Industries

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By Business Observer Staff
March 18, 2010

Clearwater senior-living firm buys Village Place

Clearwater-based real estate firm TJM Properties purchased the 92-unit Village Place assisted living facility on Cochran Boulevard east of Education Way for $6.2 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff
March 18, 2010

Gayatri Properties buys Wachovia branch

Gayatri Properties LLC, led by Chittaranjan, Yamini, Dr. Hiren and Dr. Dipal Patel, of Port Charlotte, purchased a 4,602-square-foot former Wachovia Bank building on Harbor Boulevard north of Tamiami Trial for $550,000.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Business Observer Staff
March 18, 2010

P Berger Holdings of Illinois buys closed building

Winnetka, Ill.'s P Berger Holdings LLC purchased the former Jean Paul's French Corner, a 2,752-square-foot restaurant building on Tarpon Bay Road south of Periwinkle Way for $635,000.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Business Observer Staff
March 18, 2010

TJM Properties buys Sunset Lake Village

TJM Properties, a Clearwater-based senior-living real estate firm, purchased the 110-bed Sunset Lake Village north of the intersection of Jacaranda Boulevard and Center Road for $6.2 million.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Business Observer Staff
March 18, 2010

Circle K Stores buys Clark Road Exxon station

Circle K Stores Inc. purchased a 4,520-square-foot Exxon convenience store on Clark Road east of Honore Avenue from Davie-based One Corp. for $2.69 million.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff
March 18, 2010

Walgreen Co. buys Lutz building for drug store

Deerfield, Ill.-based drug store chain Walgreen Co. purchased a 4,022-square-foot retail building on 0.96 acres, and an additional 2.83 acres at the corner of Sunset Lane and U.S. 41 for $1.85 million.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Business Observer Staff
March 18, 2010

Father-son investment team buys Tampa's Valencia Village

Hayes Enterprises Tampa LLC, a real estate entity owned by James Hayes III of West Palm Beach and his father, James Hayes II of Corpus Christi, Texas, purchased the 132-unit Valencia Village apartments between Fletcher and 131st avenues for $1.93 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff
March 18, 2010

ESJ Capital buys Tampa's University Park

ESJ Capital Partners, a European-investor real estate fund based in Aventura, purchased the three-building University Park development across the street from the University of South Florida campus for $12 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff
March 18, 2010

Neal Communities buys 87 more lots

Homebuilder Neal Communities of Southwest Florida purchased 80 lots in the gated Sawgrass community and seven lots in Lakes of Jacaranda from Synovus Bank for $3.58 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

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By Business Observer Staff
March 18, 2010

CJ contractors build warehouse rail line

Mulberry-based CJ Bridges Rail Road Contractors has started construction on a new half-mile rail spur at Port Manatee Commerce Center, connecting the industrial warehouse complex near Port Manatee to CSX Transportation rail lines.

Manatee-Sarasota

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By Business Observer Staff
March 18, 2010

Riteway Investments buys Seminole Avenue apartments

Celestino and Gustavo Marrero, the owners and founders of Hollywood-based insurance-focused building contractor Riteway Insurance Repair Service Inc., purchased an 11-unit apartment building north of Palm Beach Boulevard for $120,000.

Commercial Real Estate

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By Mark Gordon
March 18, 2010

No Laughing Matter

A nationally renowned economist blames the federal government for much of the current financial mess. But hope, says Arthur Laffer, will be renewed in 2012.

Florida

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By Business Observer Staff
March 18, 2010

Pushing Uphill

Economic development, insurance, education reform, renewable energy and health issues are just some of the priorities Gulf Coast legislators are focused on this legislative session in Tallahassee.