Industries

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By Business Observer Staff
November 9, 2012

Three Midwestern investors buy Bonita Springs Homewood Suites

The price equated to $31,905 per room.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Business Observer Staff
November 9, 2012

Capstone Real Estate Investments buys Sun Pointe Lake

The price equated to $40,771 per unit or $80 per square foot.

Commercial Real Estate

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November 9, 2012

National RV Communities buys Settler's Rest RV Resort

The price equated to $13,157 per lot.

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By Business Observer Staff
November 9, 2012

California family trust buys Myakka Dollar General

The price equated to $156 per square foot.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Business Observer Staff
November 9, 2012

Manatee, Conservation Foundation partner on Robinson Preserve expansion

Manatee County Commissioners have entered into an agreement with the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast to expand Robinson Preserve by 150 acres.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff
November 9, 2012

JRL Enterprises buying Wellcraft facility

Cape Coral-based JRL Enterprises Inc. announced plans to purchase the former Wellcraft manufacturing facility in south Manatee County to expand the composite tool-making business of an affiliated company, JRL Ventures Inc.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Roger Drouin
November 9, 2012

Bank of America preps move, Benderson marketing Ellis space

Bank of America is preparing to move from the first floor of a 13-story tower at Main Street and Orange Avenue in downtown Sarasota to a smaller stand-alone branch on Fruitville Road.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Jean Gruss
November 9, 2012

Condo construction is back

One intrepid developer has started construction of new condos in Cape Coral, one of the hardest-hit areas of the country during the real estate collapse.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff
November 9, 2012

Five senior centers sold for $59.83 million

Uncorroborated press reports put the total purchase price at $100 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Jean Gruss
November 9, 2012

Captivating Insurance

Tired of paying big premiums to an insurance company to protect your business assets? You can pay yourself instead.

Industries

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By Mark Gordon
November 9, 2012

One Part Fun

The insurance industry isn't usually the first thought for fun. Revenues, more recently, are also nothing to smile about. But a few jovial Gulf Coast insurance executives hope to change all that.