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  • Adam Hughes
  • April 15, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Georgetown Apartments on South Westshore sell for $125 millionVillas at Cross Creek gets a new ownerSale of Wyndham Westshore closed as part of packageRetail building at Adamo Drive sells to investorsEcoGroup Inc. closes deal on former Hendry Corp. landAmalie Oil Co buys vacant land at Causeway Boulevard

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  • April 15, 2005
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Best laid plans: Only 100 days into her first term in office, Hillsborough Clerk of the Court Pat Frank has lost a key member of her senior management team.Business support: Judges in the Hillsborough and Pinellas-Pasco courts have an unlikely ally: Associated Industries of Florida. A little late for taxpayers: Local news media this week marked the first anniversary of a span collapse at a Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway construction project by tallying the costly aftermath.DeLay reaction: After the Terri Schiavo tragedy, Tampa solo practitioner Herbert M. Berkowitz has one question:Why didn't one of the many judges to rule in the case sanction U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas?New beginnings: After five years, Phil Wolff has split from Sarasota's Levin Tannenbaum Wolff Band Gates & Pugh PL.

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  • April 15, 2005
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New beginnings: After five years, Phil Wolff has split from Sarasota's Levin Tannenbaum Wolff Band Gates & Pugh PL.St. Patrick's Day in May Is Sarasota the new center of green?: The Florida Green Building Coalition Inc. sure thinks so. Happy hammers: The Associated General Contractors of America, the largest and oldest national construction trade association in the United States, has reason to be jubilant. Waiting to learn: Get ready to add another three months to the wait for a consultant to design a University District on North Tamiami Trail.

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  • April 15, 2005
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Film to be shot in Sarasota CountyManatee Technical Institute designs DeSoto renovationsSarasota Steak 'n Shake receives disability awardSarasota County Head Startgoes 40/40 in same yearSarasota firms help Hooters into Hispanic marketColdwell Banker's Sarasota region receives recognition

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  • April 8, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Dubai Investment Group acquires multifamily propertiesThe Sembler Co. buys St. Petersburg propertiesWilder Corp. buys Ameri-Life Towers in ClearwaterResponse Mail Express obtains$2.5 million mortgage La Risa Development LLC buys property for condosMarket Street MortgageCEO named to UM boardFreemarr Homes buys 23 lots to build single-family homesElliott Ross sets record year for salesFleischmanGarcia wins architectural awardPalm Harbor Development LLC obtains $29.46 million mortgagHotel Detroit and Bishop Hotel to undergo improvements

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  • April 8, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Trump going up?: Rumors are circulating that Turner Construction Co. is no longer the general contractor for the much-touted Trump Tower Tampa.We're No. 1: Does the Tampa Bay area have more white-collar crooks than anywhere else in Florida?Payday, payday: New research by a University of Florida professor claims that stateside payday lenders are targeting America's men and women in uniform.Barr none: Former Georgia congressman Bob Barr couldn't make it. New guy at Fifth Third: Fifth Third Bank (Florida) has a new leader in Hillsborough County.

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  • April 8, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Sarasota businessmen to open resort in '06Sarasota dentists buy Aloha Mobile Home ParkThree investors buy Bradenton warehouseWaterford Cos. buys 20 acres for condosRape Crisis Centerexpands on MainSarasota investor buys land out eastKeenan Development Group prepares for new buildingPort Manatee Center lands first tenant

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  • April 8, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Rodriguez's encore: Sarasota developer Henry Rodriguez is expected to unveil his next real estate project in the next several weeks.We're No. 1: Does the Tampa Bay area have more white-collar crooks than anywhere else in Florida?Hooter en Espanol: Sarasota-based Nuevo Advertising Group and Provident Advertising and Marketing are designing a Hispanic marketing plan for the restaurant chain Original Hooters, which operates 16 Hooters locations.Kolter weighs options: After acquiring the three-acre former Metropolitan property at U.S. 41 and Gulf Stream Avenue in downtown Sarasota, Toronto-based Kolter Property Co. appears to be taking its time digesting its new purchase.Restaurateur buys Fumble In: Miles and Mindy Millwee, owners of Hillview Grill and Madfish Grill restaurants, purchased the Bradenton icon Fumble In Sports Pub & Grill, 2505 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton, for $990,000.

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  • April 1, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

PIE in the sky: It's not easy being Noah Lagos.Analyst: BB&T not for sale: BB&T Corp. is bringing its annual meeting to St. Petersburg. Will the North Carolina bank be booking the honeymoon suite at the Vinoy?One hot ticket: Don't wait too long or you just might not be able to buy a ticket to the annual George E. Edgecomb Bar Association's 22nd annual scholarship banquet. Last year, Tampa's association for black lawyers filled every seat in the large conference room at Tampa's Hyatt Hotel.Walbolt re-elected chair: For the seventh consecutive year, the shareholders at Carlton Fields PA have elected Sylvia Walbolt as chair of the firm's board of directors.

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  • April 1, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

MI Homes plans 2,200-unit residential developmentCondo-offices to be developed at Clearwater's Northwood Plaza Alvarez Homes opens model homes in SouthshoreHoliday Inn Express mortgaged as part of a collateral loanMobile home park on Valrico Road soldEuromax International buys Pinellas manufacturing facilityHarrod Properties Inc. sells Bryan Dairy Road East property

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  • April 1, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Indiana developer to convert Bradenton's Columns at CortezNelco Cos. buys into office plazaBay Street Village plan moves forwardCompany buys land for North Port SonicsGibraltar Homes buys land for 150 new homesJM Communities readies for new developments

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  • April 1, 2005
Free Press (Sara/Mana)

Latin Chamber of Commerce chairman interviewed on TVOak Park picks Kitchner & Pierro as outstanding business partnerWCI Communities receives green marketing awardBradenton bank raises twice the state requirementSuncoast Workforce Board receives award

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  • April 1, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Fairgrounds option faring-well: With Tim Clarke, committee leader for the Sarasota Chamber's conference center proposal, and Virginia Haley, executive director of the Sarasota Convention and Visitors Bureau, dead set against developing a conference center at the Fairgrounds, why are city and county leaders so enamored by the site?Sarasota 'Salvation' site sold: John and Jack Cox, E. Russell James, Donnie McDonough and Mario Comparetto purchased the old 52,500-square-foot Salvation Army homeless shelter, near Fruitville Road and Lemon Avenue, for $1.5 million.Walbolt re-elected chair

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  • March 28, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

Gold Coast Eagle moving to Manatee County?: Sarasota and Manatee counties' Anheuser Busch distributor, Gold Coast Eagle Distributing Co., has called Sarasota County home since right after prohibition, but that may be changing soon.Looking beyond price: A lot of people doubted it would happen, but Toronto-based Kolter Property Co. completed its $40 million purchase of the three-acre Metropolitan property at U.S. 41 and Gulf Stream Avenue in downtown Sarasota.Studying a university district: Who's going to coordinate the creation of a University District? We may have a better idea after Monday, March 28.

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  • March 28, 2005
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