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Industries

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  • By Jay Brady
  • June 17, 2011
Polar Pols

In a year when 60% of legislators receive an 'A' from the Florida Chamber of Commerce, fewer than 40% of senators go to the head of the class, and all but four Democrats get an 'F'.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2011
Pinellas Preparatory Academy buys its building in Largo

The Pinellas Preparatory Academy purchased a 67,000-square-foot industrial building for $5.38 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2011
St. Petersburg couple buys, renovating Grayl's Hotel

Real estate developer Chuck Prather and and Kathy Reilly Prather purchased the 22-unit Grayl's Hotel for $1.85 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2011
National Land Partners buys Riverwalk bulk condos

Williamstown, Mass.-based National Land Partners LLC purchased 51 units in The Promenade at Riverwalk for $7.35 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2011
Stenten's Golf Cart Accessories moving to larger North Port building

Marilyn Stenten, owner Stenten's Golf Cart Accessories Inc., purchased a 26,752-square-foot industrial building for $997,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2011
Lake Worth's In-Rel Properties buys Promenades retail center

Lake Worth-based commercial real estate firm In-Rel Properties Inc. purchased the 230,704-square-foot Promenades retail shopping center for $15.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2011
Two Fort Myers doctors buy Tuscan Place

Foot and ankle specialist Dr. Husni Charara and dermatologist Dr. Mazen Daoud purchased the 20,907-square-foot Tuscan Place for $1 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2011
Love A Child moves HQ to Commerce Lakes Drive

Riverview-based non-profit Love A Child Inc. purchased a 25,172-square-foot flex building in Fort Myers for $2.4 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2011
University of Tampa buys Thompson Building

The University of Tampa Inc. purchased a 23,227-square-foot warehouse building on its campus for $1.59 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2011
Sarasota investors buy Harbor Apartments

Sarasota investors Tom Santilli and his wife, Tommie Santilli, purchased the assignment of foreclosure sale for the rundown Harbor Apartments for a reported $1.2 million to $1.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 17, 2011
DeBartolo, Encore Housing buy Windemere's Summerport Village

A joint venture of Tampa-based DeBartolo Development LLC and Encore Housing Opportunity Fund LP has acquired Summerport Village, a 196-acre mixed-use development site in Windermere.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jay Brady
  • June 17, 2011
A Matter of Trust

Bank capital is at risk of fleeing the country and Florida should the feds adopt an IRS rule requiring banks to report interest earned by foreigners, who fear reprisals from their home countries.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady
  • June 17, 2011
Government Digest: June 17

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 13, 2011
1st Quarter Banking Charts

Total assets, returns, and net incomes are listed for each bank headquartered along the Gulf Coast.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 11, 2011
Halstatt Partnership, Codina-Carr buys Traditions in Grey Oaks

The developer of Grey Oaks Country Club, Naples-based Halstatt Partnership, has joined with Coral Gables-based residential developer The Codina-Carr Co. to buy Traditions, the Golf Residences at Grey Oaks.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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