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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 30, 2014
Investors buy Morgan House for new downtown restaurant

Joseph Florentine and Donald Tyree, the president and operations manager of Affordable Secure Insurance, purchased the 5,155-square-foot Morgan House Restaurant building for $825,000.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • May 30, 2014
Delayed Recovery

The first three months of 2014 were solid, if not spectacular, for several commercial real estate brokers. But statistics show a widespread recovery remains elusive.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • May 30, 2014
A New Cycle

Commercial real estate firms position themselves to benefit as buildings fill with new tenants and rents rise. Commercial Property Southwest Florida, the Cushman & Wakefield office in Fort Myers, is boosting its ranks.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 30, 2014
Minnesota's Cortec Corp.opening plant in Sarasota

A company led by Boris Miksic, president and CEO of St. Paul, Minn.-based specialty chemical company Cortec Corp., purchased a 33,335-square-foot manufacturing facility in Parkland Centre for $1.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 30, 2014
Laramar Group, Lubert-Adler buy South Tampa's The Cove

Chicago's The Laramar Group and Philadelphia-based real estate investment company Lubert-Adler Partners LP purchased the 689-unit The Cove apartments for $53.03 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 30, 2014
Tampa's Metis Property Group buys Oakwood Village Apartments

Metis Property Group purchased the 120-unit Oakwood Village Apartments in Palmetto for $1.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • May 30, 2014
From the Outside In

Running as an outsider, former CEO Curt Clawson spent more than $3 million to challenge better-known politicians for the congressional seat representing Southwest Florida.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 30, 2014
Metis Property Group buys Oak Haven Apartments

Tampa's Metis Property Group purchased the 160-unit Oak Haven Apartments for $5.3 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 30, 2014
Carroll Organization, AIMS Real Estate pay $122.5M for West Park Village

A joint venture of Atlanta-based Carroll Organization and AIMS Real Estate, a business unit within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, purchased the mixed-use West Park Village for $122.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 30, 2014
Tampa urologist buys building, plans cancer treatment center

Tampa urologist Dr. Malcolm Root of Florida Urology Partners LLP purchased a 4,416-square-foot medical office building for $1.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 30, 2014
Lee Memorial Hospital buys I-75 land for future expansion

Lee Memorial Hospital Inc. purchased about 14 acres of vacant land east of Ortiz Avenue and west of Scofield Street for $1.4 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2014
Oak Creek investors buy Garden Isles Apartments

A Los Angeles area investor group, led by Chaim Freeman of B.F. Management, purchased the 300-unit Garden Isles Apartments for $12.36 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2014
B&L Investments buys Interstate Corporate Center

An affiliate of Tampa-based investment firm B&L Investments LLC purchased the 344,896-square-foot Interstate Corporate Center for $27.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2014
Brooklyn's Read Property Group buys Belmont Park apartments

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Read Property Group LLC purchased the 234-unit Belmont Park apartments for $9.36 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 23, 2014
Shapiro Insurance Group buys Barton Insurance buildings

An affiliate of Jacksonville-based Shapiro Insurance Group purchased an 8,778-square-foot multitenant office building on Cape Coral Parkway for $1.07 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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