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  • By Jay Brady
  • September 10, 2010
Public Union Power Play

Government workers' unions are funneling record amounts of money to political campaigns — 92% of it to Democrats — in hopes of protecting pay and benefits.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2010
Publix Super Markets buys Shops at Silverleaf

Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets purchased the 59,950-square-foot Shops at Silverleaf retail strip center for $11.25 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2010
European investor group buys medical office building

An international investment group purchased a 17,000-square-foot office building in Gulf Coast Medical Park for $3.42 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2010
First National Bank buys Colonial branch

Naples-based First National Bank of the Gulf Coast purchased a 4,139-square-foot onetime Colonial Bank branch for $1.61 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2010
The Furniture Warehouse buys land for fifth store

The Furniture Warehouse purchased 1.88 acres of vacant land near the Ellenton Prime Outlets for $1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2010
Investors buy The Edge at USF

A joint venture of real estate investors purchased an 800-bed, 13-story student housing development for $2.75 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2010
Mental Health Care buys Holiday Oak

Tampa-based Mental Health Care Inc. purchased the 38-unit Holiday Oaks apartment complex for $1.03 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 3, 2010
Creative Contractors Inc. builds for Neighborly Care

Clearwater-based Creative Contractors Inc. recently completed construction of a corporate headquarters for Neighborly Care Network.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jay Brady
  • September 3, 2010
'Virgin Territory'

Big Labor sees the Gulf Coast's government employees as ripe for organizing, and has already made in-roads. While private-sector union membership tanked by one quarter during the recession, public sector union membership actually grew.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady
  • September 3, 2010
Government Digest: Sept. 3 - Sept. 9

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2010
Insurance firm buys First State Bank building

The Stanley Dean Insurance Agency Inc. purchased the 6,292-square-foot First State Bank building for $850,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2010
ValleyCrest Landscaping buys Sarasota warehouse

A California-based national landscaping company purchased a 16,200-square-foot warehouse in the Centre Park Industrial Subdivision for $1.45 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2010
Firm buys Landings at Boot Ranch

St. Petersburg-based WRH Realty Services Inc. purchased the 232-unit The Landings at Boot Ranch apartments for $11.25 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2010
Family buys Shops at Hidden Lakes

The Griffin family in Texas purchased the 30,072-square-foot Shops at Hidden Lakes retail center for $2.65 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2010
The Royal Shell Cos. opening Naples office

A firm affiliated with a Sanibel real estate company purchased the 4,683-square-foot former Congress Jewelers building on Fifth Avenue for $2.4 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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