Industries

By Business Observer Staff
May 28, 2011

Quest buys Horseshoe Drive building

The Naples-based non-profit Quest Educational Foundation Inc. purchased a 19,271-square-foot building in Kendall International Center for $1.25 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Business Observer Staff
May 28, 2011

Broker Seidel and wife purchase 41 retail center

Sarasota Realtor Barry Seidel and his wife, Leslye, purchased the 13,250-square-foot retail strip center on U.S. 41 for $770,000.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Business Observer Staff
May 28, 2011

Liberty Group of Cos. buys two Central Florida hotels

Tampa-based Liberty Group of Cos. has purchased the 63-room Microtel Inn & Suites hotel in Ocala and the 123-room Days Inn hotel in Wildwood.

Commercial Real Estate

By Business Observer Staff
May 28, 2011

American Water Chemicals buys former SRI building

Tampa-based American Water Chemicals Inc. purchased a 40,800-square-foot distribution center on Corporate Center Lane for $1.55 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Business Observer Staff
May 28, 2011

Lake Mary company buys Best Western

Perfect Hospitality LLC, a company led by Dhimant Shah of Lake Mary, purchased the 51-room Best Western Plus Manatee Hotel for $2.9 million.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Business Observer Staff
May 28, 2011

Sarasota residential investor buys Parrot Beach Cottages

Sarasota investor Brad Stephenson purchased the two-story Parrot Beach Cottages on Siesta Key for $570,000. The price equated to $142,500 per unit.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Business Observer Staff
May 28, 2011

Foreign investor group buys Stonehenge, Sandanay

A foreign investor group purchased the Sandanay and Stonehenge apartment complexes for a total of $2.5 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Jean Gruss
May 27, 2011

Steak and sizzle

Commercial real estate brokers Randy Mercer and Stan Stouder converted a steakhouse into office space. The effort proved successful, but took longer than expected.

Commercial Real Estate

By Jay Brady
May 27, 2011

The Legislature failed to fix Florida's no-fault auto insurance law that has made the state No. 1 for both questionable claims tied to staged accidents and medical provider fraud. And Tampa is the new ground zero.

Florida

By Mark Gordon
May 27, 2011

Expanded Dreams

A veterinarian seized on a recession-fused opportunity for bigger space. Soon she hopes the practice will get bigger, too.

Commercial Real Estate

By Carl Cronan
May 27, 2011

Back in the Box

First-time retailers and other users are finding homes in vacated big-box spaces left behind by bankrupted merchants. Opportunity knocks for those looking to expand at a lower cost.