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  • January 30, 2015
Pasco great buy for rental investors

New RealtyTrac report eyes the northern Tampa Bay area for some of nation's best returns for single-family rentals.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
MQ Development Partners buys spec Waters Avenue retail site

Dallas-based MQ Development Partners purchased a 16.06-acre vacant parcel west of North Himes Avenue for $3.78 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
2015: fourth-best vintage

The Naples Winter Wine Festival's live auction is always the highlight of the luxurious Bacchanalian weekend in late January — and this year didn't disappoint.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
California's Carolyn Artis Trust buys Homes of Fountainview

The Carolyn Artis Trust of Encino, Calif., purchased The Homes of Fountainview mobile home park for $34.89 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
Western Global Airlines affiliate buys Estero Park Commons

A company affiliated with air-cargo carrier Western Global Airlines LLC purchased a 22,480-square-foot office building for $2.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
St. Petersburg: Tampa's cooler cousin

Miami attorney-turned-real estate developer Frank Guerra aims to bring a new kind of multifamily project, with green space and apartments in a resort-style setting, to a neighborhood outside downtown St. Petersburg.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
Sarasota investor Vorbeck buys Clark Road Square

Mick Vorbeck of Sarasota purchased a 10,164-square-foot retail strip center for $1.78 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
Garrison Investment Group buys Naples Courtyard by Marriott

New York City-based Garrison Investment Group purchased the 102-unit Courtyard by Marriott in Naples for $12.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
Credit union scores naming deal

There's no denying the sponsorship appeal of college sports.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
Double check on 'customer creepiness'

Connecting customers to a business seamlessly, from a smartphone to walking through the door, is the drop-everything quandary retailers face in 2015.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
Sarasota investor Lesser buys Palmetto retail buildings

Robert Lesser of Sarasota purchased a 33,704-square-foot retail development for $2.35 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
HSN's tech guru makes national list

Karen Etzkorn, chief information officer at St. Petersburg-based multichannel retailer HSN, has been named one of the Top 10 Women in Tech by Chain Store Age magazine.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
Illinois car wash owner moving business to Southwest Florida

Illinois businessman Chad Dubbs purchased 1.15 acres of vacant land in the Gaspar Station Planned Unit Development for $1.95 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
Boat firm swims in the big-time

The ongoing comeback at Clearwater-based boat retailer MarineMax got a national plug recently: Executives, led by longtime Chairman, CEO and President William McGill, rang the NYSE opening bell Jan 21.

  • News
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 29, 2015
Prominent Realtor to run Sarasota Re/Max office

Roger Piro has been a Realtor for more than 20 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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