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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • April 2, 2010
Community Bank adds capital

Community Bank of Manatee has raised another $4.7 million in capital.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 2, 2010
New Jersey investor group buys six Grand Oak Preserve condos

J-6 Properties LLC, a four-person partnership of investors from New Jersey, Philadelphia and Fort Myers, purchased six condo units in the Grande Oaks Preserve at the southwest corner of Honore Avenue and Desoto Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 2, 2010
Circle K. buys Clark Road Exxon

Convenience store chain Circle K purchased an Exxon gas station on Clark Road, just west of Gantt Road, for $2.69 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 31, 2010
Horizon loan extended

Horizon Bancorp and 1st Manatee Bank have reached new terms for the payback of a $1.1 million loan.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 31, 2010
Buy property, get iPad

Trying to take a bite out of sour loans on the books, Community Bank of Manatee is falling back on something that always sells: Apples.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 25, 2010
Gordon Food Services buys Center 41 strip

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based food distributor Gordon Food Service purchased the 26,380-square-foot 41 Center retail strip building on U.S. 41 and Orlando Avenue for $2.26 million.

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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.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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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.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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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.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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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.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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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.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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