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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • March 25, 2010
Inland American REIT buys Sarasota Pavilion

Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, the purchasing arm of Oak Brook, Ill.-based The Inland Real Estate Group of Cos. Inc., purchased the 324,985-square-foot Sarasota Pavilion retail center at the intersection of U.S. 41 and Stickney Point Road for $44.67 million.

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  • March 25, 2010
Myakka 110 LLC buys vacant land

Myakka 110 LLC purchased 110 acres of wilderness land at the southern end of Carlton Road near Murphy Road for $746,900.

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  • March 25, 2010
Port Dolphin Energy signs with Port

The Manatee County Port Authority has approved a long-term $30 million agreement with Port Dolphin Energy LLC for it to lease 35 acres at the port and additional property for its pipeline.

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  • March 18, 2010
Circle K Stores buys Clark Road Exxon station

Circle K Stores Inc. purchased a 4,520-square-foot Exxon convenience store on Clark Road east of Honore Avenue from Davie-based One Corp. for $2.69 million.

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  • March 18, 2010
CJ contractors build warehouse rail line

Mulberry-based CJ Bridges Rail Road Contractors has started construction on a new half-mile rail spur at Port Manatee Commerce Center, connecting the industrial warehouse complex near Port Manatee to CSX Transportation rail lines.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 11, 2010
Group buys Potter Park office buildings

Palmer Ranch Executive Office Center LLC, a real estate entity led by Stephen Anderson of the Sarasota-based general contractor Anderson & Ellis Inc., purchased two office buildings, totaling 15,987 square feet, on Potter Park Drive north of Central Sarasota Parkway for $800,000.

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  • March 11, 2010
Motel operators buy U.S. 41 motel

Karl Gerhard, Roger Herber and Karl Vivienne purchased the 28-room Warm Mineral Springs Motel on U.S. 41 for $350,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Mark Gordon
  • March 11, 2010
Dual Roles

Robert Lincoln despises Hometown Democracy and is a trusted backer of developers and their legal rights throughout the Gulf Coast. But in one huge local project, he's the man fighting developers.

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  • March 4, 2010
Joneses buy Capri Inn, plan rehab, rebranding

Don and Elena Jones of Sarasota purchased the 10-unit Capri Inn at The Beach motel on Siesta Key east of Midnight Pass Road from a The Bank of Commerce subsidiary for $995,000.

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  • March 4, 2010
Urfer opens dealership, plans building on U.S. 301

Jack Urfer is opening a dealership for super-sized vehicles.

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  • February 25, 2010
Florida Living Options files Hawthorne site plan

Assisted-living facility owner and operator Florida Living Options has filed a site plan to develop its Hawthorne Manor skilled nursing facility on the five acres at the southeast corner of DeSoto Road and Honore Avenue in Sarasota.

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  • February 25, 2010
Sarasota Memorial looks at Brownfield site

Officials with Sarasota Memorial Health Care System are exchanging information with the city of Sarasota over the future of a 13-acre parcel on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way between U.S. 301 and Mango Avenue.

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  • 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.

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  • 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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  • February 18, 2010
Venice Christian Schoo plans three-phase expansion

Venice Christian School has filed a site plan for the first of a three-phase expansion project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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