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Business Observer | Business Observer

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  • December 11, 2009
Rooms To Go buys Darby, plans store

Seffner-based furniture retailer Rooms To Go Inc. purchased the former Darby Automotive dealership on Tamiami Trail south of Phillippi Street for $6.75 million. The purchase price equated to $1.38 million per acre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 11, 2009
Ohio investment company buys Tampa Sweetbay Plaza

S-O Sweet FL Retail I LLC, a 50-50 partnership of Ohio-based investment and management company Streak Investments and Optimus One, purchased the 56,097-square-foot Sweetbay Plaza on North Dale Mabry south of Columbus Drive for $8.8 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 11, 2009
Prudential Palms Realty owner buys Lakewood Ranch Realty

Lakewood Ranch developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch has agreed to sell its subsidiary Lakewood Ranch Realty Co. to Palms Real Estate Solutions.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 11, 2009
Lee County conservation program buys 293 acres

Lee County government purchased 293 acres of vacant land and wetlands north of Liberty Youth Ranch for $4.44 million.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 11, 2009
Sarasota County buys land for Honore-Pinebrook extension

Sarasota County government purchased 43 acres of agricultural land bordering Interstate 75 south of State Road 681 for $3.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2009
Sarasota: no business; Fort Myers: divided

Fort Myers is chasing Tampa for future growth, outpacing Sarasota.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2009
Another law firm enters Gulf Coast

Another prominent Sarasota law firm has become the gateway for an out of state practice to enter Florida.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2009
Review now even sooner

In order to get our business stories into your hands as soon as we print them, we have begun delivering the Review early Friday mornings.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2009
Mercantile boosts Naples bank

Scratch The Royal Palm Bank of Florida off the endangered-bank list.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2009
The Trend is your friend ...

In the midst of the ongoing debate over funding SunRail during last week's special legislative session, Florida Trend's Web site poll asked readers to weigh-in on the costly central Florida commuter rail line proposal.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2009
Economic Snapshot: Clunker Hangover

The boost in auto sales from the federal “cash for clunkers” subsidy in August on the Gulf Coast didn't carry over into September.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2009
Mergers, acquisitions will pick up

A vast majority of selected experts in the merger and acquisition industry expect deals to pick up over the next six months, according to a recent survey.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2009
Newsflash: Dog beds are in

The post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza otherwise known as Black Friday was a big day for Beall's Inc., the $1.15 billion Bradenton-based retail chain.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2009
Airport parking gets competition

More than 7 million passengers pass through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers each year.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2009
Courage required for renovations

For most people, $14 million is a lot of money to spend. For John Belden, chief executive officer of Davidson Hotel Company, it was basically a necessity.

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