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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 27, 2014
Broker secures nearly $7M in mortgage deals

Thomas D. Wood & Co. executive Brad Cox cites low interest rates for hot streak.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
Dental group drills in Bradenton for president

Kim Bland is a 1983 graduate of the Manatee Technical Institute.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
Vandyk Group of Cos. buys Seafood Shack, Cortez Village property

Canadian developer Vandyk Group of Cos. purchased about 6.06 acres of waterfront land on Cortez Village just before the bridge to Bradenton Beach for $4 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
Super 8 motel owner buys Rodeway Inn

Hotelier Girish Patel of Bradenton purchased the 97-room Rodeway Inn in Sarasota for $2.4 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 24, 2014
Attorney-led holding company buys Pines Industrial Park building

A company controlled by Sarasota attorney David Bone and his wife, Carol, purchased a 24,750-square-foot warehouse for $982,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 23, 2014
Prominent Sarasota insurance firm sold

Three generations of Ludwigs have run Ludwig-Walpole Co. since 1933.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 22, 2014
Sarasota web firm changes destiny, and its name

Destiny Group moves into a new office and adds employees.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 21, 2014
Atlanta market sizzles for First Watch

Breakfast, brunch and lunch chain now has six locations in Metro Atlanta.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 20, 2014
Bradenton bank with $260M in assets sold

Martin County-based Harbor Community Bank acquires First America Bank

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 17, 2014
Icard Merrill law firm founder dies

William Merrill co-founded the firm in 1956.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 17, 2014
Found: Google says Sarasota is best in Florida

Search engine giant says businesses in the city embrace the web to create jobs.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 17, 2014
Gladstone Cos. pays $14M for Parrish farm land

An affiliate of the Gladstone Cos. purchased 825.6 acres of farm land in Eastern Manatee County for $13.77 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 17, 2014
Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. buys Whole Foods Market Centre

Daytona Beach-based Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. has purchased the 59,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market Centre property in downtown Sarasota for $19.1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 16, 2014
Sarasota insurance firm rallies for strong year

Sunz Insurance top exec says “it's been an excellent year for growth.”

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 15, 2014
Sarasota law firm Nelson Hesse to shut down

Firm's three attorneys now work at Kirk-Pinkerton in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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