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SoftServe, a leading global provider of proven high quality software development, testing and consulting services, held their 4th annual Innovations Conference at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center. SoftServe is a leading global provider of proven high quality software development, testing and consulting services. ...John Shegerian, Chairman and CEO of Electronic Recyclers International, the nation's leading recycler of electronic waste, was among the panelists of a group discussion on the state of the electronics recycling industry at the 2011 E-Scrap Conference held at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate. The E-Scrap Conference is the premier electronic waste recycling conference of North America and hosts industry leaders from around the world who network and discuss trends and challenges facing the electronic waste recycling industry today. ...Hospital Corporation of America has purchased 45 acres near the Solivita community in Poinciana with plans to build a 60-bed hospital with an emergency-medical facility and a medical-office building, the Orlando Sentinel reported. ...TNP Strategic Retail Trust Inc., a publicly registered non-traded REIT announced the acquisition of Osceola Village, a 116,645-square-foot retail center in Kissimmee. The retail center was purchased directly from the construction lender. "Rarely does this type of opportunity present itself to purchase the dominant grocery anchor in a growth market like Orlando," said Thompson National Properties' CEO, Anthony W. "Tony" Thompson. Constructed in 2008, Osceola Village is 77 percent occupied and anchored by Publix with a lease expiration in 2028 and hhgregg with a lease expiration in 2018. The property is located at the intersection of Osceola Parkway and Dyer Boulevard. ...