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  • December 5, 2011
Original Hooters gets makeover

Hooters Management Corp. is seeing business soar on the back of its chicken wings, which made it a difficult choice to temporarily close its flagship restaurant for remodeling.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2011
Avesta Homes parent buys five apartments

Multifamily firm Integritas Assets LLC, which operates as Avesta Homes LLC, purchased five apartment communities with a total of 106 units in Tampa for $1.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2011
Equity Lifestyle Properties buys Ridgewood Estates

Chicago-based Equity Lifestyle Properties purchased the Ridgewood Estates mobile home park in Ellenton for $11.56 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2011
D.R. Horton buys lots in Banyan Bay, Fiddler's Creek

Fort Worth, Texas-based D.R. Horton recently made a large investment in two Southwest Florida communities.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2011
Atlantic Emerald trust buys Streetside Little Road center

A Canadian investor operating as the Atlantic Emerald Irrevocable Trust purchased the 14,000-square-foot Streetside Little Road Shopping Center in New Port Richey for $3.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2011
Fort Myers' Land Solutions releasing quarterly Market Trends data

Real estate brokerage Land Solutions Inc. is offering quarterly subscriptions to its statistical report for Southwest Florida, known as “Market Trends,” online.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • December 2, 2011
Sarasota planning board approves Goodwill Superstore

Goodwill Industries-Manasota Inc. is one step closer to developing a new Goodwill Superstore on the North Trail in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2011
Savtira CEO joins Tampa EDC

Roberts joins the organization, which helped his company in August.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2011
Tech Data closes Brazil ops

It's the second Tampa Bay corporation in two days to announce global downsizing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2011
Former AIF CEO opens business

Barney Bishop Consulting LLC is Florida's newest government relations firm.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2011
Neal posts record sales in Nov.

The Sarasota-area home builder is on track for a record-breaking year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2011
Chico's still a value stock

For a brief time, the dividend yield on the stock of Chico's FAS hit 2% when the company's stock fell 14% after recent earnings disappointed investors.

  • News
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 2, 2011
Corporate Report: Dec. 2

The latest news from Park Royal Hospital, Valpak, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 1, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Dec. 2

Regional business news at a glance.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 1, 2011
From 'rocket docket' to rocket market

Cape Coral-Fort Myers area is one of the top five turnaround markets in the country, along with Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles and Buffalo, N.Y.

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