MERCANTILE COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, ANNOUNCES ANNUAL ‘BOATIE" AWARDS

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — Mercantile Commercial Capital LLC, the Altamonte Springs firm that ranks as one of the largest U.S. providers of Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 loans for small business owners who want to acquire or develop their own facilities, awarded 10 “Boatie” Awards for outstanding contributors in 2006.

The 2006 “Boatie” Award recipients include:

• Lynn Henricks of Henricks & Associates for Service Professional of the Year 2006 (www.henricksandassoc.com);

• The Scott Partnership for Architect of the Year 2006 (www.scottarchitects.com);

• Birchmier Construction, Inc. for Developer of the Year 2006;

• Chris Kozlowski of Kozco Realty & Mortgage for Mortgage Broker of the Year 2006 (www.kozcorealty.com and www.sakllc.com);

• Charles Edwards of The Gainsborough Group for General Contractor of the Year 2006 (www.gainsboroughgroup.com);

• Mindcomet for Construction Project of the Year 2006 (www.mindcomet.com);

• Mike Heidrich of NAI Realvest for Commercial Real Estate Broker of the Year 2006 (www.realvest.com);

• Marinas, LLC dba Boat Tree Marina for Special Project of the Year 2006 (www.boattree.com);

• Stella Ogiale of Chesterfield Health Services, Seattle, Washington for the “Magellan” Award 2006 (www.chesterfieldhealth.com);

• MercyCorps for Charity of the Year 2006 (www.mercycorps.org).

For more information, contact:
Chris Hurn, Mercantile Commercial Capital, LLC 407-786-5040
Robin Lashley, Mercantile Commercial Capital, LLC 407-786-5040
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, LV Communications, 407-644-4142