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    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 1, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Realtor buys property, plans Mango Bay HideawayEastwood Associates buys Wood Street DevelopmentDevelopers buy Rusty Pot RanchTwo developers planning Ellenton subdivisionEarthworks Land Development moving to 33rd StreetBenderson Development buysStickney Point project

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • July 1, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

For whom the bell tolls - Louis Rukeyser: When Charles and Kim Githler want to recognize a friend, they really go all out.SAR suit dismissed: Real estate agent Lois Hekker's antitrust lawsuit against the Sarasota Association of Realtors Inc. and its 2004 board of directors has been dismissed without prejudice. Court records back online by summer?: The Committee on Privacy and Court Records issued a draft proposal on court records on the Internet with recommendations that fall mostly in favor of open-record advocates.Learning ethics in Sin City: The Sarasota County Bar Association is planning a continuing legal education trip to Las Vegas from Sept. 23-26. In Vegas, the bar plans to hold two CLE meetings: one on professionalism and one on ethics.Bar trouble: Rumors swirled for months that the Tampa office of the Florida Bar had lost several of its senior attorneys, including Tom DeBerg and Steve Whelan.

  • News
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 24, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

LakeView Apartments Sell for $26 MillionTowers of Channelside secures $96 million in loansPradip Patel entity buys Airport Business CenterPost Properties partnership acquires 4 acres for condosFamily-owned Hialeah firm purchases Carrollwood Palms

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 24, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Roaring Toyz to roar into national bike show: Could a small sport bike shop in Sarasota be the next Orange County Choppers?Rushing takes top honor: Karen Rushing, clerk of the circuit court and comptroller for Sarasota County, received the President's Clerk of the Year Award from the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers at the organization's annual summer conference in Ponte Vedra.It's a done deal, almost: The Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice is going to be a landholder real soon.Cracker Barrel pegged: The folksy restaurant chain, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., is being sued over a peg from one of its tabletop brainteaser games.Concrete solution: Mexico?: The Associated General Contractors of America has called on U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez to intervene in the increasingly dire shortage of cement in the United States before major economic disruptions occur.

  • News
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 24, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Wal-Mart, Home Depot buy North Port landBayonne Development plans mixed-use on U.S. 41Heritage Acers buys land near funeral homeInland associated company buys Beachway PlazaConstruction started on Longboat's La Firenza

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 24, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Tom James: SEC practices 'unacceptable': Tom James, chairman and chief executive of Raymond James Financial Inc., has issues with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Henriquez still ready to do heavy lifting: A term-limited legislator leaving the Florida House of Representatives in 2006 after eight years did some heavy reminiscing for the Tiger Bay Club of Tampa the other day.Cracker Barrel pegged: The folksy restaurant chain, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., is being sued over a peg from one of its tabletop brain-teaser games. Yep, it seems a patron slipped and fell on an errant peg.DCA says Downey erred on molester sentence: The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Brandt Downey erred when he sentenced a child molester to a year in jail instead of the minimum of 30 months in prison as the state sentencing guidelines call for.Red carpet treatment in a warehouse: Tampa lawyer Cody Fowler Davis and Finn Caspersen, Beneficial Corp.'s former chairman, rolled out the red carpet for guests during the recent grand opening of their warehouse renovation project in the Channel District.

  • News
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 24, 2005
Free Press (Sara/Mana)

Longboat chamber changes name to include St. ArmandsVengroff, Williams joins with California companyVenice food service consultant expands to West Indies

  • News
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 17, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Fifth Third is fourth...: ...In terms of deposits among banks doing business in Michigan, and local bank analyst Richard X. Bove says that's bound to catch up with Fifth Third Bancorp.Rock on: Speaking of cultural creatives, the Tampa Bay Technology Forum is tuning up for its fourth annual Tampa Bay Tech Jam.This ain't L.A.: Creative Tampa Bay, a 2-year-old group promoting tolerance as a means to grow the local economy, has gotten another reminder that it has a lot of work to do.It's who you know: Relationships go a long way in the banking and real estate industries, and JMC Communities, one of the Tampa Bay area's top buildings of luxury condominiums, proves that's true.Paris for president: It looks like Clinton Paris did such a good job as president of the George Edgecomb Bar Association this past year he was re-elected to second term.Rolex goes after counterfeiters: Rolex Watch USA Inc. has sued two Pinellas County residents, accusing them of selling fake Rolex watches on the Internet.Less farmland: Agricultural acreage in Hillsborough County has dwindled in the past decade, but farming still creates 20,122 jobs locally and annual sales of $667 million, officials say.

  • News
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 17, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Sarasota investors buy Bay West Business CenterInvestors buy retail space in Albertson's shopping centerWaterford Cos. exchanges land with Cemex, RMC South FloridaU.S. Tank & Cryogenic moves to Bradenton buildingSarasota County buys additional conservation land

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 17, 2005
Free Press (Sara/Mana)

LandMark Bank to open fifth banking centerMichael Saunders & Co. grabs conference awardsManatee Chamber announces recruitment campaign results

  • News
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 17, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Sun Vista Buys South Pasadena ApartmentsMercury Advisors negotiates $119 million financing dealSteinbrenners sell Radisson to Wacksman-Wallace groupAdam's Mark Hotel fetches $31.5 millionTreasure Island B&B sells 220% above prior sale price

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 17, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Fighting the (Red) Tide: Virginia Haley, executive director of the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau, and her staff are are hoping they don't get all choked up. Not out of sentimentality.Fifth Third is fourth...: ...In terms of deposits among banks doing business in Michigan, and local bank analyst Richard X. Bove says that's bound to catch up with Fifth Third Bancorp.Inland move: Holmes Beach is no longer the home of an acquisition wing of Oak Brook, Ill.-based Inland Retail Real Estate Trust.Trusting to the land: It should be known soon whether Sarasota County will be the testing ground for a proposed solution to the worker housing shortage.Rock on: Speaking of cultural creatives, the Tampa Bay Technology Forum is tuning up for its fourth annual Tampa Bay Tech Jam.

  • News
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 13, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Cobalt Capital acquires light industrial propertyChicago company buys Carrollwood Cove ApartmentsOffice Depot site sells for $133 a square footBlume Brothers Swap Largo warehouse property

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 13, 2005
Free Press (Sara/Mana)

Economic Development Council provides incentive moneyHarris announces grant for Sarasota-Bradenton AirportSarasota president receives technical assistance from NASAYPG Group receives Salvation Army awardClarke Advertising gives scholarships to RinglingLifestyle FamilyFitness buys clubsDowntown Partnership upgrades technologyGE subsidiary opens Manatee headquartersUSF offers master's degree for working professionalsChildren First receives$19,210 in grant money

  • News
    By
  • Adam Hughes
  • June 13, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Please come back: It's hard for us not to be jealous when a stellar company moves out of the area, but CEDC's departure truly has us green.Loans hold key: Net interest margin growth is keeping earnings in good shape for banks and thrifts in the eastern United States, according to a new report by Ryan Beck & Co.Lessons from home: Ian Black, president of Sarasota's Ian Black Real Estate, took off a few days last week to reconnect with some of his friends back home.Looking for jurists: The Review's 2005 Top Entrepreneur Patrick Neal, chairman of the Judicial Nominating Commission for 12th Judicial Circuit, is looking for applicants to fill a newly created judgeship for Manatee County.

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