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News

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  • March 18, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: March 19 - March 25

Regional Business News at a Glance

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  • March 18, 2010
Clearwater senior-living firm buys Village Place

Clearwater-based real estate firm TJM Properties purchased the 92-unit Village Place assisted living facility on Cochran Boulevard east of Education Way for $6.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 18, 2010
Circle K Stores buys Clark Road Exxon station

Circle K Stores Inc. purchased a 4,520-square-foot Exxon convenience store on Clark Road east of Honore Avenue from Davie-based One Corp. for $2.69 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 18, 2010
Father-son investment team buys Tampa's Valencia Village

Hayes Enterprises Tampa LLC, a real estate entity owned by James Hayes III of West Palm Beach and his father, James Hayes II of Corpus Christi, Texas, purchased the 132-unit Valencia Village apartments between Fletcher and 131st avenues for $1.93 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 18, 2010
ESJ Capital buys Tampa's University Park

ESJ Capital Partners, a European-investor real estate fund based in Aventura, purchased the three-building University Park development across the street from the University of South Florida campus for $12 million.

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  • March 18, 2010
Neal Communities buys 87 more lots

Homebuilder Neal Communities of Southwest Florida purchased 80 lots in the gated Sawgrass community and seven lots in Lakes of Jacaranda from Synovus Bank for $3.58 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 18, 2010
CJ contractors build warehouse rail line

Mulberry-based CJ Bridges Rail Road Contractors has started construction on a new half-mile rail spur at Port Manatee Commerce Center, connecting the industrial warehouse complex near Port Manatee to CSX Transportation rail lines.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 17, 2010
County school tax passes easily

Sarasota County residents solidly approved the continuation of a school tax in a March 16 referendum vote.

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  • March 16, 2010
Quail West owners give away amenities

Quail West Development gave control of club assets and amenities to the member-run group, Quail West Foundation.

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  • March 11, 2010
Stuart S. Golding Co. buys Shoppes At 54

Clearwater developer Stuart S. Golding Co. purchased the 11,723-square-foot Shoppes At 54 retail center on State Road 54 east of Rowan Road for $1.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 11, 2010
Morgan House owners buy Fort Myers building

Michael and Patti Price, owners of the Morgan House restaurant, purchased a 6,250-square-foot historic building on Patio De Leon from Wachovia Commercial Mortgage for $410,000.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • March 11, 2010
Group buys Potter Park office buildings

Palmer Ranch Executive Office Center LLC, a real estate entity led by Stephen Anderson of the Sarasota-based general contractor Anderson & Ellis Inc., purchased two office buildings, totaling 15,987 square feet, on Potter Park Drive north of Central Sarasota Parkway for $800,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 11, 2010
Motel operators buy U.S. 41 motel

Karl Gerhard, Roger Herber and Karl Vivienne purchased the 28-room Warm Mineral Springs Motel on U.S. 41 for $350,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 11, 2010
Alliance Group of Tampa Bay buys 131st Avenue flex building

The Alliance Group of Tampa Bay VIII LLC, headed by Armando Flores and Armando Flores III, purchased a 25,500-square-foot commercial building off Ulmerton Road for $1.18 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 11, 2010
Garrison group starts Alafia project

Garrison Developer Group of Florida has started construction on The Preserve at Alafia, a Riverview development with 351 waterfront apartments.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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