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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2009
Correction, apology to Clyde H. Wilson Jr.

In March 2006, the Gulf Coast Business Review, in an article entitled, “A Family Divided,” reported on an estate dispute between prominent Sarasota attorney Clyde H. Wilson Jr. and his sister, Paula Wilson and her son, John Chapman.

  • Law
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 6, 2009
Candid Cann

FDOT District One Secretary Stan Cann explains how the federal stimulus plan is affecting $1 billion worth of transportation projects in the region, and to be ready for more toll roads in the future.

  • Florida
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • August 6, 2009
Back Flip

The flippers are back. Speculators have returned in droves to the Cape Coral-Fort Myers residential market, snapping up foreclosed homes at below-replacement costs and quickly selling them for more. Existing single-family home sales jumped 137% in June. Is this 2005 all over again?

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 6, 2009
Fourth Estate Fight

A commercial real estate firm faced a recent business crisis with a head-on, albeit risky, approach.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Bloomberg News
  • July 31, 2009
Muddy Signals

The signs of recovery are popping up as U.S. home prices rise. But consumer confidence drops and worries linger.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 31, 2009
Government Digest

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady
  • July 31, 2009
Pay Me Later

Florida's risky property insurance system relies on a patchwork of undercapitalized public and private insurance, suppressed rates, policy assessments, an unlikely national catastrophe plan, and the next weather report. It could add up to one big bankruptcy for all of us.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 28, 2009
Commercial Real Estate Lee-Collier

Diversified Yacht Services buys marina land

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 24, 2009
Casey Key couple buys Osprey Inn

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 24, 2009
Fraga Properties buys Plant City Crossings

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 23, 2009
Real estate rebirth

Leroy Moore and the Tampa Housing Authority have teamed up with Bank of America to transform a former public housing project into a thriving 28-acre commercial and residential area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 23, 2009
Government Digest

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady
  • July 23, 2009
The Cost to Drive

It seems there just is not enough money for roads in Florida. Government policies to promote less driving reduce gas tax revenues to pay for roadwork, and new federal legislation could also make it more difficult to create public private partnerships and build needed toll roads.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 23, 2009
Investor buys REO office building

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  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss
  • July 23, 2009
Enough, already

Had enough of the recession? Real estate experts in Lee and Collier counties say there's at least another year of it to go. But then things start looking up.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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