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Industries

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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • January 23, 2015
Other peoples' money

Sarasota County is five years and a little more than $5 million into a project to use county funds to recruit and retain businesses. Has it worked?

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2015
Stock Development buys estate lots in Esplanade

Naples-based Stock Development LLC purchased 25 lots in a private cul-de-sac in the Esplanade Golf and Country Club of Naples for $6.08 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2015
Real Estate investor buys Main Street building

Business owner and real estate investor Chris Brown purchased a 7,386-square-foot auto repair shop at the corner of Pine Place for $1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2015
Housing Trust Group developing Whispering Palms Apartments

Housing Trust Group purchased a 4.4-acre site just east of Seminole Boulevard in Largo for $1.1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2015
Aloia Roland & Lubell law firm buys Doc Plaza building

The Fort Myers law firm of Aloia Roland & Lubell LLP purchased the 6,112-square-foot Doc Plaza office building for $1.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • January 23, 2015
Favored class

Raymond James Chief Investment Strategist Jeffrey Saut says investors favor real estate, and Florida will continue to be a big beneficiary of this trend.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2015
Incentives: dissected

The Business Observer breaks down incentive strategies used by counties on the Gulf Coast outside of Sarasota.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 23, 2015
Charleston Management Co. buys Tanglewood Marketplace

Charleston Management Co. LLC, a Naples company affiliated with Marblehead, Mass.-based financial holding company S.J. Lockwood & Co. LLC, purchased the 48,735-square-foot Tanglewood Marketplace for $10.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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