Industries

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By Business Observer Staff
February 10, 2012

Reliant Group investment fund buys Woodbury Apartments

CAP VI- Eden Pointe, an affiliated fund of The Reliant Group, purchased the 270-unit Woodbury Apartments in Bradenton for $11.2 million.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff
February 10, 2012

German investor 1030 International buys Marco Island Walgreens

An undisclosed German investor, operating as 1030 International Speedway Boulevard Ltd., purchased a 14,467-square-foot Walgreens building on Marco Island for $5.7 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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By Mark Gordon
February 10, 2012

The Louisiana Purchase

An ambitious Gulf Coast startup insurance firm will wage a fight for new business in several states, yet Florida isn't in the mix — a knock against the state's regulatory disorder. The move has already begun to pay off.

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By Jean Gruss
February 10, 2012

Bigger Hands

In 2011, Ted Todd Insurance wrote more insurance premiums than any other Allstate Insurance agency in the country. Seizing opportunities and altering the business model were keys.

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By Alex Mahadevan
February 10, 2012

Healthy Money

The key to reining in health spending is changing behavior. UnitedHealthcare touts products that will make being healthy more than just physically attractive.

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By Rod Thomson
February 10, 2012

Capitol Chatter: Feb. 10

Small business tax breaks, prison privatization, and other Tallahassee topics.

Florida

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By Business Observer Staff
February 4, 2012

Rocky Patel Premium Cigars buys industrial properties

Local cigar manufacturer Rocky Patel Premium Cigars Inc. purchased its two Bonita Springs flex buildings for $1.38 million.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Business Observer Staff
February 4, 2012

Avanti Properties Group fund buys defunct Artesia community

Avanti Strategic Land Investors, an institutional fund of Winter Park-based Avanti Properties Group, purchased 262 acres in the partially developed residential community of Artesia for a total of $5 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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February 4, 2012

New York investors buy Cortez Apartments

New Rochelle, N.Y., apartment owners John and Michele Pugliese purchased the 84-unit Cortez Apartments for $4.6 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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February 4, 2012

Naples' Uptown Center sells for $7.7 million

Naples-based Halstatt Real Estate Partners purchased the 74,000-square-foot Uptown Center retail neighborhood center for $7.7 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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By Business Observer Staff
February 4, 2012

Sarasota investor Fox buys former U.S. 41 Concession office

Sarasota resident and clothing retailer Michael Fox purchased the 3,580-square-foot building best known as the former Concession sales office on U.S. 41 for $1 million.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff
February 3, 2012

Investors buy Bay View Plaza for $4.36 million

Tampa investors Sam and Laurice Hachem have expanded their holdings yet again. The couple purchased the 78,781-square-foot Bay View Plaza shopping center for $4.36 million.