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Business Observer | Business Observer

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  • Mark Gordon
  • February 12, 2010
A Proper Way

Chris Abbott thought he would grow his one-man real estate company slow and steady when he founded it in late 2008. Eight employees and a half-dozen big contracts later, that plan is history.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 12, 2010
Carbiz careens out of business

Sarasota-based Carbiz Inc. has closed amid growing debt.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2010
Gordon Food buys Albertson's facility

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based food distributor Gordon Food Service purchased the 952,441-square-foot Albertson's distribution center on 158 acres west of Jim Johnson Road near the James L Redman Parkway for $31.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2010
Richman Group building Booker Creek project

Richman Group of Florida Inc. purchased 7.82 acres at the southeast corner of 13th Avenue North and 25th Street North for $3.68 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2010
Pirate's Cove fun center sells piece to RaceTrac

The Pirate's Cove Family Fun Center property in Bradenton is being broken up and the first piece is going to a convenience store user.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2010
K&K Steel Pipe Wholesalers buys Plant City buildings

K&K Steel Pipe Wholesalers Inc. purchased two warehouse buildings at the northwest corner of Sydney Road and Commerce Drive in Plant City from the creditors of Golden Aluminum Extrusions for $1.95 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2010
RaceTrac Petroleum buys Cranberry site

Atlanta-based gas-station company RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. purchased 2.14 acres at the intersection of State Road 45 and Cranberry Boulevard for $1.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 10, 2010
Resort owner makes power list

Part-time Gulf Coast resident Sheila Johnson, who has been called America's first black billionaire and has also graced the cover of the Review, can now add something else to her resume: One of the most powerful black women in business, as judged by Black Enterprise magazine.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 9, 2010
U.S. Home is back

US Home lives again, but not in its former form. Miami-based national homebuilder Lennar Corp. bought US Home Corp. in 2000 — at the time the fifth largest homebuilders in the nation — for $476 million and brought the Huston-based firm under the Lennar Home brand.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 8, 2010
Algenol giveaway fuels debate

Lee County's poposed taxpayer assistance for Algenol Biofuels sparks controversy for high price tag.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
West Manatee Fire buys medical building

The West Manatee Fire & Rescue District purchased the 12,026-square-foot former Manatee Obstetrics & Gynecology medical office building on 3rd Avenue north of State Road 64 for $1.1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
SamWest buys 2,259 acres in Duette

James Grainger's SamWes purchased two parcels, totaling 2,259 acres of grazing land, in Duette near State Road 64 for $12.22 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Tampa investors buy Columbus Plaza

Tampa investors Sam and Laurice Hachem purchased the 119,502-square-foot Columbus Plaza shopping center for $2.8 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Bethlehem Baptist Church building for charter school

Faced with growing space needs, Bethlehem Baptist Church in Sarasota is looking to relocate its pre-school, but its ultimate development plans will also affect more school age kids.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Crosland, DDA awarded $2.6 million

Charlotte, N.C.-based Crosland LLC, in a partnership with DDA Development, has been awarded more than $2.6 million from the City of Tampa to acquire, rehabilitate and resell foreclosed homes in the Tampa area under HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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