richman Group of Florida Inc., 29 acres of land at Progress Energy Boulevard near U.S. Highway 19 N in Riverview, $3.5-million.
GVA Advantis, 3000 Bayport Drive, Suite 100, Tampa, announces these lease and sale transactions. Leases: Workman Properties Inc. to Pack-MLLC, 27,256 square feet, industrial space, new lease, 8601 Somerset Drive, Largo. Sales: Temple Park Inc. to Latemi R.E. Corp., for a single-story, 2,086-square-foot professional office building, at 1911 W Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Tampa, $423,900.
Ross Realty Group, 3001 Executive Drive, Suite 250, Clearwater, announces these sales and lease transactions. Sales: Naidip Watermark LLC to Pointe Watermark LLC, Watermark 5 and 7, two office buildings totaling 53,867 square feet, 5415 Mariner St. and 5420 Bay Center, Tampa; and Largo Bazaar Inc. to Largo Bazaar@Ulmerton LLC, the Largo Bazaar retail strip center consisting of 26,167 square feet, 7190-7250 Ulmerton Road, Largo. Leases: Hard Asphalt LLC to Aluminum Services Inc., 59,049 square feet, industrial space, lease renewal, Trask Industrial Center, 9507 and 9511 Trask, Tampa; Tampa International Partners LP to Affordable Freight Management, 15,178 square feet, industrial space, new lease, Centreport 60, 1102 N 28th St., Tampa; Pinebrook Business Association LLC to Merchant Choice Card Services, 11,520 square feet, flex space, lease renewal, Pinebrook Business Center, 7431 114th Ave. N, Largo; Delia Real Estate LLC to Lincare Inc., 11,330 square feet, office space, new lease, 5333 Myerlake Circle, Clearwater; Newport Investments Inc. to Olesen Logistical Management Group Inc., 4,270 square feet, office space, lease renewal, Newport Square, 4625 East Bay Drive, Clearwater; McGrath Family Holdings to Xian Shu Wang, 4,500 square feet, restaurant, new lease, Pinelake Center Restaurant (formerly Sonny's BBQ), 12001 66th St. N, Pinellas Park; Newport Investments Inc. to Solutions Administration & Management Services Inc., 1,145 square feet, office space, new lease, Newport Square, 4625 East Bay Drive, Clearwater; and Terrace Walk Plaza to Hua Li Li and Xiu Juan Li, 1,400 square feet, retail space, new lease, Terrace Walk, 5651 Fowler Ave., Temple Terrace.
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, 7650 Courtney Campbell Causeway, Suite 920, Tampa, announces this sale transaction: Selina Plaza LLC to Selina Plaza Acquisitions LLC, for Selina Plaza, a 17,500-square-foot shopping strip at 2467 Faye Road, Jacksonville, $5.680-million.
RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Resource Providers Inc., 4511 N Himes Ave., Suite 262, Tampa, an electronic medical transcription and records management company, announces its partnership with Quest Diagnostics to interchange data via Healthlevel (HL 7) protocols to allow RPI to retrieve lab reports and include them in patient records that is created in dictation transcription.
TECHNOLOGY
Bayshore Solutions, 600 N West Shore Blvd., Suite 700, has launched a new Web site for EduTrax at www.edutrax.net. The site features EduTrax's new e-learning solutions for billing, coding and compliance professionals; and launched a redesigned Web site for the Bingo Co., a distributor of charitable gaming products, at www.bingocompany.net.
Peak 10, 9417 Corporate Lake Drive, Tampa, has been selected by Doctors' Administrative Solutions to provide DAS managed colocation, reliable bandwith and back-up management services.
Pilgrim Software Inc., 2807 W Busch Blvd., Suite 200, Tampa, announces that Avecia Biotechnology Inc., a manufacturer of oligonucleotide-based therapeutics in Milford, Mass., has selected Pilgrim's SmartSolve software as its automated solution provider for documentation, CAPA/complaints handling, auditing and training management systems.
Bankruptcies
Chapter 7 liquidationBeepers N Phones of America Inc., 7000 Park Blvd., Suite A, Pinellas Park. (07-12261)
Chapter 11 reorganizatione_SFlbAir Conditioning Doctor LLC, 13191 56th Court Suite 103, Clearwater. (07-12216)
Baker's Roofing Inc., 1267 N. Highland Ave., Clearwater. (07-12353).
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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