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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 19, 2016
Lessons in real estate

Three Florida ZIP codes, including two on the Gulf Coast, made the top 10 in a study of neighborhoods with at least one good school that represents the best home buying bargains nationwide.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 19, 2024
Tampa office tower secures a $32 million refinance loan

The owners of a nine story office building on Tampa’s West Shore Boulevard have refinanced the property five years after buying it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 24, 2024
Clearwater tech company KnowBe4 buys British AI firm

KnowBe4 says the purchase of Egress will “deliver a single platform that aggregates threat intelligence."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 3, 2006
Time to Buy

One real estate trainer advises clients to buy while others are selling. He expects prices to go up and insurance costs to tumble.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 6, 2017
Location Driven

Convergent Capital Partners has evolved over the last decade, becoming more disciplined — and people-centric — in its approach to buying real estate.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2010
Tampa investors buy Columbus Plaza

Tampa investors Sam and Laurice Hachem purchased the 119,502-square-foot Columbus Plaza shopping center for $2.8 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2010
Vesta Equity buys Lakewood Ranch building

Real estate investment fund Vesta Equity in Sarasota purchased a 22,480-square-foot office building on Professional Parkway south of University Parkway for $2.88 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2010
Ohio's Maruti Properties buys airport hotel

Maruti Properties LLC, a limited liability company headed by Kaushik Patel, purchased the 90-room Comfort Inn & Suites Airport southeast of the interchange of County Highway 865 and Interstate 75 for $3.7 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2010
Alliance Group of Tampa Bay buys 131st Avenue flex building

The Alliance Group of Tampa Bay VIII LLC, headed by Armando Flores and Armando Flores III, purchased a 25,500-square-foot commercial building off Ulmerton Road for $1.18 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 8, 2010
Cott Corp. buys Cliffstar

The Tampa-based company will pay $500 million in cash to buy the New York firm.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2013
Buddy's Home Furnishings officers buy headquarters building from founder

Buddy's Home Furnishings officers buy headquarters building from founder

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2011
Raymond James buys AIB CA

The St. Petersburg bank acquired Allied Irish Bank's Canadian operations.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2011
Franklin Street leases three

The Tampa real estate firm completed three lease deals in August.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 26, 2011
HMA revenues hit $1.4 billion

The hospital operator earned $56 million in quarterly profits to start 2011.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2012
Minto buys more land

Minto Communities acquires 85 acres in Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2012
Hachems buy Bay View Plaza

Investors Sam and Laurice Hachem are veterans of the Tampa Bay market.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 10, 2018
New York firm buys a pair of Bonita Springs hotels

GDC Properties buys a pair of Hilton Hotel-flagged properties in Lee County, adding roughly 200 rooms to its portfolio .

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 14, 2018
Canadian company buys Westshore Embassy Suites hotel

Westmont Hospitality Group, a Canadian company with offices in Houston, has acquired the 243-room Embassy Suites hotel in the Westshore section of Tampa for nearly $43 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 9, 2024
SWFL company buys Punta Gorda eyecare center

With the purchase, Collins Vision will expand to three practices across the region.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 19, 2022
Fear of a recession, rising rates means a change in how housing market is seen

While the market cools down, the dynamics in the housing market shift — as does how investors and brokers approach it.

  • Strategies
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