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Ideal Image bought for $175M

Steiner Leisure Ltd., a Bahamas-based firm, will pay cash to make the deal.

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Inuvo buys Vertro in stock swap

A pair of companies struggling to be profitable combine their assets.

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The group tabbed Korn/Ferry International to lead its search efforts.

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Oragenics founder retires

Jeffrey Hillman co-founded the Tampa-based company in 1996.

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Corpmark USA owner buys Gantt Ave. building

Sarasota serial entrepreneur Manuel Rebecchi purchased an 8,775-square-foot industrial warehouse building on Gantt Avenue north of Palmer Boulevard for $324,000.

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Brandon's Chadwell Supply buys Westshore Glass building

Brandon-based Chadwell Supply Inc. purchased 167,316-square-foot former Westshore Glass warehouse building on Joanne Kearney Boulevard for $5.2 million.

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Weingarten Realty Investors developing new Whole Foods Market

Weingarten Realty Investors purchased the former JCPenney Credit Processing building on 6.35 acres just west of Dale Mabry Highway for $2.75 million.

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Crosspoint Christian Church buys Grace Baptist Church building

Crosspoint Christian Church of Cape Coral Inc. purchased the 10,826-square-foot former Grace Baptist Church building on 11th Place for $800,000.

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JPMorgan Chase buys land for Palmer Ranch branch

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA purchased a parcel bordering Central Sarasota Parkway in Palmer Ranch for $1.25 million.

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California 1031 investors buy Legends Field Apartments

Brothers Jose and Damian Jimenez of Escondido, Calif., purchased the 78-unit Villas at Legends Field Apartments for $3.35 million.

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