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  • December 12, 2014
Rare bird

The seaplane business is a tough one in Southwest Florida. Still, one entrepreneur plans to fly passengers from Naples to Key West.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • December 12, 2014
Market advantage

Launching a health insurance firm sounds kind of crazy. Tom Blankenship believes he's sane enough to pull it off.

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  • December 12, 2014
Culver's franchisee S&L Cos. buys portion of medical center parking lot

S&L Cos. of Portage, Wis. purchased an acre portion of the Bay Area Medical Plaza parking lot for $937,500.

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  • December 12, 2014
Sarasota's Starling Group buys Cattleridge Financial Center

The Starling Group purchased the 46,577-square-foot Cattleridge Financial Center for $6.2 million.

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  • December 12, 2014
Lone Star Funds company buys Tampa/Busch Gardens Hyatt Place

A company organized by the Dallas-based private equity firm Lone Star Funds purchased the 126-room Hyatt Place Tampa/Busch Gardens for $7.04 million.

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  • December 12, 2014
Publix buys second area center, acquires Publix at Bee Ridge

Lakeland-based grocer Publix Super Markets purchased the 47,800-square-foot Publix at Bee Ridge retail center for $8.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • December 12, 2014
Problem solvers

Banks on the Gulf Coast have worked hard to get rid of bad loans on their books so they can focus on lending again.

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  • December 12, 2014
St. Louis area's ElmTree Funds buys Comcast call center building

An affiliate of ElmTree Funds of Clayton, Mo., purchased a 57,260-square-foot flex building in Eastlinks Business Park for $12.4 million.

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  • December 12, 2014
Wood Partners buys land for Alta Terra Bella apartments

Marietta, Ga.-based Wood Partners LLC purchased 19 acres in Land O'Lakes for $4.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 12, 2014
Connecticut's Greenfield Partners pays $78M for Wells Fargo Center

Connecticut real estate investment firm Greenfield Partners purchased the 22-story Wells Fargo Center and connected nine-story, 515-space parking garage for $78 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 12, 2014
American Realty Capital Properties buys new Immokalee Family Dollar

Phoenix-based real estate firm American Realty Capital Properties Inc. purchased a 8,320-square-foot retail building for $1.87 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 5, 2014
Illinois' Lakeshore Management buys two mobile home parks

Skokie, Ill.-based Lakeshore Management Inc. purchased two Sarasota County mobile home parks and a vacant parcel for a combined $6.3 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • December 5, 2014
Fund led by MDH Partners buys NFI-leased distribution center

An investment fund managed by Atlanta-based MDH Partners LLC purchased a 193,966-square-foot warehouse/distribution building for $8.01 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 5, 2014
Feldman, Tower, Second City pay $29M for First Central Tower

A joint venture of Feldman Equities LLC in St. Petersburg, Orlando-based Tower Realty Partners and Vancouver's Second City Real Estate purchased the 17-story First Central Tower and adjacent parking garage in downtown St. Petersburg for $29.15 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 5, 2014
New Jersey's Jones Walker Holdings buys Jones Walker Palm Gardens

A Teaneck, N.J. company led by Aziel Mandel purchased the 80-unit Jones Walker Palm Gardens apartment complex for $2.4 million.

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