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  • By Jean Gruss
  • June 1, 2012
Echo Chambers

Some business owners in the tiny hamlet of Matlacha want to start a chamber of commerce, but Lee County already has 15 chambers.

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  • May 31, 2012
Harbor Nissan owner buys nearby Port Charlotte property

The property cost $1.1 million.

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  • May 30, 2012
Kaplan alleges how he was scammed

Sarasota real estate investor Marvin Kaplan has lost about $22 million in what his attorney alleges to be a Ponzi scheme involving Sarasota entrepreneur Larry Starr.

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  • May 25, 2012
Community clinic moving to Olean building

The Port Charlotte office building in Port Charlotte sold for $875,000.

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  • May 25, 2012
Former Beall's storage building sells for $1.5 million

The price equated to $29 per square feet.

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  • May 25, 2012
Binder & Binder partners buy Sarasota Business Center II building

The partners purchased a 24,000-square-foot flex building for $900,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 18, 2012
Fort Myers investors buy vacant U.S. 41 building

Fort Myers real estate investors purchased a 56,955-square-foot building for $2.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • May 18, 2012
Ashlar Apartments sells for $45.7 million

Northland Investment Corp. and Redwood Investments LLC purchased the apartments for $106,776 per unit.

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  • May 18, 2012
Vacant Shoppes at North Port sell for $1.45 million

The price equated to $94 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 18, 2012
Troyer property sells for $5.19 million

The 34,742-square-foot restaurant building was developed in 1999.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 18, 2012
Land purchased for new VA primary care facility for $7.55M

Duke Realty purchased the 17.19 acres for $439,209 per acre.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 18, 2012
Connie Duglin Specialty Linen buys flex building for $1.85 million

The price of the 76,785-square-foot building equated to $24 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 18, 2012
Mental Health Care redeveloping Bayshore's Merasol

The 25-unit Merasol on Bayshore was purchased for $1.05 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 18, 2012
Capitol Chatter: May 18

The weekly roundup of what's happening in government and how it affects business.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 16, 2012
Sarasota contractor, partners buy vacant Siesta Village lot

The 1.91 acres of vacant land on Ocean Boulevard sold for $727,500.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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