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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • December 30, 2011
Investors buy bank-owned Lehigh Acres retail center

A group of private investors managed by Richard Applegate of Boca Raton purchased the 29,812-square-foot Lee West Center retail and office development for $1.65 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • December 30, 2011
Massachusetts developer Franchi buys half-built Island Pines

Natick, Mass. developer Pasquale Franchi purchased the former Island Pines development on the corner of Pine Island Road and Hancock Creek South for $5.2 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • December 30, 2011
Teitelbaum, partners buy Tropic Isle resort

Bradenton Beach developer and resort operator David Teitelbaum and his partners purchased the 15-unit Tropic Isle Beach Resort for $1.14 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • December 30, 2011
Wal-Mart buys Winn-Dixie on North Trail for new store

After months of planning work, retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. purchased the 39,961-square-foot former Winn-Dixie grocery store on U.S. 41 for $2.65 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • December 30, 2011
Former equities trader buys Rosa Del Mar site

Bradenton investor Steven Hanson purchased the 0.93-acre Rosa Del Mar development site on Anna Maria Island for $2.64 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • December 30, 2011
Central Line Properties LLC buys Colonial Plaza, land

A company owned by Royal Shell Real Estate broker Don DeLuca purchased the 11,148-square-foot Colonial Plaza retail strip center and additional land for $1.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • December 30, 2011
Robbins Property Associates buys Isles of Gateway

Newton, Mass.-based Robbins Property Associates purchased the 212-unit Isles of Gateway apartment complex for $16.82 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Alex Mahadevan
  • December 23, 2011
Recovery Building

Hardin Construction Senior Vice President Page McKee is one of a dozen industry experts who sat down with the Review to project the direction of the economy in 2012.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • December 23, 2011
Bank on the Future

Garrett Richter is president of First National Bank of the Gulf Coast in Naples.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • December 23, 2011
Under Rated

John Pollock is a senior vice president with BB&T Insurance Services in Fort Myers.

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  • By Alex Mahadevan
  • December 23, 2011
Urban Interest

Lee Arnold is the founder and CEO of Colliers International in Tampa.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • December 23, 2011
Home Cooking

Sue Wolverton is Regional Senior Vice President for Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, Southwest Florida.

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • December 23, 2011
Strengthening Demand

Tony Lapi is CEO of Rochester Resorts and Tween Waters Inn in Captiva.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • December 23, 2011
Making a Comeback

Rodney Hershberger is CEO of PGT Industries Inc. in North Venice.

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  • December 16, 2011
Brightwork Real Estate buys two Dale Mabry restaurant buildings

Tampa-based Brightwork Real Estate Inc. purchased a 5,294-square-foot Giordano's of Tampa restaurant, an adjacent 6,190-square-foot former IHOP restaurant building, and two parking lots for $2.67 million.

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