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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2010
Darden Restaurants to build Seasons 52

Orlando-based Darden Restaurants Inc. purchased 2.43 acres next to the Mercato Center for $2.9 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2010
Groups partner, buy Wesley Chapel Honda

Williams Automotive Group of Wesley Chapel and Lighthouse Point-based Phil Smith Automotive Group bought Honda of Wesley Chapel.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2010
Resort and marina company buys Ashley Oaks Resort Motel

Tip Top Isles Resort and Marina purchased the 24-unit Ashley Oaks Resort Motel for $634,511.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2010
Clublink buys WCI golf courses

ClubLink US Corp. purchased eight golf courses and associated facilities in Sun City from WCI Communities for $8.7 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2010
Hillsborough County buys land for development

Hillsborough County purchased 28.51 aces near the intersection of Interstate 75 and U.S. 301 for $1.1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2010
Belleair Bluffs family buys Venice bank branch

The Kolitsopoulos family of Belleair Bluffs purchased a 3,418-square-foot vacant bank branch for $1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2010
Family Dollar Stores buys leased Bradenton store

Matthews, N.C.-based Family Dollar Stores Inc. purchased a 9,180-square-foot existing Family Dollar building for $1.69 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Carl Cronan
  • September 24, 2010
Safety Net

Net lease properties may be the best option for property investors in the current market. One Gulf Coast firm now promotes them as a fourth leg in a solid portfolio.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • September 24, 2010
Kitson Keeps Kicking

Syd Kitson continues to seek out residential and commercial deals on the Gulf Coast. The first homes at Babcock Ranch in Charlotte County are about two years away.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • September 24, 2010
Precious Coral

Naples-based Coral Hospitality is quickly gaining a reputation for managing luxury resorts. Demand for the firm's skill will grow as banks foreclose on extravagant hotels financed during the boom.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2010
Court Presence

Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach is an aggressive debater in court and in the Legislature and hopes to debate his way to the attorney general post.

  • Florida
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  • By Carl Cronan
  • September 24, 2010
Penny For Your Routes

Land use lawyer David Singer heads the campaign to add another cent to Hillsborough County's sales tax for mass transit. As he sees it, it's a matter of paying now or incurring steeper costs later.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2010
Tampa professionals buy Westshore Executive Center

A University of South Florida mathematics professor and an orthopedic surgeon purchased the 18,086-square-foot Westshore Executive Center for $2.9 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2010
Naples investors buy Orion Bank branch

David Goduti and Robert Grammen of Naples purchased a 5,816-square-foot Orion Bank building in downtown Sarasota for $1.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2010
Belleair Development Group buys Englewood Regions branch

Pinellas Park-based Belleair Development Group purchased a 3,817-square-foot Regions Bank building for $925,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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