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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2011
Sarasota investor buys new Walgreens building

Susan Milman of Sarasota purchased a 14,820-square-foot Walgreens drug store for $5.16 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 26, 2011
AutoNation dealership chain buys Fort Myers Toyota

Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation Inc. purchased the Fort Myers Toyota dealership for $31.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2011
Running Great Automotive owners buy auto center

Glen and Barbara Yudman purchased a 19,843-square-foot automotive strip center on Nebraska for $925,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2011
Strategic Realty Capital buys River Gardens Apartments

Santa Monica, Calif.-based Strategic Realty Capital LLC purchased the 218-unit River Gardens Apartments for $5.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2011
Manatee County Rural Health Services buys dorm building

Manatee County Rural Health Services Inc. purchased a 17,639-square-foot former dormitory building south of 53rd Avenue West for $1.1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2011
University of Tampa buys buildings, parking lot

University of Tampa Inc. purchased an 8,000-square-foot academic building, a 7,000-square-foot building, recreational space and a parking lot for $1.42 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 26, 2011
National Land Partners buys Preserve at Bal Harbor

Williamstown, Mass.-based National Land Partners LLC purchased a 36-unit condominium building and additional vacant land in the Preserve at Bal Harbor for $1.25 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2011
Sarasota Memorial building Courtyard Tower

A few months into Sarasota Memorial Health Care System's largest construction project in decades, work on a new Courtyard Tower is running on schedule.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 26, 2011
Barry D. Edwards, MPH Hotels planning Clark hotel

After the recession put hotel development on hold, one Sarasota developer is gearing up to break that trend.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jay Brady
  • March 25, 2011
Government Digest: Mar. 25

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 25, 2011
Make Friends First

Hazelden, a Minneapolis-based addiction-center operator, defused fears of competition and avoided the fate of Cleveland Clinic in Naples by partnering with local providers.

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  • By Carl Cronan
  • March 25, 2011
Banking on Big Land

While demand for industrial space remains low, some developers are working to secure prime spots for new warehouses. They don't have to fight as much with homebuilders for positions this time around.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 25, 2011
Retail Rebound

Retail real estate show signs of an off-the-bottom bounce in the fourth quarter. Commercial real estate expected to continue to strengthen in 2011.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 25, 2011
Someone's in the office

The first signs of an improving office-space market on the Gulf Coast are showing in the data, but it may be too early to call the recovery in rents and vacancies.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 25, 2011
Taken by maps

New government flood maps are forcing property owners into previously uncharted territory. A case study of one Fort Myers property owner shows the government slashed the value of his property by more than half.

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