Industries

By Business Observer Staff
February 6, 2015

Urban Core Holdings buys Tampa Gardens Apartments

Tampa's Urban Core Holdings LLC purchased the 135-unit Tampa Gardens Apartments in West Tampa for $3.55 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Business Observer Staff
January 30, 2015

MQ Development Partners buys spec Waters Avenue retail site

Dallas-based MQ Development Partners purchased a 16.06-acre vacant parcel west of North Himes Avenue for $3.78 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Business Observer Staff
January 30, 2015

California's Carolyn Artis Trust buys Homes of Fountainview

The Carolyn Artis Trust of Encino, Calif., purchased The Homes of Fountainview mobile home park for $34.89 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Business Observer Staff
January 30, 2015

Western Global Airlines affiliate buys Estero Park Commons

A company affiliated with air-cargo carrier Western Global Airlines LLC purchased a 22,480-square-foot office building for $2.5 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Business Observer Staff
January 30, 2015

Cassidy family of Winter Haven buys 70 acres in Ruskin for home development

The Cassidy family purchased 70 acres east of U.S. 41 and south of 19th Avenue Northeast in three transactions for a combined $3.45 million.

Commercial Real Estate

By Business Observer Staff
January 30, 2015

Sarasota investor Vorbeck buys Clark Road Square

Mick Vorbeck of Sarasota purchased a 10,164-square-foot retail strip center for $1.78 million.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Business Observer Staff
January 30, 2015

Garrison Investment Group buys Naples Courtyard by Marriott

New York City-based Garrison Investment Group purchased the 102-unit Courtyard by Marriott in Naples for $12.3 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Business Observer Staff
January 30, 2015

Sarasota investor Lesser buys Palmetto retail buildings

Robert Lesser of Sarasota purchased a 33,704-square-foot retail development for $2.35 million.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Business Observer Staff
January 30, 2015

Ronto Group, Wheelock Street buy lot for Echelon on Palm

Naples-based The Ronto Group Inc. and equity partner Wheelock Street Capital LLC of Greenwich, Conn., purchased the former La Palme Royale Bed & Breakfast property for $1.3 million.

Commercial Real Estate

By Business Observer Staff
January 30, 2015

Illinois car wash owner moving business to Southwest Florida

Illinois businessman Chad Dubbs purchased 1.15 acres of vacant land in the Gaspar Station Planned Unit Development for $1.95 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Business Observer Staff
January 23, 2015

Tulsa private equity firm buys Lake Osprey Plaza

Private equity firm GBR Properties Inc. purchased the 32,600-square-foot Lake Osprey Plaza retail strip center for $3.68 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Mark Gordon
January 23, 2015

What could go wrong?

The battle of words between a company and Sarasota County is hot. At stake: the biggest payout in the history of the county's economic development fund.