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  • October 3, 2014
Gecko's Grill & Pub buys its Cattlemen location

The owners of Gecko's Grill & Pub restaurants, Mike Gowan and Mike Quillen, purchased a 10,115-square-foot restaurant building for $1.8 million.

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  • October 3, 2014
Healthcare Realty Trust buys 17 Davis Blvd. medical building

Nashville, Tenn.-based real estate investment trust Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. purchased the medical office building 17 Davis Blvd. in Tampa for $7.93 million.

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Bringing home the goods

Sarasota-based product design and development firm Robrady recently earned some global recognition for work on a portable fuel cell it did in conjunction with a New York engineering firm.

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  • October 3, 2014
Ringling College of Art, Design creating filmmaking complex

Ringling College of Art and Design announced plans to create a new digital filmmaking complex in downtown Sarasota.

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  • October 3, 2014
Local billionaires represent

Not all Florida billionaires live in West Palm or Miami.

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  • October 3, 2014
Presbyterian Retirement Communities buys land near Westminster Towers & Shores

Presbyterian Retirement Communities Inc., the parent company of Westminster Towers & Shores, purchased 2.27 acres of land on the Manatee River for $2.25 million.

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  • October 3, 2014
Real estate wiki spreads

Sanjay Kuttemperoor is spreading the real estate wiki to more cities.

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  • October 3, 2014
Axonic Capital entity buys Goodlette Road Waterfront Plaza

An affiliate of New York City-based Axonic Capital LLC purchased the 6,750-square-foot Goodlette Road Waterfront Plaza for $1.28 million.

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  • October 3, 2014
Tampa takes two of three in affordability

The Tampa Bay Rays didn't make the Major League baseball playoffs this year, but the team did win a crown in one category: The most affordable baseball team for fans to attend games.

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  • October 3, 2014
Naples-based Oakes Farms buys former Albertsons

Oakes Farms Inc. purchased a former Albertsons grocery store building for $5 million.

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  • October 3, 2014
How many lawyers does it take?

The possibility there are too many lawyers sounds like the beginning of a joke.

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  • October 3, 2014
Arkansas oncologist buys Columbia Park Apartments

Little Rock Oncologist Dr. Balan Nair purchased the 24-unit Columbia Park Apartments for $1.39 million.

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  • October 3, 2014
Miami investment group buys Brandon Crossing Apartments

Miami's Bayshore Investment Partners purchased the 200-unit Brandon Crossing Apartments for $14.5 million.

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  • October 3, 2014
Lofton Meadows sells for $11 million to Davie's JBH Equities

Davie-based JBH Equities purchased the 166-unit Lofton Meadows community for $11.2 million.

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Optimism percolates across Florida

Florida entrepreneurs are feeling frisky.

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