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Industries

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  • By Jay Brady
  • July 8, 2011
Mass Exodus?

By 2014, more employers may opt out of offering employer-sponsored insurance once key parts of the U.S. health care law come into effect.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • July 8, 2011
Optimism Returns

Lykes Insurance executives like the growth potential in Florida, especially the Gulf Coast — despite the sour economy. They are backing it up with aggressive growth plans.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2011
Electronic wholesaler relocating to Naples

A wholesale electronics company led by Jennifer Ferris purchased the 35,088-square-foot former SRI Marble & Granite building for $1.85 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2011
Taylor and Crowe Battery buys Alico Industrial building

Deka-battery wholesaler Taylor & Crowe Battery Co. purchased a 20,925-square-foot industrial building in Alico Industrial Park for $1.1 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2011
Former Trump Tower site sells for $2.5 million

Tampa investment group Brownstone Tampa Partners LLC purchased the 1.67-acre site of the proposed Trump Tower Tampa and the adjacent 67,487-square-foot CapTrust building for $5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2011
McKay, Allen, investors buy Riverside Medical Center

An investment group, led by former Florida Senate President John McKay and general contractor Ron Allen, purchased the 57,229-square-foot Riverside Medical Center for $3.69 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2011
Sawgrass Cove apartments sell for $23.2M

New York City-based based Atlas Real Estate Partners and Boca-Raton based Andover Real Estate Partners purchased the 336-unit Sawgrass Cove Apartments for $23.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2011
Miami investors buy Sierra Grande

Miami-based 13th Floor Investments purchased the partially completed Sierra Grande development for $5.15 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2011
Kite Realty Group Trust buys Lithia Crossings

Indianapolis-based Kite Realty Group Trust purchased the 81,000-square-foot Lithia Crossings in Valrico for $13.25 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2011
Golf investor group buys Plantation Palms

Davie-based M.J.S. Golf Group LLC purchased the 18-hole semi-private Plantation Palms Golf Club for $2.18 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2011
Miami apartment owner buys Live Oak Landings

An investment group led by Paul Steinfurth of Miami purchased the 81-unit Live Oak Landings for $2.35 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 2, 2011
North American Development Group purchases Venice's Jacaranda Commons

Canadian real estate firm North American Development Group purchased the 94,700-square-foot Jacaranda Commons shopping center for $15.93 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jay Brady
  • July 1, 2011
Opportunity Knocks

The state's new Department of Economic Opportunity presents new ways of doing business for developers and local governments. The challenge is finding out how it all will work.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady
  • July 1, 2011
Government Digest: July 1

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 24, 2011
CHASE-ing the Sunshine

Making up for lost time, Chase bank is making a big expansion push into Florida. The company is snapping up a variety of properties for at least 13 new branches planned along the Gulf Coast this year.

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