Industries

By Business Observer Staff
March 11, 2010

Morgan House owners buy Fort Myers building

Michael and Patti Price, owners of the Morgan House restaurant, purchased a 6,250-square-foot historic building on Patio De Leon from Wachovia Commercial Mortgage for $410,000.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Business Observer Staff
March 11, 2010

Atco Inc. buys gas station

Sarasota-based gas station company Atco Inc. purchased a 1,400-square-foot BP convenience store on Holmes Beach for $1.23 million.

Commercial Real Estate

By Business Observer Staff
March 11, 2010

Group buys Potter Park office buildings

Palmer Ranch Executive Office Center LLC, a real estate entity led by Stephen Anderson of the Sarasota-based general contractor Anderson & Ellis Inc., purchased two office buildings, totaling 15,987 square feet, on Potter Park Drive north of Central Sarasota Parkway for $800,000.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Business Observer Staff
March 11, 2010

Motel operators buy U.S. 41 motel

Karl Gerhard, Roger Herber and Karl Vivienne purchased the 28-room Warm Mineral Springs Motel on U.S. 41 for $350,000.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Business Observer Staff
March 11, 2010

Alliance Group of Tampa Bay buys 131st Avenue flex building

The Alliance Group of Tampa Bay VIII LLC, headed by Armando Flores and Armando Flores III, purchased a 25,500-square-foot commercial building off Ulmerton Road for $1.18 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Business Observer Staff
March 11, 2010

Garrison group starts Alafia project

Garrison Developer Group of Florida has started construction on The Preserve at Alafia, a Riverview development with 351 waterfront apartments.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Business Observer Staff
March 11, 2010

McGarvey Development builds villas in Quail West

Two real estate entities controlled by John McGarvey of McGarvey Development Co. and McGarvey Custom Homes, purchased 45 villa lots in the 1,180-acre Quail West community for $3.23 million.

Commercial Real Estate

By Mark Gordon
March 11, 2010

Dual Roles

Robert Lincoln despises Hometown Democracy and is a trusted backer of developers and their legal rights throughout the Gulf Coast. But in one huge local project, he's the man fighting developers.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Alex Walsh
March 11, 2010

Shutts' open doors

By maintaining a conservative approach to expanding the firm, leaders at the Tampa office of Shutts & Bowen have kept growth positive.

Industries

By Jean Gruss
March 11, 2010

Downtown Champion

Fort Myers residents elected Randy Henderson Jr. as mayor last fall, a longtime entrepreneur and former commercial banker. With a grand vision for downtown Fort Myers, he's not letting the slow economy stop him.

Florida

By Jay Brady
March 11, 2010

Backs to Business

Local governments talk about the importance of creating jobs, but the legislative programs of their lobbying groups offer plenty of contrast to business groups' priorities.

Florida

By Jean Gruss
March 11, 2010

Flat Fee

One law firm in Fort Myers started charging some clients a flat fee instead of billing by the hour. Despite its initial success, the economic downturn has made it a tougher sell.

By Jean Gruss
March 11, 2010

Seeking good loans

Wells Fargo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Stumpf says finding creditworthy customers is the bank's biggest challenge. Wells Fargo became the second-largest bank in Florida when it acquired Wachovia in 2008.

Finance

By Business Observer Staff
March 11, 2010

Smaller firms grow, too

With its 2006 expansion into Tampa, Shutts Bowen grew by building its new office on the foundation of a 100-year history, and the nearly 200 lawyers already on staff across the state. However, several smaller law firms have found a way to grow as well.

By Business Observer Staff
March 4, 2010

Hunt & Associates buys 83 condominiums

Kenmore, N.Y.-based real estate firm Kenmore Development purchased 83 units in the Windsor East Condominium in Fort Myers for $2 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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Morgan House owners buy Fort Myers building

Atco Inc. buys gas station

Group buys Potter Park office buildings

Motel operators buy U.S. 41 motel

Alliance Group of Tampa Bay buys 131st Avenue flex building

Garrison group starts Alafia project

McGarvey Development builds villas in Quail West

Dual Roles

Shutts' open doors

Downtown Champion

Backs to Business

Flat Fee

Seeking good loans

Smaller firms grow, too

Hunt & Associates buys 83 condominiums

Report: Tampa No. 2 retail real estate market nationwide

Longboat Key to get first-ever Goodwill store

$74M Naples botanical garden names interim CEO

Sarasota County buys 3.59-acre Venice waterfront property

Naples senior center founder, prominent social services advocate dies at 75

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