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Industries

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Mavilo Wholesalers Inc. moves to Henderson

South Henderson LLC, a company headed by Mark Olivia president of Mavilo Wholesalers Inc., purchased a 14,980-square-foot office building and a parking lot on Henderson Boulevard, south of Kennedy Boulevard, for $2.27 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Tampa investors buy Columbus Plaza

Tampa investors Sam and Laurice Hachem purchased the 119,502-square-foot Columbus Plaza shopping center for $2.8 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Bethlehem Baptist Church building for charter school

Faced with growing space needs, Bethlehem Baptist Church in Sarasota is looking to relocate its pre-school, but its ultimate development plans will also affect more school age kids.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Crosland, DDA awarded $2.6 million

Charlotte, N.C.-based Crosland LLC, in a partnership with DDA Development, has been awarded more than $2.6 million from the City of Tampa to acquire, rehabilitate and resell foreclosed homes in the Tampa area under HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Garrison Developer Group to develop Preserve at Alafia

Tampa-based Garrison Developer Group of Florida has closed on a $48-million loan to fund development of The Preserve at Alafia, 351-waterfront luxury apartment development near downtown Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Jean Gruss
  • February 4, 2010
Owners in distress

Commercial real estate defaults are increasing and brokers and bankers are preparing for a growing number of foreclosures on office buildings, shopping centers and warehouses. Bankers have been slow to take back property.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 4, 2010
Free to Choose

A revamped “Consumer Choice Act” designed to gain the governor's support, encourage more competition and lower prices in the property insurance market, may run into election year politics and get vetoed again.

  • Florida
  • By Jay Brady
  • February 4, 2010
GOvernment Digest 2/5/10

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
  • By Mark Gordon
  • January 29, 2010
Ratner's Return

A decade on the sidelines of his favorite industry was enough to make Rick Ratner feel like a piece of driftwood. He thinks he's found a lifeboat.

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 29, 2010
Stock Development buys back Lely Resort piece

Naples-based developer and homebuilder Stock Development purchased a 14.33-acre tract in the community for $3 million. The purchase price equated to $209,351 per acre.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 29, 2010
Hodges University's buy to handle enrollment

Hodges University, a private, non-profit college offering 24 undergraduate and seven graduate degree programs of study, announced it is expanding its Naples campus.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 29, 2010
Medical user buys office building

A Bonita Springs-based limited liability company led by Daniel Thompson purchased a 15,258-square-foot office building on Colonial Boulevard west of Interstate 75 for $3.1 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 29, 2010
Ohio's Maruti Properties buys airport hotel

Maruti Properties LLC, a limited liability company headed by Kaushik Patel, purchased the 90-room Comfort Inn & Suites Airport southeast of the interchange of County Highway 865 and Interstate 75 for $3.7 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 29, 2010
Plumbing owner buys Sawyer Road building

Joybill 5600 LLC, a limited liability headed by Joyce Milligan, purchased a 10,000-square-foot warehouse on five acres just off Sawyer Road north of Clark Road for $900,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • January 29, 2010
Vesta Equity buys Lakewood Ranch building

Real estate investment fund Vesta Equity in Sarasota purchased a 22,480-square-foot office building on Professional Parkway south of University Parkway for $2.88 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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