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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 6, 2015
Fort Myers attorney buys Englewood's Rotonda Plaza

A company led by Fort Myers attorney Richard Pringle purchased the 46,836-square-foot Rotonda Plaza for $2.15 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 6, 2015
Continental Realty Corp. fund buys Sierra Grande Apartments

Continental Realty Corp.'s CRC Fund III purchased the 273-unit Sierra Grande Apartments in two transactions for a combined $44.25 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 6, 2015
Urban Core Holdings buys Tampa Gardens Apartments

Tampa's Urban Core Holdings LLC purchased the 135-unit Tampa Gardens Apartments in West Tampa for $3.55 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
MQ Development Partners buys spec Waters Avenue retail site

Dallas-based MQ Development Partners purchased a 16.06-acre vacant parcel west of North Himes Avenue for $3.78 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
California's Carolyn Artis Trust buys Homes of Fountainview

The Carolyn Artis Trust of Encino, Calif., purchased The Homes of Fountainview mobile home park for $34.89 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
Western Global Airlines affiliate buys Estero Park Commons

A company affiliated with air-cargo carrier Western Global Airlines LLC purchased a 22,480-square-foot office building for $2.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 30, 2015
Cassidy family of Winter Haven buys 70 acres in Ruskin for home development

The Cassidy family purchased 70 acres east of U.S. 41 and south of 19th Avenue Northeast in three transactions for a combined $3.45 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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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?

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