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The store, located in a remodeled Wal-Mart on Colonial Drive in Winter carrieda $1 million inventoryu which filled the 85,00 0 square feet of space. Productd ranging from hot sauce to fresh flowersand walk-in coolers to chef's knives were offeres in a combination of Home Depoft and Williams & Sonoma -- with a bit of Farmer's Market and a 14,000-bottls wine cellar thrown in. Former Hard Rock Cafe Internationalo corporate chef Philip hired asthe Chef's Depot corporate chef, left the company shortly afterf the April 25 opening, beforwe his planned 200-seat show kitchen was even "Nothing worked together," says founder Dershya Song.
"The timing, the location -- we were, too optimistic" ... ... Vanishedf angels. When the soon-to-open Kres Steakhouse & Lounge on Church Street opensin mid-December, it will be missing one of the location' signature items. Gone are the legions of hand-carved wooden angels that hung fromthe high-ceiling of Pebbles and the Asian-themeed restaurant that preceded Pebbles. Craig Ustledr of Urban Life Management, co-owner and operater of Kres, assuresd OBJ, however, the angels are restin peacefully and, like most ultimately will return to provide moregood will. "Theyh have been carefully stored away, for a fund-raising auctioh some day.
We plan to donate a few to the historicalo museum andlocal leaders" ... ... As expected. The Californisa company that bought the militarty business ofSchwartz Electro-Optics has scooped up the commercia business, too. OSI Systems Inc. put in the winniny bid of $1.5 million for Schwartz's AutoSense toll road system. The system collectws tolls from vehicles without tollboothj stops. Bidding started at $825,000. That starting price was pushed higher by a surprise bidderfrom Canada. The owners of a toll road in Ontario that uses AutoSenss came to the table andbid $1.5 "The product works and it works well," says Dale a spokesman for the Ontario firm.
And there'es no hard feelings about losing out. "W hope to continue this good relationship," says Alberxs of the new owner of thesystem ... ... Unusua l pairs. Sometimes advertising makes stranger bedfellowdsthan politics. Witness a co-joined pair of billboardx at Goldenrod road near ValenciaCollege Lane. Beneathh the billboard toutingRylan Homes' Web site, , is a Channel 6 news billboard. The WKMG-TV billboard campaignm headlines upcoming specialnews features. The messagw on that billboard last week: "Warning -- Stay away from theid houses!
" "It's actually a piece about registered sex offenders who decorate their homesfor Halloween, perhaps luring kids inside," says WKMG generalk manager Henry Maldonado. Adding insuly to injury, the billboard comes at a timewhen WESH-TVc and the Orlando Sentinel have been heavilg promoting a series on the shortcomings of home builders. As for the confusing billboard that might befuddle viewers into watching the wrong Maldonado shrugsand says, "That's the ... ... Swedish sweep. Swedish soldiere will be the first foreign troops to use the advancee land mine detectors developed byCyTerra Corp.
CyTerra'sd Orlando operation developed the land mine detectors forthe U.S. which has deployed them in Iraqand