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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2010
North Port executive buys Center

Retirement home operator Zia Butt purchased the Pan American Professional Center for $2.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2010
Salem's Gyros & Subs buys Dunkin' Donuts building

Salem's Gyros & Subs Restaurants purchased a 2,176-square-foot former Dunkin' Donuts for $890,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2010
Fort Myers masons buy warehouse for lodge

Tropical Lodge No. 56 Free and Accepted Masons of Florida purchased a 19,377-square-foot industrial building for $750,000. The price equated to $39 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • August 20, 2010
Hotel Investor buys, renovates Roadway Inn

Weston-based hotel investor Shailesh Patel purchased the 99-unit Roadway Inn Busch Gardens for $1.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2010
Private equity firm buys Providence Place

Nashville, Tenn.-based Covenant Capital Group purchased the 444-unit Providence Place Apartments for $30 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2010
CJL of West Florida buys Tuttle Manor Apartments

CJL of West Florida LLC purchased the Tuttle Manor Apartments for $1.23 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2010
New Hope buys land for church campus

New Hope Presbyterian Church purchased 20 acres on Plantation Road near Colonial Boulevard for $2.4 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • August 20, 2010
Neal opens Central Park

Neal Communities announced plans to start building homes in Central Park in Lakewood, a new Lakewood Ranch community.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2010
Housing authority buys Gandy land for office

The St. Petersburg Housing Authority purchased 5.36 acres of industrial land in Gateway Business Park for $1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 20, 2010
Sweet Dreams

The Gulf Coast hotel industry has been hit from all sides lately. But one entrepreneur has bet big — $25 million big — on his visionary property.

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  • By Jay Brady
  • August 20, 2010
FOCUS: Jobs Now

State workforce boards' shift from long-term employment programs to meet the immediate needs of more than one million unemployed. But that strategy isn't wholly embraced.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 20, 2010
A New Hope

Gary Johnson proved that a successful businessman — indeed, a capitalist — can be elected governor of a state that leans blue. He recently brought his libertarian-leaning views to the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Carl Cronan
  • August 20, 2010
Re-icing the Rink

Businesses near the Tampa Bay Lightning's arena are hurting from both the economic downturn and the team's own misfortunes. With a new ownership group in place this season, can joy return to Boltville?

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  • By Jay Brady
  • August 20, 2010
Government Digest: Aug. 20 - Aug. 26

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • August 13, 2010
Sarasota real estate family buys Allris Plaza

Real estate investor Sam Sciturro and his children, Steven Sciturro and Lita Sciturro-Smith, purchased the 18,896-square-foot Allris Plaza for $2.85 million.

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