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Business Observer | Business Observer

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2015
Investment group buys Serenoa Golf Club

An investment group, led by Jon Whittemore and Larry Galloway, purchased the 80-acre Serenoa Golf Club for $3.25 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2015
Bonita-Estero home prices defy gravity

Call it the Hertz effect.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2015
Dean hits the circuit

Robert Beatty hasn't been the dean of the Lutgert College of Business at Florida Gulf Coast University for long, but he's hitting the rubber chicken circuit hard.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2015
Divorce costing exec chunk of company

Divorce is a costly business, especially when it hits your business.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2015
Blue Rock Partners, Konover South buy Avondale by the Lakes

A joint venture of Tampa-based Blue Rock Partners LLC and its equity partner, Konover South LLC of Deerfield Beach, purchased the 304-unit Avondale by the Lakes apartments for $20.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2015
Insula Cos. expands to 20 properties, buys Bryan Dairy Place, Forest Creek

Sarasota-based Insula Cos. purchased the 96-unit Bryan Dairy Place Apartments and the 104-unit Forest Creek Apartments for a combined $16.6 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2015
Clarification

The Business Observer's list of Top 50 Contractors in its March 20 issue included contracting firms headquartered in Polk, Pasco, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2015
Too sexy for their (button-down) shirt

Forget the rebounding economy, here's something certain to leave corner office executives with a smile: The CEO is the sexiest position in America.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2015
Execs sought to pitch ideas for $25K prize

Time is running out for what is probably best described as a local version of the TV reality competition show “Shark Tank.”

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2015
SPCA buys Advanced Orthopedics Building

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Tampa Bay purchased the 12,480-square-foot former Advanced Orthopedics Building east of U.S. 19 for $936,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • March 27, 2015
Storage space

Large blocks of warehouse space are dwindling in the Fort Myers area. With rents rising, it may be time to build.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2015
Trailers compete with planes at TIA

The $1 billion expansion of Tampa International Airport is now a reality, evidenced by what can only be described as Trailer City.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2015
Focus Development Group developing Courtyards at Estero apartments

Focus Development Group LLC purchased 8.57 acres at the northwest corner of Interstate 75 and Corkscrew Road for $1.73 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2015
Patel family buys Venice's Oza Inn, renaming it Sunshine Motel

The Patel family purchased the 20-unit Oza Inn for $850,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 27, 2015
Sharp words from angry executive

Sarasota area construction executive Lem Sharp, three years into retirement, feels pretty prickly lately.

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