Industries

By Business Observer Staff
August 26, 2011

Michigan investors buy Central Avenue building

Two Lansing, Mich., businessmen purchased a 15,122-square-foot mixed-use building in downtown Sarasota's Rosemary District for $1.15 million.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Business Observer Staff
August 26, 2011

St. Pete's Integritas Assets buys Marbella Apartments

St. Petersburg-based multifamily investor Integritas Assets LLC purchased the 132-unit Marbella Apartments for $2.05 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Business Observer Staff
August 26, 2011

Kauffman Tire buys property for Lakewood Ranch store

Ellenwood, Ga.-based Kauffman Tire Inc. purchased a 1.16-acre parcel in Lakewood Ranch for $825,000.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Business Observer Staff
August 26, 2011

Lee County government buys 190 acres for animal habitat

Lee County government purchased 190 acres on Pine Island for environmental preservation and animal habitat for $2 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Business Observer Staff
August 26, 2011

Taylor Morrison buys land for Esplanade at Lakewood Ranch

Taylor Morrison of Florida Inc. purchased 207 acres of former grove land north of State Road 70 near Center Ice Parkway and Pope Road for $10.12 million.

Commercial Real Estate

By Jay Brady
August 25, 2011

Government Digest: Aug. 26

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

Florida

By Jay Brady
August 25, 2011

At 31, Florida House Speaker-Designate Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, has already tackled controversial issues. Now, he prepares to bring his own brand of free market conservatism to lead the House with a pro-business agenda.

Florida

By Jay Brady
August 25, 2011

Business Champs

Associated Industries goes beyond its annual accounting of how legislators voted on business issues and honors 18 lawmakers — including several from the Gulf Coast — for taking risks to encourage the free-enterprise system.

Florida

By Jean Gruss
August 25, 2011

Dig This

Sales of residential land dried up during the real estate bust as homebuilders retrenched. As supply declines and demand picks up, land deals are coming together in the Fort Myers and Naples areas.

Industries

By Jean Gruss
August 25, 2011

Rocky Bottom

The office market on the Gulf Coast started to recover last year, but the first half of 2011 was disappointing as companies hesitated to fill up new space.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Jean Gruss
August 25, 2011

Fresh Water

Dan DeLisi pledges to bring fiscal prudence to the South Florida Water Management District, a once-bloated agency that squandered millions of dollars on questionable land purchases.

Florida

By Business Observer Staff
August 19, 2011

Sarasota's Fox, Shoemaker buy The Beach Club on Siesta

Sarasota investor Larry Fox and David Shoemaker, founder of the eyecare medical practice Center for Sight, purchased the 29-unit The Beach Club on Siesta Key for $6.26 million.