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Industries

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach
  • October 31, 2014
Full steam ahead

The group behind Greenlight Pinellas has rallied funds and influential business owners to support the initiative. We show who's on which side of the tracks.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2014
Bradenton's Mermaid Manor mobile home park sells for $2.1 million

A company led by Wisconsin attorney Michael Hickmann and a separate company led by Cindy McFerrin, a Realtor with Future Home Realty, purchased the 80-lot Mermaid Manor mobile home park for $2.1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 31, 2014
Healthcare Trust of America buys Trilogy Center II medical building

Healthcare Trust of America Inc. purchased the two-story Trilogy Center II medical office and ambulatory surgical center for $17.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
California REIT buys two Tampa area assisted-living facilities

Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. purchased two Gulf Coast assisted-living facilities for $21.3 million. The Irvine, Calif.-based real estate investment trust purchased the 86-bed Delaney Creek Lodge in Brandon for $11.12 million and 85-bed West Winds Assisted Living Facility in Zephyrhills for $10.22 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
Vandyk Group of Cos. buys Seafood Shack, Cortez Village property

Canadian developer Vandyk Group of Cos. purchased about 6.06 acres of waterfront land on Cortez Village just before the bridge to Bradenton Beach for $4 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
IP Capital Partners pays $49M for nine of Parkway Properties' buildings

Boca Raton-based real estate investment and asset management firm IP Capital Partners LLC purchased nine Tampa office buildings for $48.7 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
HealthCap Partners LLC buys Riverwalk Professional Center

Dallas-based private equity firm HealthCap Partners LLC purchased a 24,174-square-foot Riverwalk Pro

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
Super 8 motel owner buys Rodeway Inn

Hotelier Girish Patel of Bradenton purchased the 97-room Rodeway Inn in Sarasota for $2.4 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
Blue Rock Partners, Highgate buy Village at Brandon Apartments

A joint venture of Tampa-based Blue Rock Partners LLC and Chicago-based Highgate Capital Group purchased the 112-unit The Village at Brandon Apartments for $10.43 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
Vacant former Winn Dixie center sells to Wal-Mart for Supercenter

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. purchased the Summerlin Square shopping center for $6.35 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • October 24, 2014
Green fees

A pair of entrepreneurial business partners wedged a seven-figure investment in a golf business — in spite of the industry slump. It was a defensive move.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
Hampton Inn, Suites Fort Myers Beach sells for $9.43 million

New York City-based The Lightstone Group purchased the 120-room Hampton Inn & Suites Fort Myers Beach/Sanibel Gateway for $9.43 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
Attorney-led holding company buys Pines Industrial Park building

A company controlled by Sarasota attorney David Bone and his wife, Carol, purchased a 24,750-square-foot warehouse for $982,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • October 17, 2014
Solar power

An entrepreneur with big goals and a creative streak discovered a way to increase his lending capacity by $10 million. The solution requires some green thinking.

  • Industries
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • October 17, 2014
Economic forecast

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