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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 11, 2010
Stuart S. Golding Co. buys Shoppes At 54

Clearwater developer Stuart S. Golding Co. purchased the 11,723-square-foot Shoppes At 54 retail center on State Road 54 east of Rowan Road for $1.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 11, 2010
Morgan House owners buy Fort Myers building

Michael and Patti Price, owners of the Morgan House restaurant, purchased a 6,250-square-foot historic building on Patio De Leon from Wachovia Commercial Mortgage for $410,000.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 11, 2010
Atco Inc. buys gas station

Sarasota-based gas station company Atco Inc. purchased a 1,400-square-foot BP convenience store on Holmes Beach for $1.23 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 11, 2010
Group buys Potter Park office buildings

Palmer Ranch Executive Office Center LLC, a real estate entity led by Stephen Anderson of the Sarasota-based general contractor Anderson & Ellis Inc., purchased two office buildings, totaling 15,987 square feet, on Potter Park Drive north of Central Sarasota Parkway for $800,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 11, 2010
Motel operators buy U.S. 41 motel

Karl Gerhard, Roger Herber and Karl Vivienne purchased the 28-room Warm Mineral Springs Motel on U.S. 41 for $350,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 11, 2010
Alliance Group of Tampa Bay buys 131st Avenue flex building

The Alliance Group of Tampa Bay VIII LLC, headed by Armando Flores and Armando Flores III, purchased a 25,500-square-foot commercial building off Ulmerton Road for $1.18 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 11, 2010
Garrison group starts Alafia project

Garrison Developer Group of Florida has started construction on The Preserve at Alafia, a Riverview development with 351 waterfront apartments.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 11, 2010
McGarvey Development builds villas in Quail West

Two real estate entities controlled by John McGarvey of McGarvey Development Co. and McGarvey Custom Homes, purchased 45 villa lots in the 1,180-acre Quail West community for $3.23 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 11, 2010
Dual Roles

Robert Lincoln despises Hometown Democracy and is a trusted backer of developers and their legal rights throughout the Gulf Coast. But in one huge local project, he's the man fighting developers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Alex Walsh
  • March 11, 2010
Shutts' open doors

By maintaining a conservative approach to expanding the firm, leaders at the Tampa office of Shutts & Bowen have kept growth positive.

  • Industries
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 11, 2010
Downtown Champion

Fort Myers residents elected Randy Henderson Jr. as mayor last fall, a longtime entrepreneur and former commercial banker. With a grand vision for downtown Fort Myers, he's not letting the slow economy stop him.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady
  • March 11, 2010
Backs to Business

Local governments talk about the importance of creating jobs, but the legislative programs of their lobbying groups offer plenty of contrast to business groups' priorities.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 11, 2010
Flat Fee

One law firm in Fort Myers started charging some clients a flat fee instead of billing by the hour. Despite its initial success, the economic downturn has made it a tougher sell.

  • Law
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • March 11, 2010
Seeking good loans

Wells Fargo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Stumpf says finding creditworthy customers is the bank's biggest challenge. Wells Fargo became the second-largest bank in Florida when it acquired Wachovia in 2008.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • March 11, 2010
Smaller firms grow, too

With its 2006 expansion into Tampa, Shutts Bowen grew by building its new office on the foundation of a 100-year history, and the nearly 200 lawyers already on staff across the state. However, several smaller law firms have found a way to grow as well.

  • Law
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