Industries

By Business Observer Staff
May 30, 2014

Holmes Beach homebuilder Kaleta buys two-home Longboat Key parcel

Shawn Kaleta, the homebuilder/owner of Holmes Beach-based Beach to Bay Construction, purchased two rental homes on a half-acre gulf-side parcel for $1.18 million.

Commercial Real Estate

By Business Observer Staff
May 30, 2014

Investors buy Morgan House for new downtown restaurant

Joseph Florentine and Donald Tyree, the president and operations manager of Affordable Secure Insurance, purchased the 5,155-square-foot Morgan House Restaurant building for $825,000.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Mark Gordon
May 30, 2014

Delayed Recovery

The first three months of 2014 were solid, if not spectacular, for several commercial real estate brokers. But statistics show a widespread recovery remains elusive.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Jean Gruss
May 30, 2014

Commercial real estate firms position themselves to benefit as buildings fill with new tenants and rents rise. Commercial Property Southwest Florida, the Cushman & Wakefield office in Fort Myers, is boosting its ranks.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Business Observer Staff
May 30, 2014

Minnesota's Cortec Corp.opening plant in Sarasota

A company led by Boris Miksic, president and CEO of St. Paul, Minn.-based specialty chemical company Cortec Corp., purchased a 33,335-square-foot manufacturing facility in Parkland Centre for $1.4 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Business Observer Staff
May 30, 2014

Laramar Group, Lubert-Adler buy South Tampa's The Cove

Chicago's The Laramar Group and Philadelphia-based real estate investment company Lubert-Adler Partners LP purchased the 689-unit The Cove apartments for $53.03 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Business Observer Staff
May 30, 2014

Tampa's Metis Property Group buys Oakwood Village Apartments

Metis Property Group purchased the 120-unit Oakwood Village Apartments in Palmetto for $1.2 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Jean Gruss
May 30, 2014

From the Outside In

Running as an outsider, former CEO Curt Clawson spent more than $3 million to challenge better-known politicians for the congressional seat representing Southwest Florida.

Florida

By Business Observer Staff
May 30, 2014

Metis Property Group buys Oak Haven Apartments

Tampa's Metis Property Group purchased the 160-unit Oak Haven Apartments for $5.3 million.

Commercial Real Estate

By Business Observer Staff
May 30, 2014

Carroll Organization, AIMS Real Estate pay $122.5M for West Park Village

A joint venture of Atlanta-based Carroll Organization and AIMS Real Estate, a business unit within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, purchased the mixed-use West Park Village for $122.5 million.