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Industries

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  • By Jay Brady
  • February 25, 2011
Track-shun

An effort by legislators to bypass Gov. Scott's rejection of high-speed rail seems to be unraveling as financially challenged local governments try to take it on.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 25, 2011
Program the Future

Universities will be the key to attracting new technology companies to Florida. One professor at Florida Gulf Coast University is planting tech seeds at the young school.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2011
Michigan hotel owner buys Pierview

Michigan hotelier Remo Polselli purchased the 70-room Pierview Hotel & Suites on Fort Myers Beach for $3.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2011
Investors buy 224 Oasis condos

A joint venture that includes Southwest Properties and Geosam Capital purchased 224 of 240 condos in Oasis Grand's Tower II for $35.95 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2011
Venice Lincoln Mercury buys Buchanan's Venice properties

Venice Lincoln Mercury purchased the Venice Dodge Nissan property on U.S. 41 Bypass and two buildings on Seaboard Avenue for $6.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2011
Tampa investors buy Baywater Apartments

Tampa investors Albert Salem and Ranald Stewart III purchased the 176-unit Baywater Apartments for $8.75 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2011
New York trust buys Daniels Parkway BB&T

New York City-based American Realty Capital Trust Inc. purchased a 3,617-square-foot BB&T bank building for $3.85 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2011
Canadian developer buys sites at Fruitville, U.S. 41

Toronto-based Palsar Development Inc. purchased 1.28 acres at the northwest corner of Fruitville Road and U.S. 41 for $2.7 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2011
Bovis Lend Lease completes Aqualea Resort

Bovis Lend Lease completed construction of the Aqualea Resort and Residences on Clearwater in Clearwater.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2011
Colliers International hires brokerage head

Ryan Kratz joined Colliers International as the director of brokerage.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2011
Starwood Land Ventures buys Orlando's Summerlake

Bradenton-based Starwood Land Ventures purchased the 1,500-unit Summerlake community in Orlando for more than $27.8 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • February 18, 2011
System Strict

A small Gulf Coast city was the scene of a surprise surge in condo sales last year. The success gives hope that a full-blown rebound could be on the way.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jay Brady
  • February 18, 2011
Pension Bomb

Government employee pension plans are a time bomb for cities and counties on the Gulf Coast. The recession has lit the fuse.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • February 18, 2011
International designs

When the Naples market for custom-home designs collapsed in the recession, Bill and Kerry Weber looked overseas. They found it in unlikely places like South Korea, Denmark and Nigeria.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • February 18, 2011
Long hold

There may be great commercial real estate deals on the Gulf Coast today, but it could be years before investors see returns.

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