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Industries

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2014
Shapiro Insurance Group buys Barton Insurance buildings

An affiliate of Jacksonville-based Shapiro Insurance Group purchased an 8,778-square-foot multitenant office building on Cape Coral Parkway for $1.07 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Mark Gordon
  • May 23, 2014
'Mix it Up'

The task of hiring, training and keeping new employees can derail even the best business. A Gulf Coast accounting firm went imaginative to solve the issue — think a furnished apartment for interns.

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2014
Eaton Corp. sells manufacturing building, business line to Safran

French aerospace and defense technology company Safran purchased a 134,221-square-foot manufacturing building from Eaton Corp. for $4.15 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2014
Formation Capital, NorthStar Realty joint venture buys senior-housing facilities

Alpharetta, Ga.-based Formation Capital LLC sold six Gulf Coast healthcare and rehabilitation facilities to a joint venture for $85.49 million. Formation Capital joined with New York City-based commercial real estate investment and asset management company NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. to take over ownership of the properties.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2014
DRW Real Estate Investments buys, renovating Windermere Apartments

Chicago-based DRW Real Estate Investments LLC purchased the 180-unit Windermere Apartments on Main Street for $10 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2014
Solaris building traded in sale, lease-back deal

A Minnesota investor purchased a 10,412-square-foot office building in the Colonnade Medical Park for $2.5 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Jean Gruss
  • May 23, 2014
Neutral Zone

Naples physician Michael Dent is building a website that will bring together sellers and buyers of non-acute medical supplies. It's a hugely complex business.

  • Florida
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2014
Fort Myers living trusts buy Charlotte Harbor Apartments

The Donald J. Rechtzigel Irrevocable Trust and Donald J. and Jayne L. Rechtzigel Living Trust of Fort Myers purchased the 24-unit Charlotte Harbor Apartments for $1.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2014
Chinese investment group new landlord for Education Symposia building

An investment group from Shanghai, China, purchased a 12,196-square-foot single-tenant office building for $2.18 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2014
Group of Los Angeles investors buys Apartments at Oak Creek

A Los Angeles area investor group, led by Chaim Freeman of B.F. Management, purchased the 184-unit Apartments at Oak Creek in Clearwater for $13.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2014
Bradenton investment group buys land for senior housing

An investment group led by Steven Pimlott, a Realtor with Horizon Realty International, purchased 34.31 acres on the north side of State Road 70 east of Interstate 75 for $1.6 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2014
California financial group, partner buy Bell Boulevard Mine for $6.7 million

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Sabal Financial Group LP and a related company operating Pine Holdco LLC purchased the 554.33-acre Bell Boulevard Mine for $6.7 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2014
Publix Super Markets buys Shoppes of Pelican Landing

Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Inc. purchased the 81,312-square-foot Shoppes of Pelican Landing retail center for $12.59 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2014
Healthcare Coding & Consulting buys office on Summerlin Road

A limited-liability entity led by the owners of Healthcare Coding & Consulting purchased a 14,225-square-foot office building just east of Summerlin Road for $1.85 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2014
Nonprofit buys Citrus Grove Apartments

The St. Petersburg-based nonprofit Banyan Foundation purchased the 84-unit Citrus Grove Apartments for $3.54 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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