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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 4, 2011
NorthAmerican Terminals buys FedEx Freight building

Annapolis-based NorthAmerican Terminals Management LLC purchased an 18,420-square-foot former FedEx Freight terminal building in Tampa for $1.44 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jay Brady
  • June 3, 2011
Freedom Driver

Ryan Houck headed Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy to kill Amendment 4, the 'vote on everything' amendment. He now defends new attacks on economic freedom with Free Market Florida.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady
  • June 3, 2011
Government Digest: June 3

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • June 3, 2011
Sunset Story

A diversified economy is a prized trophy. One Gulf Coast county believes it's on the right path, with wisdom its guide.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 28, 2011
Bay Presbyterian buys Bay Drive building

Bay Presbyterian Church purchased a 7,221-square-foot office building next to Promenade Shopping Center for $1.2 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 28, 2011
Miami entrepreneur buys Bonita Preserve townhomes

Miami businessman Herbert Jordan purchased the 12-unit Bonita Preserve townhome complex and additional land near Interstate 75 for $850,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 28, 2011
Quest buys Horseshoe Drive building

The Naples-based non-profit Quest Educational Foundation Inc. purchased a 19,271-square-foot building in Kendall International Center for $1.25 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 28, 2011
Broker Seidel and wife purchase 41 retail center

Sarasota Realtor Barry Seidel and his wife, Leslye, purchased the 13,250-square-foot retail strip center on U.S. 41 for $770,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 28, 2011
Liberty Group of Cos. buys two Central Florida hotels

Tampa-based Liberty Group of Cos. has purchased the 63-room Microtel Inn & Suites hotel in Ocala and the 123-room Days Inn hotel in Wildwood.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 28, 2011
American Water Chemicals buys former SRI building

Tampa-based American Water Chemicals Inc. purchased a 40,800-square-foot distribution center on Corporate Center Lane for $1.55 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 28, 2011
Lake Mary company buys Best Western

Perfect Hospitality LLC, a company led by Dhimant Shah of Lake Mary, purchased the 51-room Best Western Plus Manatee Hotel for $2.9 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 28, 2011
Sarasota residential investor buys Parrot Beach Cottages

Sarasota investor Brad Stephenson purchased the two-story Parrot Beach Cottages on Siesta Key for $570,000. The price equated to $142,500 per unit.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 28, 2011
Foreign investor group buys Stonehenge, Sandanay

A foreign investor group purchased the Sandanay and Stonehenge apartment complexes for a total of $2.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • May 27, 2011
Steak and sizzle

Commercial real estate brokers Randy Mercer and Stan Stouder converted a steakhouse into office space. The effort proved successful, but took longer than expected.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jay Brady
  • May 27, 2011
Fraud Frenzy

The Legislature failed to fix Florida's no-fault auto insurance law that has made the state No. 1 for both questionable claims tied to staged accidents and medical provider fraud. And Tampa is the new ground zero.

  • Florida
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