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  • February 18, 2011
Naples sales, prices falling

Property closings fell 10% over the year; the median sale price dropped 13%.

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  • February 18, 2011
Michigan hotel owner buys Pierview

Michigan hotelier Remo Polselli purchased the 70-room Pierview Hotel & Suites on Fort Myers Beach for $3.5 million.

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  • February 18, 2011
Investors buy 224 Oasis condos

A joint venture that includes Southwest Properties and Geosam Capital purchased 224 of 240 condos in Oasis Grand's Tower II for $35.95 million.

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  • February 18, 2011
Venice Lincoln Mercury buys Buchanan's Venice properties

Venice Lincoln Mercury purchased the Venice Dodge Nissan property on U.S. 41 Bypass and two buildings on Seaboard Avenue for $6.5 million.

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  • February 18, 2011
Tampa investors buy Baywater Apartments

Tampa investors Albert Salem and Ranald Stewart III purchased the 176-unit Baywater Apartments for $8.75 million.

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  • February 18, 2011
Canadian developer buys sites at Fruitville, U.S. 41

Toronto-based Palsar Development Inc. purchased 1.28 acres at the northwest corner of Fruitville Road and U.S. 41 for $2.7 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • February 18, 2011
Bovis Lend Lease completes Aqualea Resort

Bovis Lend Lease completed construction of the Aqualea Resort and Residences on Clearwater in Clearwater.

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  • February 18, 2011
Colliers International hires brokerage head

Ryan Kratz joined Colliers International as the director of brokerage.

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  • February 18, 2011
USAmeriBank assets top $1B

The Largo bank passes a major milestone four years after its founding.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 18, 2011
System Strict

A small Gulf Coast city was the scene of a surprise surge in condo sales last year. The success gives hope that a full-blown rebound could be on the way.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Jean Gruss
  • February 18, 2011
International designs

When the Naples market for custom-home designs collapsed in the recession, Bill and Kerry Weber looked overseas. They found it in unlikely places like South Korea, Denmark and Nigeria.

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  • February 18, 2011
Subsidies come into focus in Bradenton

A brouhaha has broken out in downtown Bradenton over potential incentives given to businesses to move into the region.

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  • February 18, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Feb. 18

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • February 18, 2011
Corporate Report: Feb. 18

The latest news from BistroMD, HealthPlan Services, Interop and more.

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  • February 18, 2011
Closing the gap in Tampa mayor's race

It's difficult to engage younger voters in this year's Tampa mayoral election when all five candidates are beyond the half-century mark in age.

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