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Industries

  • By Jean Gruss
  • November 7, 2014
Tenured banker

Gerri Moll says the region's economy has bounced back faster than she expected. Small-business lending is leading the recovery.

  • Finance
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2014
DRA Advisors company buys Springs Plaza center

An affiliate of New York City investment adviser DRA Advisors LLC purchased the 199,922-square-foot Springs Plaza shopping center for $23.7 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2014
SugarOak Holdings buys Wildewood Professional Center

Herndon, Va.-based SugarOak Holdings Inc. purchased the 11 buildings comprising Wildewood Professional Center for $3.35 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2014
Sausalito, Calif., couple buys Palmetto CVS building

A company, led by Bharat and Achala Gupta of Sausalito, Calif., purchased a 10,908-square-foot drug store for $3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2014
Pinnacle Development Group, N.Y. partner buy Savanna Lakes land

Weston-based Pinnacle Development Group LLC and a New York City private equity partner purchased 375 acres for $1.53 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2014
Fort Myers developers buy restaurants to build 10 waterfront homes

Terry Persaud and his business partner developer/real estate agent Joe Orlandini purchased 3.49 acres of beachfront property for $8 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2014
Amera Corp., Barron Real Estate planning Restaurant Row Naples

An affiliate of Amera-Barron, a venture of Coral Springs-based Amera Corp. and Fort Lauderdale-based Barron Real Estate Inc., purchased 4.53 acres of vacant commercial land for $2.6 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2014
Tampa's Arcis Investments buys New York Life Insurance building

Tampa-based private equity investor Arcis Investments Inc. purchased a 21,595-square-foot office building in the Westshore Central Business District for $2.23 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2014
UBS Realty Investors affiliate pays $111.5 million for Crescent Bayshore

An affiliate of UBS Realty Investors LLC purchased the recently completed 367-unit Crescent Bayshore apartment community for $111.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Traci McMillan Beach
  • October 31, 2014
Full steam ahead

The group behind Greenlight Pinellas has rallied funds and influential business owners to support the initiative. We show who's on which side of the tracks.

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2014
Bradenton's Mermaid Manor mobile home park sells for $2.1 million

A company led by Wisconsin attorney Michael Hickmann and a separate company led by Cindy McFerrin, a Realtor with Future Home Realty, purchased the 80-lot Mermaid Manor mobile home park for $2.1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2014
Healthcare Trust of America buys Trilogy Center II medical building

Healthcare Trust of America Inc. purchased the two-story Trilogy Center II medical office and ambulatory surgical center for $17.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
California REIT buys two Tampa area assisted-living facilities

Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. purchased two Gulf Coast assisted-living facilities for $21.3 million. The Irvine, Calif.-based real estate investment trust purchased the 86-bed Delaney Creek Lodge in Brandon for $11.12 million and 85-bed West Winds Assisted Living Facility in Zephyrhills for $10.22 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
Vandyk Group of Cos. buys Seafood Shack, Cortez Village property

Canadian developer Vandyk Group of Cos. purchased about 6.06 acres of waterfront land on Cortez Village just before the bridge to Bradenton Beach for $4 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
IP Capital Partners pays $49M for nine of Parkway Properties' buildings

Boca Raton-based real estate investment and asset management firm IP Capital Partners LLC purchased nine Tampa office buildings for $48.7 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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