Industries

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By Business Observer Staff
April 29, 2011

St. Petersburg College purchases Juvenile Welfare Board building

St. Petersburg College purchased the 50,138-square-foot Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County building for $2.5 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff
April 29, 2011

Copperhead Club sells for $1.5 million

Tom Fowler of Lehigh Acres and Allen Collins and Bobby Rankin of Kentucky purchased the Copperhead Golf Club for $1.5 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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By Business Observer Staff
April 29, 2011

Nexeo Solutions acquires Ashland Inc. property

TPG Capital has transferred two Tampa Ashland Distribution properties to Nexeo Solutions LLC for $3.3 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff
April 29, 2011

Bovis Lend Lease developing Pinellas safety facilities

Lend Lease's Bovis Lend Lease business has been awarded the contract to build a new Public Safety Facilities and Centralized Communications Center for Pinellas County in Largo.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff
April 29, 2011

J.L. Wallace completes Esperanza

Fort Myers-based J.L. Wallace Inc. has completed construction of Esperanza Place Apartments, Phase I, an affordable housing development for farm workers in Immokalee.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Business Observer Staff
April 29, 2011

Army Corps of Engineers awards Wares Creek contract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports it has negotiated a contract for the dredging of Wares Creek.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff
April 29, 2011

Osprey developers propose Southbay Office Center

Michele Prins and Rita De Cessia, principals of Intelig Inc., have submitted a proposal to Sarasota County to develop a 78,000-square-foot office project in southern Sarasota.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Mark Gordon
April 29, 2011

Sector Scorcher

The apartment complex side of commercial real estate is abuzz on the Gulf Coast. Many deals could be had.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Jay Brady
April 29, 2011

Florida comes to a crossroads on whether to give renewable energy incentives to electric utilities or independent renewable energy producers and installers. Tens of thousands of jobs, thousands of businesses and one future city on the Gulf Coast are at stake.

Florida

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By Mark Gordon
April 29, 2011

Blue Period

The issue of government incentives for private firms continues to draw controversy. How much is too much?

Florida

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By Carl Cronan
April 29, 2011

Asset Maintenance

Coral Gables-based Flagler bought Tampa's Bridgeport Center at the top of the local office investment market. Rather than letting the building languish amid falling property values, it put $1 million into improvements.