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  • By Jean Gruss
  • July 16, 2010
Costly Clusters

State and local governments have spent more than $1.5 billion to bring biomedical research institutes to Florida since 2004, or nearly $1.4 million per job created so far. Collier County wants to join the club.

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  • By Carl Cronan
  • July 16, 2010
Storm Warning

Resuming play after a year off, the Tampa Bay Storm is rolling toward another possible ArenaBowl championship. Outside the Forum, a former team owner is not happy with the way things have gone.

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  • By Carl Cronan
  • July 16, 2010
Smokin' Degrees

Argosy University's Tampa campus now occupies a cigar factory along I-275 that dates back more than a century. The school anticipates attracting more students within its hallowed walls.

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  • By Jay Brady
  • July 16, 2010
Property Tax Pressure

Real estate values continue to trend down, but at a slower rate, as some county governments look to increase property tax rates in economic uncertainty.

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  • By Jay Brady
  • July 16, 2010
Government Digest: July 16 - July 22

Governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2010
Alpha Opportunity Fund I LLC buys Pelican Professional Place

The Alpha Opportunity Fund I LLC bought the two-building Pelican Professional Place for $2.4 million. The sale was done in connection with a nonperforming loan.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2010
Bayshore Automotive buys Adamo dealership site

Bayshore Automotive purchased the former Brandon Suzuki dealership real estate for $1.1 million. The price equated to $186 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2010
Transwestern Investment buys 210 Watermark

Transwestern Investment Co. purchased the 210 Watermark apartments for $18.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2010
Marco Island investor buys office building

Thomas Garousi of Marco Island purchased a 6,000-square-foot office building for $1 million. The price equated to $167 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2010
Balfour Group buys undeveloped property

Balfour Group LLC purchased 40 acres for $1.7 million. The price equated to $42,500 per acre.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2010
Kolter Land Partners buys part of Sandoval

Kolter Land Partners purchased 63 lots in Sandoval for $1.4 million. The price equated to $22,222 per lot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2010
Minto Communities plans Sun City purchase

Minto Communities announced plans to acquire the last remaining buildable land parcels in the Kings Point and Renaissance neighborhoods of Sun City Center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2010
W. P. Carey & Co. buys two office buildings

New York-based investment management firm W.P. Carey & Co bought two buildings for $57.2 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2010
Canada's Osgoode Properties buys most of Fountains of Largo

Ottawa-based Osgoode Properties purchased 135 units in the Fountains of Largo apartment complex for $4.3 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • July 9, 2010
Guyton buys gas station

Tampa-based Guyton Energy Corp. purchased a 2,658-square-foot BP service station for $702,000. The fuel supply company declined to comment on the sale.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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