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  • May 1, 2015
Sheriff's Child Protective Services moving to Bright House building

Manatee County purchased the 25,186-square-foot former Bright House Networks building on Ninth Street for $2.65 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 1, 2015
Ohio REIT pays $25M for The Cypress retail center

The private real estate investment trust Devonshire REIT Inc. purchased the 111,228-square-foot The Cypress shopping center in Wesley Chapel for $24.58 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 1, 2015
Investment partnership buys Hilton Garden Inn

Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm Excel Group and Wilton, Conn., investment-management company Westport Capital Partners LLC purchased the 148-room Hilton Garden Inn Tampa North for $11.15 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 1, 2015
Moving on in

The third most-populous state in the country — Florida — also is one of the fastest growing, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 1, 2015
Ink gets in the way of inc.

It's hard to find someone without a tattoo these days, especially among millennials, 40% of whom have some kind of body art.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 1, 2015
Homebuilder models expansion

Neal Communities, one of the most prolific homebuilders on the Gulf Coast, has taken the next step in its move to grow north of Manatee County: its first model in Hillsborough County.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 1, 2015
USAmeriBank sports new look

A new look, a new ad campaign — even a new approach.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 1, 2015
Things with the dude all good

The Tube Dude is growing up.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 1, 2015
How do they fit all those people on the plane?

Nearly 1.2 million people traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers in March — the single-largest month for passenger traffic in the airport's 32-year history. That tally was also a 3% increase over a record-breaking March 2014.

  • News
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 1, 2015
Seminoles might see tax break

It's been 30 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled states could tax cigarette sales to non-tribe members on Native American reservations, and seven years since Florida has enforced a $1.34 per pack excise tax.

  • News
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 1, 2015
Interest in Mercato is magnificent

The commercial real estate market must be doing something right.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 1, 2015
Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota up for sale?

Don't be surprised if the next major Gulf Coast hotel deal involves the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 1, 2015
Auto dealer buys land for growth

Sunset Automotive Group acquires the former Sarasota Springfest site.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2015
Airline launches flights to Puerto Rico

Sun Country Airlines will begin nonstop service from Fort Myers to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 30, 2015
Embattled Oldsmar company goes bankrupt

Federal Verification Co. Inc. is under investigation by the Florida Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Labor, and has stopped soliciting customers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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