Buddy's Home Furnishings officers buy headquarters building from founder

BUYER: Grow RTO LLC (principals: Joseph Gazzo, James Slatton and Jonathan Gazzo), Tampa
SELLER: Fair Pie Enterprises Ltd.
PROPERTY: 6608 E. Adamo Drive, Tampa
PRICE: $1.45 million
PREVIOUS PRICE: $700,000, June 1983
LAW FIRM ON DEED: Akerman Senterfitt, Tampa

PLANS, DESCRIPTION: A company led by owners of Tampa-based Buddy's Home Furnishings has purchased the company's industrial headquarters on Adamo Drive for $1.45 million.

The price equated to $33 per square foot. That figure is lower than the two-year average price per square foot for industrial space ($46) in the Tampa Bay area, according to the CoStar Group.