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  • May 15, 2015
Entrepreneurs throwing pitches

Pitching your company's idea to raise capital used to be a private affair, usually restricted to investors with enough money to lose on startups.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2015
Longboat's Christ Church buys adjacent commercial buildings

Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian (U.S.A.) purchased a two building, 8,614-square-foot office development for $1.1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2015
Polk County | Carefree buys Haines City RV and residential complex for $10.45 million

One of the nation's largest manufactured and RV community owners has acquired Central Park in Haines City for $10.45 million. Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Carefree Communities Inc. said the late April purchase, its 40th of the past two years, will add 368 RV sites and 110 manufactured home sites to its portfolio.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2015
Waterfront apartment, home sells for $1.3 million

Ann Arbor, Mich.-based McKinley Inc. purchased the nine-unit Mont Carlo Apartments for $1.28 million.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2015
Sarasota Memorial creating island urgent care center

The Sarasota Memorial Health Care System purchased the 5,476-square-foot St. Armands Medical Center for $3.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2015
Fitlife bites on Plant City

Fitlife Foods is expanding into a new 100,000-square-foot facility in Plant City, and it's expected to bring more than 100 jobs with it.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2015
Developer buys former restaurant site

Fortino Construction & Development LLC purchased a 1.62-acre parcel for $1.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2015
Sales fatten on fresh diet

Innovative Food Holdings binged this quarter.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2015
Blue Rock, Konover South buy Hamilton Bay Apartments

A joint venture of Tampa-based Blue Rock Partners LLC and Konover South LLC of Deerfield Beach purchased the 444-unit Hamilton Bay Apartments in Brandon for $43.6 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2015
Regional economics has a new name

Gary Jackson has been the face of Florida Gulf Coast University at business events in Fort Myers and Naples for years.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2015
NeoGenomics keeps powder dry

NeoGenomics has money to spend.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2015
Lakeland hospice needs respite from error

Gov. Rick Scott has twice run on a platform to create jobs in Florida. But one Lakeland hospice hopes he'll sign a bill that will save 150 jobs.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2015
Glazer adds name to historic Tampa armory

It's been an iconic home to history for decades -- from an early performance by Elvis Presley that made the cover of his first album, to one of the final speeches delivered by President John F. Kennedy.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2015
HSN looks to Ohio

HSN Inc. already employs more than 1,300 people to answer calls from shoppers buying products they find on the company's cable channels. But soon, the St. Petersburg media company will add 300 more spots throughout northwest Ohio.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 14, 2015
Siesta Center sells for $4.6M

Investor buys Siesta Key retail buildings, marking the largest commercial real estate sale in at least two years on the island.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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