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Broker Seidel and wife purchase 41 retail center

Sarasota Realtor Barry Seidel and his wife, Leslye, purchased the 13,250-square-foot retail strip center on U.S. 41 for $770,000.

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Tampa-based American Water Chemicals Inc. purchased a 40,800-square-foot distribution center on Corporate Center Lane for $1.55 million.

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Sarasota residential investor buys Parrot Beach Cottages

Sarasota investor Brad Stephenson purchased the two-story Parrot Beach Cottages on Siesta Key for $570,000. The price equated to $142,500 per unit.

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Moore resigns Swiftmud post

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