Industries

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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.

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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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By Business Observer Staff
January 23, 2015

Firm led by Canadian businessman buys Global Court industrial building

A company led by William Boris Petron, owner of Ontario-based Magnus Logistics Solutions Inc., purchased a 31,034-square-foot office and warehouse building for 1.7 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff
January 23, 2015

Westshore 500 office building purchased for $20.9 million

Atlanta-based Fairlead Commercial Real Estate and equity partner Bridge Investment Group Partners purchased the 129,728-square-foot Westshore 500 office building for $20.9 million.