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  • November 21, 2014
Automotive Management Services buys Davis Boulevard dealership site

Terry Taylor's West Palm Beach-based Automotive Management Services Inc. purchased a 12,000-square-foot auto dealership for $2.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2014
Great way to get ahead

A Tampa firm that offers coding classes for the masses, gr8code, is in a unique spot: It recently received a four-year, $5.4 million capital commitment.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2014
Publix Super Markets buys Lakewood Walk

Lakeland-based grocer Publix Super Markets purchased the 90,000-square-foot Lakewood Walk shopping center for $26.25 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2014
Eye doctors buy former Tampa Tribune Clearwater building

A purchase entity led by eye doctors: Herbert Knauf III, Clinton Sheets and Andrea Lusk of Eye Site of Tampa Bay purchased the 25,464-square-foot former Tampa Tribune Building for $2.6 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2014
Contentment is the enemy

Visit Sarasota County president Virginia Haley spent a recent lunch hour telling area hotel sales and marketing executives about how good the county has been doing in tourism.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2014
Michigan's Alidade Capital buys MiraBay Village, land

Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based real estate private equity fund Alidade Capital LLC purchased the 93,985-square-foot MiraBay Village retail center and an adjacent 9.79-acre development site for $12.25 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2014
Three Venice investors buy Veteran Air industrial condo

Tom Fouche and his sons David and Kevin Fouche of Venice purchased an 10,266-square-foot industrial condominium in Ironwood Business Park for $1.05 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2014
Wanted: family business drama

Your family business may sometimes feel like the reality shows you watch on TV — and that could be a hidden asset.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2014
Florida banks make fast list

During the recession, plenty of Florida banks shrank their assets.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2014
Algenol is hot

Algae fuel company Algenol is the third-hottest company in the field of bioenergy.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2014
Shady brokers flock to Fla

Collier, Lee and Sarasota counties recently scored high on a not-so-good list, of places nationwide with high concentrations of stockbrokers who face some sort of red flag for alleged shady business practices.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 21, 2014
Gordon Food Service Inc. buys back Brandon, Fort Myers stores

Restaurant distributor and retailer Gordon Food Service Inc. purchased its Brandon and Fort Myers GFS Marketplace stores for a total of $3.85 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 20, 2014
Tampa area tech firm gets new president

John O'Shea was previously senior vice president of sales at Vology.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 20, 2014
Sarasota wireless firm seeks to raise $10M

xG Technology first went public in July 2013.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 20, 2014
Newspaper battle heats up in Lee County

The Naples Daily News opened a larger office in Bonita Springs, challenging the Fort Myers News-Press in the fast-growing area of South Lee County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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