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Industries

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  • By Carl Cronan
  • September 24, 2010
Safety Net

Net lease properties may be the best option for property investors in the current market. One Gulf Coast firm now promotes them as a fourth leg in a solid portfolio.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • September 24, 2010
Kitson Keeps Kicking

Syd Kitson continues to seek out residential and commercial deals on the Gulf Coast. The first homes at Babcock Ranch in Charlotte County are about two years away.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • September 24, 2010
Precious Coral

Naples-based Coral Hospitality is quickly gaining a reputation for managing luxury resorts. Demand for the firm's skill will grow as banks foreclose on extravagant hotels financed during the boom.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2010
Court Presence

Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach is an aggressive debater in court and in the Legislature and hopes to debate his way to the attorney general post.

  • Florida
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  • By Carl Cronan
  • September 24, 2010
Penny For Your Routes

Land use lawyer David Singer heads the campaign to add another cent to Hillsborough County's sales tax for mass transit. As he sees it, it's a matter of paying now or incurring steeper costs later.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2010
Tampa professionals buy Westshore Executive Center

A University of South Florida mathematics professor and an orthopedic surgeon purchased the 18,086-square-foot Westshore Executive Center for $2.9 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2010
Naples investors buy Orion Bank branch

David Goduti and Robert Grammen of Naples purchased a 5,816-square-foot Orion Bank building in downtown Sarasota for $1.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2010
Belleair Development Group buys Englewood Regions branch

Pinellas Park-based Belleair Development Group purchased a 3,817-square-foot Regions Bank building for $925,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2010
Fifth Third Bank buys Tampa Colonial branch

Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank purchased a 2,511- square-foot Colonial Bank branch in the Westgate Shopping Center for $1.78 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2010
Fort Myers architecture firm to design Hodges University expansion

Fort Myers-based Sheeley Architects Inc. has been commissioned by Hodges University to provide architectural design services.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2010
Investor buys land leased to CVS store

San Jose, Calif. investor Yi Shiu Chen purchased land housing a CVS/pharmacy in Port Charlotte for $2.86 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2010
TerraCap buys land for future development

A New York City and Cape Coral-based private equity firm purchased 13.6 acres in Coconut Point for $2.5 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2010
Kitson & Partners buy Bay Pines Mobile Home Park site

Kitson & Partners purchased 60 acres in Pinellas County for $7.65 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2010
Bar and restaurant to gain additional parking

Ted and Georgia Nicholoudis are working to give their restaurant property at 1737 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, a little more breathing room.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jay Brady
  • September 17, 2010
Urban Cowboy

A former elected mayor of Tallahassee who wants to be agriculture commissioner can boast of a hardcore farming background. What he doesn't have, at least not yet, is statewide name recognition.

  • Florida
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