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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2009
Did jobs actually increase or decrease?

Most published versions of Florida's latest unemployment numbers will quote 8,500 as the number of jobs “lost” from September 2009 to October 2009. However, 20,800 more individuals were working in October than in September.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 8, 2013
Port Manatee bushels big corn shipment

Latest delivery is the port's third in the last eight months from South America.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2012
Federal regulators seek to sack more bankers

Super Bowl-winning QB Jim McMahon is the latest former community bank board member targeted by federal regulators.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 31, 2017
M/I Homes targets massive south Sarasota project

M/I Homes is the latest builder to embrace the West Villages.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2012
Remembering Glen Cross

Glen Cross was the kind of man who was equally at ease negotiating a deal in a suit downtown as he was hopping into the driver's seat of a bulldozer.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 22, 2012
Outdoor Oasis

A landscape architecture firm successfully battled regulations, and the elements, for its latest project.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2022
Report: Retail sector powers past the pandemic, with gains in several areas

Discount stores are proving the power of resiliency.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2009
KAMCO Property Co. buys Manatee Woods, other units

Plano, Texas-based commercial real estate firm KAMCO Property Co. purchased the 212-unit Manatee Woods apartment complex on 4th Avenue Drive and 14 units in the nearby Serendipity condominium for $4.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 3, 2009
Domino's owner buys Del Prado building

The owners of a four-store Domino's Pizza franchise in Lee County — Nancy Drury and Scott Dennis — traded buildings with Richard Manner of Cape Coral in a move to bring one of their pizza stores directly on to Del Prado Boulevard.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2009
MK Construction buys in Taylor Business Center

Punta Gorda-based general contractor and developer MK Construction has bought out a partner for total ownership of five building pads and five condominium units in Taylor Business Center for $1.15 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2010
Osprey Avenue Properties buys Sarasota office building

A Hollywood insurance firm purchased a 12,264-square-foot office building for $1.92 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2010
RLJ Development buys hotel for $77 million

RLJ Lodging Fund III purchased the 360-suite Embassy Suites Downtown Tampa for $77 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 4, 2012
Entrepreneur seeks more valves to grow

The surfing karma Tab Hunter brought to plumbing on the Gulf Coast is so potent, he now seeks more of the good vibes.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 18, 2016
TGM continues buying frenzy

TGM Associates' acquisition of the Tuscany Apartments in Sarasota marks the second time in as many years that the 386-unit community has traded hands, property records show.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 22, 2013
Real estate investment group buys stabilized Coachman Club

The price equated to $58,681 per unit or $58.11 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2016
Real estate trust buys medical portfolio for $116M

Carter Validus seeks to broaden its healthcare real estate portfolio.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2016
Insurance division taps new CEO

Tampa-based insurance firm HCI Group invested more than $25 million earlier this year to launch its online flood insurance platform, TypTap Insurance Co.

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  • February 27, 2015
California family performs 1031, buys Clearwater's Canterbury Oaks

The Zlotolow family of Venice, Calif., purchased the 72-unit Canterbury Oaks Apartments in Clearwater for $3.75 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 2, 2026
Study: Florida among most expensive states to buy property

At nearly $700,000 per acre, it would take the average Floridian saving 30% of their salary 41.95 years to afford an acre.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 24, 2013
Tamiami Hyundai owner buys, redeveloping King Richard's site

The price equated to $448,944 per acre.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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