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  • February 27, 2015
Tampa neighborhood house-flipping hotspot

Town 'N Country area joins neighborhoods in Detroit, Los Angeles, Jacksonville and San Diego were buying and selling quickly still rules.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2015
Shipwreck company raises cash

Endurance Exploration Group Inc. is ready to start salvage operations of its first found shipwreck, the SS Connaught. But first, the Clearwater company needs to salvage something even more powerful: cash.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2015
Big Gulp, small fee

Convenience store chain 7-Eleven wants to put you in business.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2015
California family performs 1031, buys Clearwater's Canterbury Oaks

The Zlotolow family of Venice, Calif., purchased the 72-unit Canterbury Oaks Apartments in Clearwater for $3.75 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Michael Hinman
  • February 27, 2015
In the rough

More golf courses are closing than opening nationwide, and Florida's not immune. It might be time for a Mulligan.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2015
Atlanta's Cortland Partners pays $41M for Carlyle at Crosstown

Atlanta's Cortland Partners purchased the 300-unit Carlyle at Crosstown apartment complex for $41.24 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2015
Sarasota family investment group buys, repositioning South Venice Storage

A Sarasota family led by Dora Thomas purchased the 38,883-square-foot South Venice Storage for $2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2015
So much for the uncertainty

Several industries that generated the best returns on equity in 2014 were in health care — the second straight year the sector fared well in the report from Raleigh, N.C.-based data firm Sageworks.

  • News
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • February 27, 2015
Commercial vision

The Hertz global headquarters under construction in Estero is bringing lots of attention to surrounding properties that are ready for new development.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2015
Investor group buys dealership land to develop self storage on U.S. 41

An investment group led by Eric Howell, president of Bradenton-based Lancaster Realty Inc., purchased the 4.7-acre former Venice Chrysler dealership property for $2.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2015
Polk County: Daytona developers buy Without Walls Lakeland mega church

A company led by Daytona Beach-area developers Douglas Cook and George Anderson purchased the former Carpenters Home mega-church property for $3.75 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2015
Catch the real estate rebound

Southwest Florida's real estate market is either red hot or down in the dumps.

  • News
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • February 27, 2015
Good assist

Omega Communities plans to build as many as a dozen assisted-living communities from Tampa and Orlando to Naples by using creative financing and operational strategies.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2015
Devonshire REIT buys Twelve Oaks Shopping Center

Devonshire REIT Inc., a Whitehouse, Ohio-based private real estate investment trust, purchased the Twelve Oaks Shopping Center for $10.8 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 27, 2015
Lender Elliott Management takes ownership of Carlyle at Waters

Elliott Management Corp. acquired the 392-unit Carlyle at Waters apartment complex in exchange for $26.19 million in mortgage debit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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