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  • November 28, 2014
Blue Sky Communities renovating Flamingo West Apartments

Tampa-based Blue Sky Communities LLC purchased the 72-unit Flamingo West Apartments for $3.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2014
Wesco Turf buys former FedEx building to expand service shop

Wesco Turf Inc. purchased a 37,501-square-foot former FedEx distribution building for $3.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2014
State no longer insurance foe

Florida has sometimes had a well-deserved reputation for being an enemy of the insurance industry, with stringent regulations and high capital reserve requirements.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2014
Miami investor buys St. Pete YMCA after litigation

Nick Ekonomou of Miami purchased the 51,512-square-foot historic YMCA of St. Petersburg building for $1.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • November 28, 2014
Might as well jump

The trampoline park industry on the Gulf Coast is on a fast growth track. A doughnut entrepreneur wants a taste.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2014
USF agrees to buy 3.7 acres near St. Pete campus from Poynter

The University of South Florida System announced it is exploring buying property adjacent to its St. Petersburg campus.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2014
Chris Brown, Mike Granthon buy Siesta Village property

Sarasota businessman and real estate investor Chris Brown and business partner Mike Granthon purchased several Siesta Key Village buildings including the Siesta Market for a combined $2.8 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2014
Please pass the salt

St. Petersburg will get a salty taste in January.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2014
Recipe for success

A longtime real estate investor had to wait out the recession to make good on his latest vision. Now W. Howard Rooks hopes his patience will pay off in the form of a new restaurant.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2014
Fly into 7-Eleven

Bet you've never been in a 7-Eleven store like this before.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2014
DDR Corp., Blackstone affiliate buy The Forum, Northpoint

A joint venture of DDR Corp. and an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII purchased the 458,394-square-foot The Forum at Fort Myers and 119,709-square-foot Northpoint Shopping Center for a combined $39.9 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2014
Beall's CEO to chair Chamber

Steve Knopik, the new chairman of the Florida Chamber of Commerce's board of directors, knows all about the challenges businesses face in Florida. Knopik has navigated them firsthand as CEO of Beall's, which has locations across the state and beyond.

  • News
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 28, 2014
Food truck entrepreneurs seek justice

One of the nation's top libertarian business-rights groups, the Institute for Justice, has targeted tacos in Sarasota.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 26, 2014
DOW Electronics partners with Lutron Electronics

The Tampa firm will distribute the Coopersburg, Pa.-based company's connected-home lighting and window shade products.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 26, 2014
Lease rates on the rise in Sarasota

Gateway Professional Center in Sarasota is at 85% occupancy, up from 50% in 2012.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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