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  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 22, 2014
Illinois senior living builder targets Gulf Coast

Bright Oaks Group hopes to break ground in Fort Myers and Naples this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2014
Lazydays RV names new Crown Club head

The Seffner-based RV company promoted Russ O'Connor Sr. to head the motor-coach membership program.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2014
Air passenger tally jumps 119% in Charlotte County

More than 350,000 people have passed through Punta Gorda Airport in 2014.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 21, 2014
Bank names new top exec in Sarasota

Tom Martin will run the area division for First Florida Integrity Bank.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2014
Investors buy 170 acres of Charlotte land

Edgewater Opportunity Fund II LP, a group led by Ron Greenland, plans to entitle it for a 400-lot gated residential development.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2014
Arts group to purchase St. Pete warehouse for enclave

Warehouse Arts District Association plans to convert the 50,000-square-foot Ace Recycling property into a facility for artists.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2014
It Works belts another $100M milestone

Company is No. 27 on Direct Selling News' largest 100 companies list.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2014
Source Interlink's aftershocks

The ripple effects of Source Interlink's abrupt shutdown last month will likely be felt throughout the magazine-publishing industry for a while.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2014
Sarasota's Insula Cos. buys Park East Apartments

Insula Cos. purchased the 192-unit Park East Apartments for $12.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2014
WCI Communities buys 150 lots in Links at Rosedale

Bonita Springs-based developer and homebuilder WCI Communities purchased 150 home lots within Rosedale, a master-planned golf course community for $11.61 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2014
Massachusetts investor buys Venice Car Wash

Arlene Leakeas of Dracut, Mass. purchased the Venice Car Wash for $1.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2014
Collier wins permitting award

A few years ago, no one doing business in Collier County would have given high marks to its building-permit department.

  • News
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2014
Kolter Group planning mixed-use along Central Avenue in St. Pete

The Kolter Group LLC has announced development plans for the downtown St. Petersburg block bordered by Central and First Avenue North and First and Second streets.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2014
Publix Super Markets buys Kingsway Crossing retail center

Publix Super Markets Inc. purchased the 63,779-square-foot Kingsway Crossing retail center north of State Road 60 for $8.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 18, 2014
Exec indicates good times in construction

Gulf Coast construction executive Craig Campbell has essentially built his own economic indicator tool, and the results are good: In four months Campbell has secured at least $10 million in new work, and a slew of potential projects are in the offing.

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