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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 2, 2011
Website's focus is on transit

Despite the overwhelming defeat of a referendum for commuter rail in Hillsborough County last fall, the Tampa Bay Partnership isn't ready to give up just yet.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2011
Charter school buys Verizon call center

Minneapolis-based Ryan Cos. US Inc. purchased former Verizon Call Center building for $3.75 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2011
Sonic site of new Chase bank

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA purchased a 7,126-square-foot former Sonic drive-in restaurant on State Road 64 for $915,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 29, 2011
Grubb & Ellis REIT buys Lakewood Ranch medical office building for $12.5 million

Some of Bradenton's most prominent power players have sold Lakewood Ranch Medical Office Building I to national real estate investment trust Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II for $12.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 29, 2011
Dollar General sells for $1.8M

James Morentin of Vista, Calif. purchased 8,960-square-foot Dollar General store for $1.8 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2011
St. Petersburg College purchases Juvenile Welfare Board building

St. Petersburg College purchased the 50,138-square-foot Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County building for $2.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2011
Copperhead Club sells for $1.5 million

Tom Fowler of Lehigh Acres and Allen Collins and Bobby Rankin of Kentucky purchased the Copperhead Golf Club for $1.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2011
Nexeo Solutions acquires Ashland Inc. property

TPG Capital has transferred two Tampa Ashland Distribution properties to Nexeo Solutions LLC for $3.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2011
Bovis Lend Lease developing Pinellas safety facilities

Lend Lease's Bovis Lend Lease business has been awarded the contract to build a new Public Safety Facilities and Centralized Communications Center for Pinellas County in Largo.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2011
Army Corps of Engineers awards Wares Creek contract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports it has negotiated a contract for the dredging of Wares Creek.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 29, 2011
Osprey developers propose Southbay Office Center

Michele Prins and Rita De Cessia, principals of Intelig Inc., have submitted a proposal to Sarasota County to develop a 78,000-square-foot office project in southern Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 29, 2011
MarineMax still losing money

The retailer's second-quarter sales are up 5%, but it still lost money.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 29, 2011
Tampa is a Super Bowl finalist

The 2015 Super Bowl will be played in either Tampa or Glendale, Ariz.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 29, 2011
Florida Cattlemen sues EPA

Cattlemen say new water standards will cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

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  • Carl Cronan
  • April 29, 2011
Asset Maintenance

Coral Gables-based Flagler bought Tampa's Bridgeport Center at the top of the local office investment market. Rather than letting the building languish amid falling property values, it put $1 million into improvements.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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