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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 25, 2009
Kompo Family Co. LLC buys bank headquarters land

Kompo Family Co. LLC, a limited liability company headed by Sarasota chiropractor Dr. Gary Kompothecras, purchased the 1.7 acres housing the corporate headquarters of Community Bank of Manatee for $1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 19, 2012
Pest firm buys $800K peer

Arrow Environmental Services now surpasses $11 million in annual sales.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2015
Shipwreck company raises cash

Endurance Exploration Group Inc. is ready to start salvage operations of its first found shipwreck, the SS Connaught. But first, the Clearwater company needs to salvage something even more powerful: cash.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • August 31, 2012
Web Democracy

The high cost of website development will fall as companies like Snehta make it more affordable for small businesses.

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  • By Alex Walsh |
  • October 10, 2024
Nate Walcker, 38

40 Under 40 winner Nate Walcker is the CEO of Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2015
San Diego apartment management firm buys Tampa complex

Fairfield Residential picks up Arbor Walk Apartments near Busch Gardens from DeBartolo Development LLC for $96,500 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • October 25, 2018
Ryan Vaught, 27

Ryan Vaught, 27, is an executive managing director for Colliers International and a member of the Business Observer 40 Under 40 Class of 2018.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 29, 2024
Naples-based Hoffmann wins auction to buy famed Oberweis Dairy

The Hoffmann Family of Cos. says it was the winner in a bankruptcy auction for the Illinois dairy company.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2015
Building big

Highland Homes seized an opportunity, born in the recession, to expand beyond Polk County.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 11, 2022
Chicago investor buys second Sarasota complex — total investment in area tops $287 million

Real estate giant LaSalle Investment Management buys a second Sarasota apartment complex in as many months.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2021
New Jersey developers buy 120,000 square feet in warehouse space near airport for more than $11 million

The Sudler Cos. buy two warehouses on Benjamin Road, near Tampa airport, for $11.25 million

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 28, 2024
Naples' Hoffmann buys Schnarr's Hardware's suburban St. Louis property

The family run conglomerate says Schnarr’s Hardware will continue to operate on the site.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 31, 2012
Yardwaste recycling company buys 73-acre Whitfield site

The price equated to $28,767 per acre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2014
Ventas buys land near The Carlisle Naples

BUYER: Ventas Naples LLC (principals: T. Richard Riney, Richard Schweinhart and Brian Wood), Louisville, Ky.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 6, 2016
Massachusetts investor buys apartment complex for $70.5M

The Yacht Club at Heritage Harbour is a 392-unit apartment complex in east Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 3, 2011
Clerk of Court forecasts better times ahead

Few people have been as close to the foreclosure crisis as Charlie Green, Lee County's Clerk of Court.

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  • May 5, 2020
Builder buys land for $2.8M, plans new townhome community

Boca Raton-based Sobel Co. has several other Southwest Florida projects.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2008
A Taxing Business

Partners Joe Cox and James Nici have built aboutique law firm in Naples specializing in estate planning.Business is brisk thanks to Congress' twisted laws.

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  • May 11, 2020
Best Buy founder’s group backs area health care organizations

The SWFL Stronger Together campaign supports Lee Health and NCH.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 17, 2016
Best Buy founder pumps capital into wealth firm

Meristem Family Wealth hopes to grow Naples office with capital infusion.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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