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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2010
Joneses buy Capri Inn, plan rehab, rebranding

Don and Elena Jones of Sarasota purchased the 10-unit Capri Inn at The Beach motel on Siesta Key east of Midnight Pass Road from a The Bank of Commerce subsidiary for $995,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2010
Oettinger Davidoff Group moves headquarters

The Oettinger Davidoff Group has announced plans to relocate its headquarters to a 100,000-square-foot building in Pinellas Park.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2010
Valrico Express Oil owner buys Lithia Pinecrest buildings

Scott and Malinda Webster, owners of the Express Oil Change & Service Center in Valrico, have purchased the business's two buildings on Lithia Pinecrest Road north of Bloomingdale Avenue for $1.12 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2010
Urfer opens dealership, plans building on U.S. 301

Jack Urfer is opening a dealership for super-sized vehicles.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2010
Starwood Land Ventures buys 5,000-lots, models

Lakewood Ranch-based residential real estate investment firm Starwood Land Ventures purchased 5,449 residential lots and 36 model homes in Florida from TOUSA Inc. for $81 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2010
Lee's Conservation 20/20 makes $36-million purchase

Lee County commissioners have approved the $36.3-million purchase of 1,213 acres on State Road 82 in eastern Lee County for conservation.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2010
Collier Enterprises delays Big Cypress plans

Naples-based Collier Enterprises says it will delay permitting for the Town of Big Cypress in order to participate in a new Habitat Conservation Plan being created by a coalition of conservation organizations and Collier County landowners.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2010
Lee County lays a goose egg

For the second month in a row, Lee County issued no permits in February for construction of new commercial buildings.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2010
Amendment means unemployment

State unemployment could rise to nearly 15% or more should Amendment 4, the so-called “Vote on Everything” or “Hometown Democracy” amendment to the state constitution, pass in November.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2010
Powerbrokers want in on weak banks

Former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman Bill Isaac, a Longboat Key resident and local businessman, apparently smells opportunity amid the carnage in the banking industry.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2010
Philly CEO touts the steady approach

David Montgomery, chief executive officer of the Philadelphia Phillies organization, spoke with Coffee Talk about what has driven the Phillies' success. And while many of his comments had an on-field focus, a discussion about his manager highlighted an approach that may help business leaders coach their own teams to a successful season.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2010
Economic crocuses begin to emerge

While a recovery may not be in full swing, small gains in taxable sales indicate things aren't getting worse.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2010
Gov. Crist's Ouija board budget

State Rep. Trudi Williams, R-Fort Myers, has some words of advice for Gov. Charlie Crist and his proposed $69.2 billion budget: “The first thing I would tell Gov. Crist is 'forget about it.'”

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 4, 2010
Correction

A real estate brief on the Asolo Theatre buying a new production center in the Review's January 22-28 issue should have said that Kimberly Rogers is with CB Richard Ellis.

  • News
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  • Jean Gruss
  • March 4, 2010
TXT MSG 4 $

Interop Technologies executives didn't expect text messaging to grow as fast as it has. When it did, they rebuilt the business and landed big cell-phone customers like Metro PCS and Cox Communications. Now they're launching a $30 million expansion into Latin America.

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