Industries

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By Business Observer Staff
April 15, 2010

Compass Construction completes Shoot Straight

Compass Construction completed construction of Shoot Straight, a 10,000-square-foot shooting range and gun store.

Commercial Real Estate

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April 15, 2010

GreenPointe Communities buys Riverview's Belmont

Jacksonville-based developer GreenPointe Communities purchased 932 acres for $13.25 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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April 15, 2010

Sunrise Homes buys 101 lots in Walden Pointe community

Valrico-based homebuilder Sunrise Homes purchased 101 home lots in Walden Pointe for $1.52 million.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Business Observer Staff
April 15, 2010

Medallion Homes buys most of Stone Walk

Bradenton-based Medallion Homes purchased 59 home lots in Stone Walk Preserve for $1.1 million.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff
April 15, 2010

Caspersen boardwalk under construction

Construction has started on a boardwalk and expansion project at Caspersen Beach Park.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff
April 15, 2010

Osprey investors buy on U.S. 41, plan dealership

Michael and Evelyn Lombardo of Sarasota purchased the 6,250-square-foot retail building for $425,000.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff
April 15, 2010

GAP Engineering, Planning hired by Lindvest for village

GAP Engineering & Planning LLC announced plans to spearhead a village-style development on 450 acres in the northeast corner of Sarasota County for Lindvest Communities Inc. of Toronto.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff
April 15, 2010

Equity firm Mountain Funding buys Parkland DRI land

Mountain Funding purchased 642 acres of undeveloped land and a little more than a 100 acres of mitigation land.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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By Business Observer Staff
April 15, 2010

Fort Myers land investors buy at Ben C. Pratt, Penzance

Fort Myers investors Wen Wu and Maylene Kiang Wu purchased 49.6 acres for $1.8 million.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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By Jean Gruss
April 15, 2010

Banking on Insurance

Consolidation in the banking sector because of the economic crisis is spreading to other financial services, including insurance brokerage. BB&T's acquisition of Oswald Trippe is the latest example.

Finance

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By Jay Brady
April 15, 2010

Battle lines drawn

The battle between insurance companies remaining solvent, consumers having access to homeowners insurance and election-year politics continue to muddle efforts to fix Florida's insurance imbroglio.