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By Business Observer Staff
February 10, 2012

Ford Motor Credit building sells for $21.5M

CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust purchased the 123,408-square-foot Sabal Pavilion office building for $21.5 million.

Commercial Real Estate

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February 10, 2012

Casey Key property owner buys Wishing Well motel

A local Casey Key property owner, operating as On The Beach Casey Key LLC, purchased the 17-unit Wishing Well Beach To Bay Resort for $1.1 million.

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February 10, 2012

NYT sells Herald-Tribune properties

Halifax Media Group acquired two of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune's offices, and arranged for Dallas-based AIC Ventures to buy a third.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff
February 10, 2012

R&D Cattle Co. buys Alva acreage

R&D Cattle Co. LLC purchased 450 acres of vacant land north of River Road, near the intersection of Elmwood Drive, for $1.2 million.

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February 10, 2012

Fort Myers Preparatory & Fitness relocating to Robb & Stucky building

Fort Myers Preparatory & Fitness Academy plans to use a former Robb & Stucky warehouse and showroom as the new Fort Myers home for its charter school.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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February 10, 2012

Reliant Group investment fund buys Woodbury Apartments

CAP VI- Eden Pointe, an affiliated fund of The Reliant Group, purchased the 270-unit Woodbury Apartments in Bradenton for $11.2 million.

Manatee-Sarasota

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February 10, 2012

German investor 1030 International buys Marco Island Walgreens

An undisclosed German investor, operating as 1030 International Speedway Boulevard Ltd., purchased a 14,467-square-foot Walgreens building on Marco Island for $5.7 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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By Mark Gordon
February 10, 2012

The Louisiana Purchase

An ambitious Gulf Coast startup insurance firm will wage a fight for new business in several states, yet Florida isn't in the mix — a knock against the state's regulatory disorder. The move has already begun to pay off.

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By Jean Gruss
February 10, 2012

Bigger Hands

In 2011, Ted Todd Insurance wrote more insurance premiums than any other Allstate Insurance agency in the country. Seizing opportunities and altering the business model were keys.

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By Alex Mahadevan
February 10, 2012

Healthy Money

The key to reining in health spending is changing behavior. UnitedHealthcare touts products that will make being healthy more than just physically attractive.

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By Rod Thomson
February 10, 2012

Capitol Chatter: Feb. 10

Small business tax breaks, prison privatization, and other Tallahassee topics.

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By Business Observer Staff
February 4, 2012

Rocky Patel Premium Cigars buys industrial properties

Local cigar manufacturer Rocky Patel Premium Cigars Inc. purchased its two Bonita Springs flex buildings for $1.38 million.

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February 4, 2012

Avanti Properties Group fund buys defunct Artesia community

Avanti Strategic Land Investors, an institutional fund of Winter Park-based Avanti Properties Group, purchased 262 acres in the partially developed residential community of Artesia for a total of $5 million.