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Industries

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2011
North American Development Group purchases Venice's Jacaranda Commons

Canadian real estate firm North American Development Group purchased the 94,700-square-foot Jacaranda Commons shopping center for $15.93 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Jay Brady
  • July 1, 2011
Opportunity Knocks

The state's new Department of Economic Opportunity presents new ways of doing business for developers and local governments. The challenge is finding out how it all will work.

  • Florida
  • By Jay Brady
  • July 1, 2011
Government Digest: July 1

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2011
CHASE-ing the Sunshine

Making up for lost time, Chase bank is making a big expansion push into Florida. The company is snapping up a variety of properties for at least 13 new branches planned along the Gulf Coast this year.

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2011
Everett Realty buys Central Park, Terrance Pointe

Tampa-based Everett Realty Services purchased the 216-unit Central Park Apartments and the 240-unit Terrance Pointe Apartments for $12.9 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2011
Fort Myers Beach Theater sells building, reopens

Sorin Lupu of Fort Myers purchased the 10,000-square-foot Beach Theater building for $1.4 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2011
RLR Investments buys former Blockbuster building

Wilmington, Ohio-based RLR Investments LLC purchased a 7,518-square-foot former Blockbuster store for $1.07 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2011
South Americans buy Brantley Commons

The South American investment group Gomes-Farias Investments purchased a 6,620-square-foot office building near College Parkway for $955,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2011
Palo Alto, Calif., couple expands Main Street holdings

Robert and Maryann Hinden of Palo Alto, Calif., purchased a 2,200-square-foot Main Street retail building for $580,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Jay Brady
  • June 24, 2011
The $1.5 Billion Loophole

The inability to pass legislation aimed at collecting billions in unpaid sales taxes from out-of-state businesses puts Florida's retailers at a competitive disadvantage.

  • Florida
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2011
N.C. manufacturer, distributor relocating to Bradenton building

A North Carolina manufacturer and distributor purchased the 69,850-square-foot former Ameritex building for $2.3 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2011
Parkway Properties fund buys three Cypress Center buildings

Parkway Properties Office Fund II LP purchased the three Cypress Center buildings in Westshore for $21.02 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2011
Bacon's leases Robb & Stucky building

Port Charlotte-based Bacon's Furniture has leased the 68,000-square-foot Robb & Stucky building on South Tamiami Trail in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2011
Wal-Mart files plan to build on former Winn-Dixie site

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has filed a site plan with the city of Sarasota to develop a Walmart Neighborhood Market on the site of a closed North Tamiami Trail Winn-Dixie.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2011
Windsor plans new memory-care building

The Windsor of Lakewood Ranch is gearing up to start work on a 40-residence dementia and memory-care facility, known as Reflections at The Windsor of Lakewood Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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