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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • Mark Gordon
  • February 12, 2010
A Proper Way

Chris Abbott thought he would grow his one-man real estate company slow and steady when he founded it in late 2008. Eight employees and a half-dozen big contracts later, that plan is history.

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  • February 11, 2010
Pirate's Cove fun center sells piece to RaceTrac

The Pirate's Cove Family Fun Center property in Bradenton is being broken up and the first piece is going to a convenience store user.

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  • February 4, 2010
West Manatee Fire buys medical building

The West Manatee Fire & Rescue District purchased the 12,026-square-foot former Manatee Obstetrics & Gynecology medical office building on 3rd Avenue north of State Road 64 for $1.1 million.

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  • February 4, 2010
SamWest buys 2,259 acres in Duette

James Grainger's SamWes purchased two parcels, totaling 2,259 acres of grazing land, in Duette near State Road 64 for $12.22 million.

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  • February 4, 2010
Bethlehem Baptist Church building for charter school

Faced with growing space needs, Bethlehem Baptist Church in Sarasota is looking to relocate its pre-school, but its ultimate development plans will also affect more school age kids.

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  • January 29, 2010
Plumbing owner buys Sawyer Road building

Joybill 5600 LLC, a limited liability headed by Joyce Milligan, purchased a 10,000-square-foot warehouse on five acres just off Sawyer Road north of Clark Road for $900,000.

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  • January 29, 2010
Vesta Equity buys Lakewood Ranch building

Real estate investment fund Vesta Equity in Sarasota purchased a 22,480-square-foot office building on Professional Parkway south of University Parkway for $2.88 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • January 29, 2010
LWR Communities sees sharp improvement

LWR Communities reports there are only 206 homes listed for sale in Lakewood Ranch down from 805 home on the market in February of 2007.

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  • January 29, 2010
Westfield Group buys Dillard's store

Little Rock, Ark.-based Dillard's sold it's 98,156-square-foot department store in Westfield Sarasota Square Mall near Potter Park Drive to the Westfield Group for $3 million. The purchase price equated to $31 per square foot of building space.

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  • January 29, 2010
AutoWay subsidiary buys Red Hoagland land

A subsidiary of AutoNation Inc., First Team Ford of Manatee Ltd., purchased the Red Hoagland Pontiac GMC dealership on U.S. 41, south of State Road 70, for $6 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • January 21, 2010
Right Buy, Right Time

The fifth fastest growing company in the nation bought new office property on the Gulf Coast for a steal.

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  • January 21, 2010
Asolo buys building for production center

The Asolo Repertory Theatre purchased the 36,963-square-foot former Athco flex building on Tallevast Road north of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport for $1.65 million

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  • December 31, 2009
Find the Bottom

With rental rates down and vacancies up, will 2010 drag commercial property owners further underwater or to some needed stability?

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  • December 23, 2009
Palm Avenue Properties buys small retail strip

Palm Avenue Properties, a company owned by prominent Sarasota developer Dr. Mark Kauffman, purchased a 1,900-square-foot retail strip along Palm Avenue west of Main Street for $410,000.

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  • December 23, 2009
Sarasota County, North Port offer to buy Springs

Sarasota County and the city of North Port have offered to buy Warm Mineral Springs in North Port. The two municipalities proposed paying Cypress Lending Group Ltd. $6.5 million for the roughly 81-acre property.

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