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  • February 6, 2012
Chocolate firm tastes big expansion

Prominent Fort Myers-based gourmet chocolate maker Norman Love Confections is about to get some competition.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 6, 2012
Punta Gorda church sold: $1.5M

Deep Creek Community Church bought the 18,188-square-foot building.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 6, 2012
HMA acquires Okla. hospitals

The move will add nearly $100 million to the firm's annual revenues.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 6, 2012
Red Sox celebrate Fenway South

Team officials join Lee County commissioners for JetBlue Park opening.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 6, 2012
Bennett eyes supervisor office

His term limits for Florida Senate reached, Bennett seeks new role.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2012
Avanti Properties Group fund buys defunct Artesia community

Avanti Strategic Land Investors, an institutional fund of Winter Park-based Avanti Properties Group, purchased 262 acres in the partially developed residential community of Artesia for a total of $5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2012
New York investors buy Cortez Apartments

New Rochelle, N.Y., apartment owners John and Michele Pugliese purchased the 84-unit Cortez Apartments for $4.6 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2012
Naples' Uptown Center sells for $7.7 million

Naples-based Halstatt Real Estate Partners purchased the 74,000-square-foot Uptown Center retail neighborhood center for $7.7 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2012
Sarasota investor Fox buys former U.S. 41 Concession office

Sarasota resident and clothing retailer Michael Fox purchased the 3,580-square-foot building best known as the former Concession sales office on U.S. 41 for $1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 3, 2012
Investors buy Bay View Plaza for $4.36 million

Tampa investors Sam and Laurice Hachem have expanded their holdings yet again. The couple purchased the 78,781-square-foot Bay View Plaza shopping center for $4.36 million.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 3, 2012
Tampa Girl Scouts group buys half Eisenhower building

The Girl Scouts of West Central Florida purchased half of an Eisenhower Business Park building for $2.15 million.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 3, 2012
Clark Station Retail Sarasota nearing Honore hotel start

A partnership is moving forward with plans for a new hotel on Honore Avenue in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 3, 2012
Orion CEO could face 15 years

Former CEO Jerry Williams could face 15 years in prison for bank fraud.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 3, 2012
$20M project permitted in Lee

Contractors pulled permits for the construction of 35 new homes in January.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 3, 2012
Stock Development's upbeat outlook

One of the first signs of an improving housing sector is when homebuilders can raise prices.

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