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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2012
Tech Data buys out partner

Firm acquires 50% stake in European joint venture for $156M.

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  • August 24, 2012
Maryland HVAC distributor buys Naples building

The price equated to $55 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 24, 2017
HC Government buying 11th building for $14.5 million

A newly formed, Sarasota-based real estate investment trust is acquiring a Norfolk, Va., office building fully occupied by the U.S. Social Security Administration.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • April 14, 2017
Marketing agency hires media director

Amy Court will work on media buys for Spiro & Associates.

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  • June 13, 2016
Real estate firm buys into new market

The firm had more than $1 billion in sales volume in 2015.

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  • April 14, 2015
WCI insiders selling stock

Two large shareholders of Bonita Springs-based developer WCI Communities plan to sell shares in a secondary offering.

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  • July 1, 2005
Affordable and Profitable

Harvey Vengroff and partners are addressing the affordable housing shortage through private enterprise. Everybody wins - investors, VWA employees and the neighborhoods.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 1, 2012
Move the Furniture

Larry Norris says customers are buying more furniture today than they did during the downturn, in some cases furnishing entire homes instead of just one room.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 19, 2010
High Risk

Ralph Gross craved his own airline industry business for more than 10 years. His ultimate choice was all high-risk, high-reward.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 31, 2017
Golf Guy

After a decade of searching, a PGA pro finally finds a golf course to buy. Now comes the hard part.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 16, 2017
Advice Achievers

The rare occurrence of a credit union acquiring a bank sparked a new business unit idea. Soon, these deals might not be so unusual.

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  • October 16, 2009
In-Rel Management buys Plaza 66 center

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  • December 11, 2009
Lee County conservation program buys 293 acres

Lee County government purchased 293 acres of vacant land and wetlands north of Liberty Youth Ranch for $4.44 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • August 18, 2010
Water's Edge owner sees altruism

Maxwell Drever didn't buy the Water's Edge condominium tower in Clearwater simply because it was a bargain.

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  • June 11, 2011
Halstatt Partnership, Codina-Carr buys Traditions in Grey Oaks

The developer of Grey Oaks Country Club, Naples-based Halstatt Partnership, has joined with Coral Gables-based residential developer The Codina-Carr Co. to buy Traditions, the Golf Residences at Grey Oaks.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • March 19, 2012
Iberia buys Florida Gulf Bank

IberiaBank says it has agreed to buy the local bank for about $44 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • July 27, 2021
Big Jim makes big play with North Port lots

Self storage operator buys 12 acres in growing Sarasota County city for $4.5 million for possible future development.

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  • July 2, 2019
Private equity firms buy prominent area-based restaurant brand

Nord Bay Capital of Tampa buys Hooters of America from Miami-based H.I.G. Capital.

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  • August 25, 2017
Investor catches big fish

Naples money man Bruce Sherman is said to be putting up $400 million in deal to buy Miami Marlins.

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  • February 16, 2018
DataSnapshot: What's in a name?

Apparently, more than we could imagine.

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