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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2011
Canadian investor firm buys Oakwood Trace Apartments

A Canadian investment firm operating as Rifai Properties LLC purchased the 32-unit Oakwood Trace Apartments for $1.04 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2011
United Mechanical relocating to Mainline Parkway building

Fort Myers business owner Mike Clark purchased a 22,637-square-foot industrial building on Mainline Parkway for $950,000.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2011
Liberty Group buys Bradenton Holiday Inn

The Tampa-based Liberty Group of Cos. expects to take title to the 60-room Holiday Inn Express in Bradenton in the next 30 days.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2011
Sarasota entrepreneur, hotelier buys Veranda Inn, Cafe

Sarasota businessman George Perreault purchased the 38-unit Veranda Inn & Cafe in Venice for $721,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2011
Florida Studio Theatre plans Gompertz renovations

The Florida Studio Theatre (FST) has filed a site plan to redevelop and expand its Gompertz Theatre on its Sarasota property.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2011
DeBartolo Development LLC buys two Nashville Publix centers

Tampa-based DeBartolo Development LLC has acquired two Publix-anchored shopping centers in the greater Nashville, Tenn., area.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • September 3, 2011
Trammell Crow Co. plans downtown office project

Trammell Crow Co. is getting another chance to develop a parcel in downtown Tampa near the University of South Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • September 3, 2011
Nashville's Cooke & Grace buys Trinity Plaza

Nashville, Tenn.-based investment group Cooke & Grace Properties purchased the 12,480-square-foot Trinity Plaza retail center for $1.88 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jay Brady
  • September 2, 2011
A Certain Appeal

Manatee High graduate Scott Makar rose to become Florida's Solicitor General and heads the state's legal team taking on ObamaCare. Now, the humble Hurricane with five degrees prepares for a likely seventh date with the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • Florida
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  • August 26, 2011
Madison Marquette buys into Mercato, other centers

Washington, D.C.-based Madison Marquette has taken a majority ownership interest in four Naples retail properties, including Mercato, Crossroads Market, Neapolitan Way and Midway Plaza.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2011
Maryland boutique hotel operator buys Marco Island Lakeside Inn

Maryland boutique-hotel company Beachtree Properties purchased the 19-unit Marco Island Lakeside Inn for $1.3 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2011
Louisiana investor group buys North Chase Villas complex

An investor group headed by Richard Beaullieu of Lafayette, La., purchased the 72-unit North Chase Villas Apartments for $2.08 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2011
Michigan investors buy Central Avenue building

Two Lansing, Mich., businessmen purchased a 15,122-square-foot mixed-use building in downtown Sarasota's Rosemary District for $1.15 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2011
St. Pete's Integritas Assets buys Marbella Apartments

St. Petersburg-based multifamily investor Integritas Assets LLC purchased the 132-unit Marbella Apartments for $2.05 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • August 26, 2011
Kauffman Tire buys property for Lakewood Ranch store

Ellenwood, Ga.-based Kauffman Tire Inc. purchased a 1.16-acre parcel in Lakewood Ranch for $825,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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