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  • February 25, 2010
Government Digest 02/26/10

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • February 19, 2010
Drive Time

The talk is all cars at a bi-monthly gathering of Gulf Coast car devotees. Still, there is business to be had amid the chatter.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • February 19, 2010
Scary Times

Paul Purcell, chief executive of a nearly $700 million financial services firm, reveres free markets, entrepreneurs and capitalism. No surprise: President Obama gives him nightmares.

  • Industries
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  • By Jay Brady
  • February 19, 2010
Pendulum Pusher

Sarasota community banker Charlie Brown brings a strong voice from “ground zero” to an FDIC committee working to balance banking regulations and credit against “a tidal wave of commercial-loan foreclosures” and a weakened jobs bill.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 19, 2010
Government Digest 2/19/10

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2010
Goodwill Industries buys Arborgate

Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida Inc. purchased the 30,875-square-foot Arborgate Shopping Center at the corner of Colonial Boulevard and Treeline Avenue, plus eight acres of undeveloped land, for $3.36 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2010
Skatepark owner buys Ybor building

Ybor City Properties LLC, led by Brian Schaefer, owner of the Skatepark of Tampa, purchased an 11,360-square-foot two-story historic building at the southwest corner of 7th Avenue and 14th Street in Ybor City for $825,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2010
OMG Realty buys Wachovia branch

OMG Realty LLC, an entity managed by Fort Myers plastic surgeon Ralph Garramone, purchased a former 10,020-square-foot Wachovia bank branch at the northwest corner of Cleveland Avenue and Big Pine Way for $1.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2010
Platinum Equity wins Wellcraft buildings

Platinum Equity LLC acquired Wellcraft's closed main manufacturing facilities at 15th Street and Whitfield Avenue in Sarasota, an auxiliary plant and a vacant piece of land for $6.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2010
Florida hospital buys Handcart Road property

Florida Hospital Zephyrhills Inc. purchased 15.42 acres of vacant commercial land fronting Handcart Road for $2.3 million. The purchase price equated to $149,157 per acre.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2010
Aldi buys Lone Star for Bradenton store

Batavia, Ill.-based discount grocer Aldi USA purchased a 10,076-square-foot former Lone Star Steakhouse restaurant building southwest of Cortez Road and 47th Street for $1.88 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2010
National Home Communities buys Club Wildwood

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based National Home Communities LLC/National RV Communities LLC, purchased the Club Wildwood Mobile Home Park, a 478-space senior manufactured-home community in Hudson for $20.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2010
Microlumen buys land in Oldsmar

Microlumen Enterprises LLC, a Tampa-based manufacturer of high-performance medical tubing, purchased 6.5 acres on Forrest Lakes Boulevard, north of Tampa Road, for $1.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2010
Maryland doctor develops Sanibel complex

Maryland gastroenterologist James Frizzell purchased 2.23 acres on Tarpon Bay Road near Periwinkle Way for $1.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2010
Cambridge affiliate buys 18 residential units

Del Ray Condominium Properties LLC, a company affiliated with Naples property management company Cambridge Management of Southwest Florida, purchased 18 units in six condominium developments in Lee and Collier counties for $1.2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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