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  • December 26, 2014
Financial pros join together

Chief financial officers who seek camaraderie among peers in different businesses and industries now have an outlet: The CFO Forum.

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  • December 26, 2014
Kooglers: Like father, like son

Answering the phones at Koogler Homes in Cape Coral may now be a little more challenging.

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  • December 26, 2014
Broker plants seeds with sellers

Longtime Florida agricultural land broker Ben Crosby has a challenge he hasn't seen in decades: Demand for farmland in the Sunshine State has outstripped supply.

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  • December 26, 2014
$45.15 million - Turnbury Park At Palm Aire

New York City-based real estate investment advisory firm TGM Associates purchased the 286-unit Turnbury Park At Palm Aire apartments for $45.15 million.

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  • December 26, 2014
$39.9 million - The Forum at Fort Myers and Northpoint Shopping Center

A joint venture of DDR Corp. and an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII purchased the 458,394-square-foot The Forum at Fort Myers for $29.4 million and Northpoint for $10.5 million.

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  • December 26, 2014
$499 million - 49.9% interest in Tampa's International Plaza

Taubman Centers Inc. sold a 49.9% interest in the center to a joint venture of TIAA-CREF and Dutch pension services APG for $499 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2014
Canadian pension fund buys PODS

Moving and storage firm's headquarters will remain in Clearwater.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2014
Bradenton lighting firm earns recognition

Beacon Products noted for innovation, usefulness and aesthetics.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 22, 2014
Naples home prices jump 17%

The median price of an existing single-family home in Naples rose 17% in November.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 19, 2014
HCI Group subsidiary assuming 36,000 policies

Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Co. is assuming the policies from Citizens Property Insurance.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 19, 2014
Charlotte County in real estate rebound mode

A Sperry Van Ness broker projects growth in Charlotte County in 2015.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 19, 2014
Former Lee Mental Health CEO retires

David Winters, the former president and CEO of Lee Mental Health who helped orchestrate the merger with Southwest Florida Addiction Services last year, is retiring as chief administrative officer of SalusCare.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 19, 2014
A projected boom in boomers is confirmed

A recent National Association of Realtors report proves what many on the Gulf Coast already know: The baby boomers who aren't here yet? They're coming.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 19, 2014
Centre Shops of Longboat Key sells for nearly $4 million

A company led by Eric Howell, president of Bradenton-based Lancaster Realty Inc., purchased the 37,880-square-foot Centre Shops of Longboat Key for $3.7 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 19, 2014
Cruz into the New Year

The Southwest Florida speaker tour is off to a bang in January.

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