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Briefs: You get a second chance to buy Lou Pearlman's house

Orlando music producer Lou Pearlman's Windermere mansion goes on the auction block March8 by order of the bankruptcy court.

By Times Staff Writer
Published February 10, 2008

You get a 2nd chance to buy Lou's house

Orlando music producer Lou Pearlman's Windermere mansion goes on the auction block March8 by order of the bankruptcy court. Need a little room? The place where the Backstreet Boys once hung out has 16,000 square feet and is set on 2.77 acres on Lake Butler. You can check it out at www.fisherauction.com and get an in-person preview the next two Saturday mornings. There are six bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and garage space for eight cars. No furniture; it was auctioned off last year. The property, assessed for taxes at $5.1-million, was under contract last year for $7.1-million, but the deal fell through when the buyer failed to get financing. Pearlman is in jail in Orlando awaiting trial on federal bankruptcy fraud charges.

Beef O'Brady's goes to college

Beef O'Brady's plans to sling its sports-themed pub fare on the campus of the University of South Florida starting this summer. The Tampa restaurant chain is partnering with campus food service provider Aramark to open a 4,000-square-foot restaurant at USF's new student union. Beef O'Brady's sees an untapped market on college campuses and hopes to duplicate the USF deal across the country. Nationwide, O'Brady's operates 250 restaurants, known for their chicken wings, burgers and sandwiches.

Nielsen to get into your mind

When you see that car or burger ad, the Nielsen Co. wants to know what happens in your mind. The television ratings giant said last weekit's making a strategic investment in NeuroFocus. The California company applies brain-wave research to advertising, programming and messaging. Nielsen didn't disclose financial details but said the companies will work in alliance to develop new forms of measurement and metrics based on the latest advances in neuroscience. NeuroFocus' techniqueswill not invade the Oldsmar facility, but it will become a permanent feature in Nielsen's digital labs research centers at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and at CityWalk in Los Angeles.

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