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Industries

  • 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
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2014
Vanguard Land-led group buys Venice land for future

An investor group led by John Peshkin of the Sarasota-based residential real estate investment firm Vanguard Land LLC purchased 50.68 acres east of Interstate 75 on Laurel Road for $5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2014
Brightwork Real Estate buys El Adobe Mexican restaurant

Tampa-based Brightwork Real Estate purchased the 6,082-square-foot El Adobe restaurant for $2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2014
Investors' Security Trust Co. moving to Summerlin office building

Fort Myers-based Investors' Security Trust Co. purchased an 11,940-square-foot office building near Summerlin Road for $1.43 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Jean Gruss
  • May 9, 2014
Back to School

Elizabeth Garcia's Discovery Day Academy in Bonita Springs has a three-year waiting list, so she's building a $5 million building to handle more students.

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2014
Clearview Hotel Capital, William Harris buy Bilmar Beach Resort

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Clearview Hotel Capital LLC and Chicago-based William Harris Investors Inc. purchased the majority of the rooms, commercial units and all the amenities of the 165-room Bilmar Beach Resort for $16.4 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Jean Gruss
  • May 9, 2014
Served in the Cloud

The days of bulky point-of-sale machines in restaurants may be numbered as eateries turn to mobile cloud-based systems like the one being designed by Benseron Information Technology in Naples.

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 9, 2014
Developer Mannausa transfers land to start The Jewel construction

Developer Thomas Mannausa has transferred the property at Main Street and Gulfstream Avenue in downtown Sarasota from one of his entities to a second entity he owns for $10 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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