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Industries

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  • By Jean Gruss
  • April 15, 2010
Banking on Insurance

Consolidation in the banking sector because of the economic crisis is spreading to other financial services, including insurance brokerage. BB&T's acquisition of Oswald Trippe is the latest example.

  • Finance
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  • By Jay Brady
  • April 15, 2010
Battle lines drawn

The battle between insurance companies remaining solvent, consumers having access to homeowners insurance and election-year politics continue to muddle efforts to fix Florida's insurance imbroglio.

  • Florida
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  • By Jay Brady
  • April 15, 2010
Government Digest: April 16 - April 22

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 15, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: April 16 - April 22

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2010
TGM buys Bermuda Island Apartments

Investment firm TGM Associates LP purchased the 360-unit Bermuda Island Apartments for $29.5 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2010
Tennessee's Ferrari Partners buys Naples office buildings

Franklin, Tenn.-based real estate firm Ferrari Partners LP purchased two 8,000-square-foot partially completed buildings for $940,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2010
Elite Heating & Air buys Ambient Air building

Elite Holdings of Manatee LLC purchased the 7,000-square-foot former Ambient Air flex building for $340,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2010
Masters Commercial Holdings buys Kennedy Boulevard's DocuSource

Travis Masters purchased a 4,900-square-foot freestanding retail building on Kennedy Boulevard for $1.15 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2010
Lee's Conservation 20/20 buys land from Waterman

Lee County purchased 136 acres east of Interstate 75 near Wellfield Road.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2010
Swan FM LLC of Texas buys two Jetport Loop buildings

Swan FM LLC purchased two warehouse buildings totaling 75,000 square feet for $2 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2010
Michigan's Next Properties Plans a Venice McDonald's

Troy, Mich.-based Next Properties Inc. filed a site plan to build a 3,590-square-foot McDonald's at 4269 Tamiami Trail in Venice, just west of Woodmere Park Boulevard.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2010
Dessberg pursuing approvals for Stickney Point Plaza

Sarasota developer Rodney Dessberg is moving forward with plans to build Stickney Point Plaza, a strip mall planned for an area just north of Stickney Point Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2010
Out-of-Door Academy building fitness center

The Out-of-Door Academy plans to break ground soon on a 3,300-square-foot building to house a fitness center and a maintenance complex.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2010
All Florida Orthopaedic buys nearby Ponderosa

All Florida Orthopaedic Associates PA purchased a 5,424-square-foot former Ponderosa Steakhouse for $1.2 million. The price equated to $221 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 8, 2010
Tampa firm buys most of Legacy at Tampa

CCP Legacy LLC purchased 121 units in the 168-unit Legacy at Tampa condo complex for $2.1 million.

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