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Industries

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 19, 2015
LaPlaya Beach Resort sells for $182.3 million

The Pebblebrook Hotel Trust purchased the real estate for the 189-room LaPlaya Beach Resort & Club in Naples for $182.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 19, 2015
Commercial real estate profile: Ray Sandelli managing partner, CRE Consultants, Fort Myers

When Ray Sandelli got into the commercial real estate business after years as a pilot for the U.S. Navy and the famed Blue Angels, he found sales, especially cold calling potential clients, to be especially hard.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 19, 2015
Turning up the heat

New energy rules will add efficiency — and costs — to building.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 19, 2015
Record setter

NorthStar Healthcare Income's $93 million senior housing purchase ranks as the top sale in Sarasota County's history.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Michael Hinman
  • June 19, 2015
Extending credit

Achieva's acquisition of Calusa Bank is rare for a credit union. It could help bridge two rival financial industries.

  • Finance
  • By Jean Gruss
  • June 19, 2015
Better net

Banks make money on the difference between what they earn on loans and what they pay depositors. That measure is rising at most Gulf Coast banks.

  • Finance
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 19, 2015
Orlando self-storage firm expands into Polk County

Personal Mini Storage purchased Lighthouse Self Storage in Davenport for $3 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 12, 2015
Family buys Value Self Storage, creates new Big Jim

A Sarasota family led by Dora Thomas purchased the Value Self Storage in Venice for $7.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 12, 2015
Mesirow investment fund buys St. Pete's Fusion 1560

Mesirow Financial Real Estate Value Fund II LP purchased the 325-unit Fusion 1560 apartments for $57.5 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 12, 2015
Joint venture pays $80M for Pelican Bay land

Gulf Bay Group of Cos. sold a 4.3-acre vacant land parcel in Pelican Bay to a joint venture of itself and investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for $80 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 12, 2015
TRANSACTION SPOTLIGHT | Minnesota investment firm takes over Realmark property for $31.8 million

Minnesota investment firm takes over Realmark property for $31.8 million

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 12, 2015
Out of the shadows

Lakeland may be known as the distribution mecca for Florida, but recent developments in Plant City plan to rival its neighbor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 12, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Chase Pattillo managing partner, CBRE, Tampa

Chase Pattillo traveled an unorthodox path on his way to becoming the managing partner of CBRE's Tampa office.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 5, 2015
Centennial Holding Co. buys second Tampa apartment

Atlanta-based Centennial Holding Co. LLC purchased the 297-unit The Gardens At Cross Creek apartments for $38.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 5, 2015
Randall Mitchell Cos. adds 12 acres to development

Naples-based Randall Mitchell Cos. LLC purchased 11.9 acres on School Access Road north of the Camden Lakes community for $3.01 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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