Industries

By Business Observer Staff
December 16, 2011

La Stanza Restaurant & Lounge buys existing Englewood building

La Stanza Restaurant & Lounge's owners purchased its 8,309-square-foot building for $716,200.

Commercial Real Estate

By Business Observer Staff
December 16, 2011

Brooklyn doctor buys land near Warm Mineral Springs

Brooklyn, N.Y., doctor Grigory Pogrebinsky purchased 13.5 acres next to Warm Mineral Springs Spa and Resort at the corner of Ortiz Boulevard and Majorca Place for $972,000.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Jean Gruss
December 16, 2011

Building Chase

JPMorgan Chase continues to grow its presence on the Gulf Coast and throughout Florida. The state's tentative recovery and tighter bank regulations won't slow these bankers.

Industries

By Mark Gordon
December 16, 2011

Game Plan

The executives at Community Bank & Co. don't shy away from being bold. The approach has started to pay off.

Finance

By Business Observer Staff
December 9, 2011

Bradenton broker, foreign investors buy Charter House Apartments

Bradenton real estate broker Lenny Longo and Swedish investors Eastomo Holdings Limited purchased the 57-unit Charter House Apartments for $2.5 million.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Business Observer Staff
December 9, 2011

Georgia Recyclers, Savannah Steel buy Kleen Soil Palmetto building

Georgia Recyclers and Savannah Steel Terminal, both of Savannah, Ga., purchased the 87,146-square-foot Kleen Soil building near Port Manatee for $3.5 million.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Business Observer Staff
December 9, 2011

Halstatt Real Estate Partners buys Tanglewood Marketplace

Naples-based Halstatt Real Estate Partners purchased the 48,615-square-foot Tanglewood Marketplace shopping center for $6.15 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Business Observer Staff
December 9, 2011

EnviroFocus Technologies buys more land for $1.16M

EnviroFocus Technologies purchased 7.68 acres of industrial property located south of 14th Avenue and east of 66th Street for $1.16 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Business Observer Staff
December 9, 2011

Arkansas company buys Resort at MarinaVillage

A company led by Bradley Hasselwander and Francis Freeman Jr. purchased the 267-unit The Resort at MarinaVillage, 57 condominium units in Tarpon Landings, and two undeveloped land parcels for $45 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Business Observer Staff
December 9, 2011

Sandyberg LLC buys, remaking Cape Paradise Resort

Sandyberg LLC, a real estate investment firm led by Magdalena Dyberg and Stuart Gallager, purchased the 100-room Cape Paradise Resort for $2.43 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Business Observer Staff
December 9, 2011

Illinois developer buys 432 acres on S.R. 54

Naperville, Ill.-based Crown Community Development Inc. purchased the mortgage notes covering 432 acres of land on State Road 54 and the realigned Curley Road.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Business Observer Staff
December 9, 2011

Teriyaki Experience owner buys Golden Gate apartment

A company led by Canadian businessman Lou Donato purchased the four-unit Outrigger Apartments building on Golden Gate Point for $1.05 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Alex Mahadevan
December 9, 2011

Stretching Margins

Net income of 72% of Gulf Coast banks increased in the third quarter compared with 2010. Despite lingering concerns over regulations and demand for borrowing, more banks are becoming profitable.