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News about Tampa Bay area companies

By Dolly Brosan, Times Staff Writer
Published January 7, 2008

ADVERTISING

Paradise Advertising & Marketing, 150 Second Ave. N, Suite 800, St. Petersburg, won the following awards at the 2007 Adrian Awards: Gold Awards: For Naples, Marco Island, Everglades - Florida's Last Paradise, print campaign category; Silver Awards: For Naples, Marco Island, Everglades - Florida's Last Paradise in the television category Swamp Walk and television campaign; print category (Beach Camping and Swamp Walk); and the Salvador Dali Museum, public relations for the local broadcast feature section category; Bronze Awards: For Naples, Marco Island, Everglades - Florida's Last Paradise in the overall campaign category; print (Hammocks and Couple/Stone Crab); and for the Salvador Dali Museum, public relations, 25th anniversary/baroque exhibit.

Architecture

Bessolo Design Group Inc., 556 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, announces its contract with John Knox Village Health Center at St. Joseph's Hospital, Tampa, to renovate the first floor nursing center, relocating the existing physical/occupational therapy and dining room.

FINANCIAL

First Financial Reverse Mortgage has opened an office at 3204 Alt. U.S. 19 N, Palm Harbor. Elena Katsulos is the office manager. The phone number is (727) 785-5200 and the Web address is www.firstloans.net.

Health care

Optimal Reimbursement Strategies LLC, a home health consulting company, has opened an office at 28870 U.S. 19 N, Suite 361, Clearwater. Michelle Enger is president. The phone number is (727) 791-7535 and the Web address is www.optimalreimbursementstrategies.com.

Real estate

Colliers Arnold Commercial Real Estate Services Inc., 4350 W Cypress St., Suite 300, Tampa, announces these sales and lease transactions. Sales: Equity One Inc. to Shaul Rikman, the 86,355-square-foot Skipper Palms Shopping Center, 2526 E Bearss Ave., Tampa, $7.75-million; Bryan T. Marshall Trust to Heartland Dental Care (Professional Resource Development Inc.), a 5,000-square-foot medical office building at 2760 SE 17th St., Ocala, and a 6,080-square-foot medical office building at 1965 Wells Road, Orange Park, both sales totaling $2.45-million; James D. Crawford & Jeffrey Glazer to Queen Palm LLC, 5.01 acres of land at Sabal Business Park on Queen Palm Drive, Tampa, $919,000; and Anheuser-Busch to S&D Holding Co., 1.05 acres of land on Busch Boulevard between Wick Place and Larkhill Place, $755,000. Leases: Woolbright Wekiva LLC to Marshalls, 28,000 square feet, retail space, new lease, Colonial Promenade Wekiva, 2173-2177 E Semoran Blvd., Apopka; Invesco has renewed the following leases: Beall's Outlet, Nails n' Nails, H&R Block, Fantastic Sams, GNC and Paradise Homes. The units range from 750 square feet to 26,250 square feet, all retail space, at South Pasadena Shopping Center, 6800 Gulfport Blvd., South Pasadena; Global Signal Services LLC to IntegraClick Inc., 16,308 square feet, office space, sub-lease, Gateway Professional Center, 301 N Cattleman Road, Sarasota; Property Holdings LLC to Radio Shack, 2,400 square feet, retail space, lease renewal, Palma Sola Shopping Center, 5713 Manatee Ave., Bradenton; and Quality Appliance Service to Costas Poulios, 900 square feet, office space, new lease, Drew Street Office Center, 1701 Drew St., Clearwater.

Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, 7650 Courtney Campbell Causeway, Suite 920, Tampa, announces this sale transaction. New Craft Inc. to Ash Properties of Cobblestone Plaza LLC, Cobbletstone Plaza, a 30,363-square-foot retail shopping strip at in Jacksonville. The property sold for $5,512-million; and New Craft Inc. to Ash Properties of Beemer & Associates, Lewis Point Plaza, a 83,217-square-foot shopping center in St. Augustine. The property sold for $9.5-million.

Technology

Bayshore Solutions, 600 N West Shore Blvd., Suite 700, Tampa, announces the launch of the new Web site for MyMatrixx, at www.penguintrot.com. The Web site gives details on fundraising efforts for several not-for-profits.

Bankruptcies

Chapter 7 liquidationA-1 Hauling Inc., c/o Raymond F. Joline, president, 3465 Keystone Road, Tarpon Springs. (07-12529)

Sure Seal Insulation Inc., 2301 Alligator Creek Road, Clearwater. (07-12640)

KG Realty Group LLC, d/b/a Exit KG Realty, 12012 Anderson Road, Tampa. (07-12712)

Chapter 11 reorganizationFlorida Sport Dance Federation of America Inc., 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater. (07-12892)

Sun Coast Hospital Inc., 2025 Indian Rocks Road S, Largo. (07-12926)

First Dartmouth Homes, 724A Second Ave. S, St. Petersburg. (07-12927)

Sun Coast Imaging Center LLC, 2025 Indian Rocks Road S, Largo. (07-12928)

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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