Industries

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By Business Observer Staff
September 10, 2010

Real estate firm buys Boca Grande building

Baltimore-based Kittredge Properties purchased a 4,575-square-foot mixed-use building in Boca Grande for $900,000.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Business Observer Staff
September 10, 2010

Dentists buy St. Petersburg office building for school

A trio of dentists and the owners of The Dawson Academy, a dental training school, purchased a 7,015-square-foot building for $1.34 million.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Business Observer Staff
September 10, 2010

Delray Beach company buys Golden Corral building

Delray Beach-based MarcVan Restaurants purchased the 9,763-square-foot Golden Corral restaurant for $2.55 million, equating to $261 per square foot.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Business Observer Staff
September 10, 2010

Kitson & Partners buys Bay Pines site

Kitson & Partners purchased 60 acres in Pinellas County for $7.65 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff
September 10, 2010

St. Patrick's Housing will build low-income units

The Diocese of St. Petersburg transferred 1.71 acres to St. Patrick's Catholic Church for $1 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff
September 10, 2010

Alliance Residential buys land, will build complex

Phoenix-based Alliance Residential Co. purchased 17.7 acres at Gunn Highway and Longview Drive for $3.75 million.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Business Observer Staff
September 10, 2010

D.R. Horton buys lots in Palmer Oaks

Homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc. purchased 15 lots in Palmer Oaks for $800,000.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff
September 10, 2010

Stellar Development hired for Davie church project

Lakewood Ranch-based Stellar Development Inc. was selected to build the Norwegian Seamen's Church and Scandinavian Center in Davie.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Business Observer Staff
September 10, 2010

Asset management firm buys Longboat Chamber building

Sarasota-based PFG Asset Management purchased the 4,756-square-foot Longboat Key, Lido Key and St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce building for $533,900.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Jean Gruss
September 10, 2010

Edison Lights

When the financial crisis finally recedes, only a handful of community banks will be left standing on the Gulf Coast. It's a good bet that Edison National Bank will be among those.

Finance

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By Carl Cronan
September 10, 2010

The number of banks based in the Gulf Coast region has fallen considerably over the past year, and experts say there may be more fallout as the recession lingers. A lack of lending may be the biggest problem.

Finance

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By Jean Gruss
September 10, 2010

Trust us

Independent non-deposit trust companies on the Gulf Coast have been quietly and steadily making money, largely avoiding the turmoil in the rest of the financial-services industry. That's just the way they like it.