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  • By Traci McMillan Beach
  • November 7, 2014
Addicted to trade

Gerry Black and Jeff Dean enjoy stress. It's one of the reasons the duo likes trading derivatives with an investment strategy that most don't understand.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2014
Tzadik Management buys four Gulf Coast apartments

Miami-based Tzadik Management purchased three Tampa apartments and one in Sarasota for a total of $23.22 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2014
Naples investor Capricornio buys four apartment buildings

A purchase company led by Monica Coariti De Salazar of Naples purchased four multifamily buildings for $1.63 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2014
Sarasota DeSears building becoming future Ashley HomeStore

Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. purchased a 47,329-square-foot DeSears Appliance, Furniture & Mattress store building for $4.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • November 7, 2014
Quiet giant

ACI Worldwide is the third-largest company in Naples, but few people have heard of it since it relocated from New York City two years ago.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2014
Brightwork Real Estate buys Pine Ridge Checkers parcel

Tampa-based developer Brightwork Real Estate Inc. purchased a 0.58-acre former Checkers drive-in restaurant commercial lot for $1.4 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2014
Pine Tree Commercial Realty, partner buy South Pasadena Shopping Center

A joint venture of Northbrook-based Pine Tree Commercial Realty LLC and Chicago's Walton Street Capital purchased the 165,886-square-foot South Pasadena Shopping Center for $21.1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 7, 2014
Investors, Australian trust buy Whitfield Industrial building

An investment group, led by Aran Dunlop, owner of Fort Myers-based Dunlop Capital LLC, purchased the 30,000-square-foot Luber Building for $950,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • 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.

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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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