Industries

By Business Observer Staff
March 4, 2011

Caspers executive buys Kennedy office buildings

Tampa businessman Blake Casper purchased two office buildings on Kennedy Boulevard for $1.15 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Business Observer Staff
March 4, 2011

Broadstone Net Lease buys Tower Radiology buildings

Broadstone Net Lease Inc. purchased four medical offices operated by Tower Radiology for $14.51 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Business Observer Staff
March 4, 2011

Blake Whitney Thompson buys Largo building

The Blake Whitney Thompson Co. LLC in St. Petersburg purchased the 192,099-square-foot former Special Data Processing building for $2.8 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Business Observer Staff
March 4, 2011

Florida Gulf Coast University buys land

The Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees purchased 12.33 acres for $3.8 million.

Commercial Real Estate

By Business Observer Staff
March 4, 2011

Port Dolphin Energy receives state permits

Tampa-based Port Dolphin Energy LLC received environmental permits to allow construction of components for its offshore liquefied natural-gas terminal.

Commercial Real Estate

By Business Observer Staff
March 4, 2011

Edison State College Foundation buys Winkler land

The Edison State College Foundation purchased 8.12 acres on Winkler Road, south of College Parkway, for $1.08 million.

Commercial Real Estate

By Business Observer Staff
March 4, 2011

Sarasota County Commission issues traffic system contract

The Sarasota County Commission awarded a nearly $3.7-million construction contract to Highway Safety Devices Inc. of Tampa.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Business Observer Staff
March 4, 2011

Coldwell Banker Residential appoints two brokers

Pauline Bennett and Bob Huff joined Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate of Florida in Sarasota as managing brokers.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Business Observer Staff
March 4, 2011

Sarasota officials seek hotel proposals

The Sarasota City Commission approved an “invitation to negotiate” for developers who want to build a hotel on a vacant Palm Avenue parcel.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Jean Gruss
March 4, 2011

Wild card

Prices have been rising in Naples for a year. It's a sign that the Southwest Florida region is leading the recovery.

Commercial Real Estate

By Jay Brady
March 4, 2011

Business Bills To Watch

Among the hundreds of bills, here are five that can improve Florida's business climate and one that can add a burden to companies' hiring.

Florida

By Jean Gruss
March 4, 2011

The Federal Reserve Bank relies on information from Gary Tice and colleagues around the country to set monetary policy. The longtime banker says the economy on the Gulf Coast is improving — albeit slowly.

Industries

By Carl Cronan
March 4, 2011

The Right Direction

Low prices on retail centers are attracting investors, although deals now require more effort. Values will stay low until the state's economy improves.