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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 28, 2021
Indiana firm buys multifamily complex for $12 million

Pedcor Cos. also bought an apartment community in Naples late last year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 26, 2020
Longtime executives buy area steel contracting firm

The new owners have already begun to expand Better Buildings.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 27, 2020
Air conditioning company donates restaurant gift cards

Dr. Kool Air Conditioning & Refrigeration was founded in 2013.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2020
Insurance company to sell building for $47.5M

HCI Group Inc., a Tampa-based property and flood insurance company, has agreed to sell its headquarters building to the state of Florida for $47.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 16, 2019
Optimal Outcomes buys Fort Myers site for possible medical office

Optimal Outcomes of St. Petersburg has acquired a 5.1-acre tract in Fort Myers for a likely medical office building. The company has done extensive work in the area for Florida Cancer Specialists.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2019
Former Michelin exec joins area investment firm

Henry Schmitt, a former senior executive with tire giant Michelin North America, has joined Tampa, Florida-based Skyway Capital Markets, a boutique investment banking firm, as managing director.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 19, 2018
Broadcast company buys radio station for $38 million

Beasley Broadcast Group agrees to purchase its seventh station in Philadelphia market.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 20, 2018
Australian fund buys Palmer Ranch apartments for $54.7 million

Australian fund teams up with New York investor to acquire the 239-unit Anson at Palmer Ranch apartments, which were completed in Sarasota County last year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 27, 2018
Australian fund buys Sarasota County apartments

Anson at Palmer Ranch apartment purchase for $54.7 million by Australian Super and Sentinel Real Estate marks one of the largest Sarasota County multifamily rental deals in the past decade

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 25, 2016
Landmark restaurant will be razed, replaced

Richard Gonzmart and the Columbia Restaurant Group bought Pattigeorge's over the summer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 28, 2016
Carter Validus continues buying spree

With a deal to acquire a California data center operated by AT&T, Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II has pushed its total 2016 purchases above $350 million, records show.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 6, 2017
Homebuilder buys land for $20M

Lakewood Ranch-based Neal Communities recently bought a swath of agricultural land two miles south of Clark Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 10, 2017
Need a car? Just Honcker

App lets you lease a car from your phone and have it delivered.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 9, 2017
Bank acquisition hits snag

Unsolicited all-cash proposals could sidetrack Flagship Community's offer.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 14, 2017
Sarasota native wins ICSC competition

Sarasota native and Wharton School of Business freshman Katherine G. Salvatori in May led a team that won an International Council of Shopping Centers' competition, the retail group says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 17, 2017
Sheriff closes on Sarasota County offices deal

Sarasota County has finalized a $15.96 million acquisition of a three-story office building that is being transformed into a new administrative headquarters for the Sheriff's Office.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2018
Auto group buys high-traffic site for $2.5M

Clearwater law firm Klein & Heuchan Inc. handled the sale of the 4.5-acre property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2013
Arizona investment group buys New Port Richey Starbucks

The price equated to $1,180 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2014
Investor Sharon Carole buys Ceviche building

A company led by Sharon Carole purchased the 12,220-square-foot former Ceviche Tapas Bar & Restaurant building in downtown Sarasota for $2.1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2014
Naples real estate investor buys Orange Pine Plaza center, Hess Express

Peter Gignac of Naples purchased the Orange Pine Plaza retail center and a 4,000-square-foot Hess Express convenience store for $4.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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