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  • By Jean Gruss
  • November 19, 2009
Cross the Gulf

Louisiana-based IberiaBank resisted the temptation to expand its banking operations to Florida during the boom. Now that its rivals are struggling, it's diving into the state with two big government-assisted acquisitions.

  • Finance
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
Kennedy White Orthopedic Center buys two floors of CattleRidge Medical

The Kennedy White Orthopedic Center purchased the second and third floors — 26,000 square feet — in the CattleRidge Medical Center near the intersection of Bee Ridge and Cattlemen roads for $5.94 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
KAMCO Property Co. buys Manatee Woods, other units

Plano, Texas-based commercial real estate firm KAMCO Property Co. purchased the 212-unit Manatee Woods apartment complex on 4th Avenue Drive and 14 units in the nearby Serendipity condominium for $4.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
Brightwork Real Estate leases restaurant to Verizon

Tampa-based Brightwork Real Estate purchased a former Johnny Carino's 6,256-square-foot restaurant building, an outparcel to the Lake Brandon Village shopping center, for $2.3 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
Florida investor group buys Spring Glade apartments

Elster/Rocatica LLC purchased the 78-unit Spring Glade apartments off 22nd Street north of Fletcher Avenue at a foreclosure auction for $915,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
Tampa's Merecorp Inc. buys Baywater Apartments

Tampa area investor William Sultenfuss purchased the Baywater Apartments on Waters Avenue near Rustic Drive from the Dinerstein Cos. for $5.95 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
Coconut Point Properties buys 13 units from Simon

Dan Peregrin, a managing partner in the Arkansas accounting firm of Moore Stephens Frost and a land investor, and his wife Jacqueline Peregrin purchased 13 office suites in Coconut Point for $1.72 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
Horizon Bay Hyde Park develops six-story building

Horizon Bay Hyde Park LLC purchased slightly less than two acres on South Boulevard and Horatio Street for $3.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
Petray Property buys building

Raymond Perla's Petray Property Investments LLC purchased a 12,922-square-foot office and retail building on Colonial Boulevard near Sommerset Drive for $875,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
Ritz-Carlton Sarasota starts renovation

The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota has kicked off the renovation portion of its $5 million improvement project and aside from guests the big winners will be charities.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
Manatee awarded grant for energy efficiency

The Manatee Board of County Commissioners has accepted $2.4 million in federal stimulus funds as part of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
Pizzuti Solutions LLC extends Milwaukee Avenue

Pizzuti Solutions LLC, a division of The Pizzuti Cos., recently completed a $450,000 extension of Milwaukee Avenue between Main Street and Skinner Boulevard across from Mease Dunedin Hospital in downtown Dunedin.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
NYFL Commercial Holdings buys Cypress Terrace building

Tom Venetis' NYFL Commercial Holdings LLC purchased Palm Professional Terrace, a 30,019-square-foot, two-story, retail/office building and a 0.7-acre outparcel on Cypress Terrace and U.S. 41 for $2.25 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • November 12, 2009
Hope Hospice buys Cape Coral land

Hope Hospice and Community Services Inc. of Fort Myers purchased 10 acres on Savona Parkway near Agualinda Boulevard for $1.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jay Brady
  • November 12, 2009
Cracking the Code

While legislators look for a science-based, politically acceptable plan for oil drilling, new technology for extracting natural gas is aligning with state and federal energy policy to potentially unlock Florida waters and the eastern Gulf.

  • Florida
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