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  • March 4, 2011
Accutek Packaging Equipment expands to Cape Coral

The Chocholek family purchased 12.03 acres with two large warehouse buildings in the East Cape Commerce Center for $1.61 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • March 4, 2011
Caspers executive buys Kennedy office buildings

Tampa businessman Blake Casper purchased two office buildings on Kennedy Boulevard for $1.15 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 4, 2011
Broadstone Net Lease buys Tower Radiology buildings

Broadstone Net Lease Inc. purchased four medical offices operated by Tower Radiology for $14.51 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 4, 2011
Blake Whitney Thompson buys Largo building

The Blake Whitney Thompson Co. LLC in St. Petersburg purchased the 192,099-square-foot former Special Data Processing building for $2.8 million.

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  • March 4, 2011
Florida Gulf Coast University buys land

The Florida Gulf Coast University Board of Trustees purchased 12.33 acres for $3.8 million.

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  • March 4, 2011
Port Dolphin Energy receives state permits

Tampa-based Port Dolphin Energy LLC received environmental permits to allow construction of components for its offshore liquefied natural-gas terminal.

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  • March 4, 2011
Edison State College Foundation buys Winkler land

The Edison State College Foundation purchased 8.12 acres on Winkler Road, south of College Parkway, for $1.08 million.

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  • March 4, 2011
Sarasota County Commission issues traffic system contract

The Sarasota County Commission awarded a nearly $3.7-million construction contract to Highway Safety Devices Inc. of Tampa.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 4, 2011
Coldwell Banker Residential appoints two brokers

Pauline Bennett and Bob Huff joined Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate of Florida in Sarasota as managing brokers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 4, 2011
Sarasota officials seek hotel proposals

The Sarasota City Commission approved an “invitation to negotiate” for developers who want to build a hotel on a vacant Palm Avenue parcel.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 4, 2011
Wild card

Prices have been rising in Naples for a year. It's a sign that the Southwest Florida region is leading the recovery.

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  • By Jay Brady
  • March 4, 2011
Business Bills To Watch

Among the hundreds of bills, here are five that can improve Florida's business climate and one that can add a burden to companies' hiring.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 4, 2011
Spotty Comeback

The Federal Reserve Bank relies on information from Gary Tice and colleagues around the country to set monetary policy. The longtime banker says the economy on the Gulf Coast is improving — albeit slowly.

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  • By Carl Cronan
  • March 4, 2011
The Right Direction

Low prices on retail centers are attracting investors, although deals now require more effort. Values will stay low until the state's economy improves.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 25, 2011
Stock Development buys Black Bear Ridge lots

Naples-based Stock Development purchased 61 home lots in the 50-acre Black Bear Ridge community for $3.53 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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