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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 16, 2009
Special 40 under 40: The Right Mix

Patricia Entsminger, 39 • Belinda Holmes, 37 Jennifer Glassmoyer, 36 Chris Chiaro, 32Ben Jones, 26 • Kerkering Barberio

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 6, 2019
Return to Seller

Parkway Property Investors has teamed with Swiss-based Partners Group to buy a collection of Westshore and downtown Tampa office buildings — some of which Parkway had owned previously.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 7, 2024
Sarasota restaurant space on the market for $2.2 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Chilean manufacturer buys land to build a $25 million plant in Lee County, a bank branch sells in Tampa, and a developer lists the Sarasota shopping center it opened last year.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2004
Airport Subsidy

Comments not all fair, balancedBy Fredrick J. Piccolo and GCBR's respone to his criticism.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 26, 2017
Chic Chico's

Chico's aims to bolster margins without weakening its brand. With massive shifts in how people buy clothes, it's a substantial quest.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2007
Coffee Talk

Insurers to governor: What promises?: Seriously, Gov. Crist can't be surprised that homeowner insurance rates didn't drop as far as he and lawmakers predicted, can he?Challenges linger for Gevity: Lakewood Ranch-based Gevity is still struggling to execute its transformation from a professional employee organization driven largely by workers' compensation insurance to becoming a full-service human resource provider for small and mid-sized businesses.Analyst pessimistic on Tech Data: Though he has increased his target price on Tech Data shares, Zacks Equity Research senior retail industry analyst Rob Plaza is keeping his sell rating for the Clearwater-based technology distributor.New headquarters for WCI?: Is WCI Communities relocating?Speculation in Lehigh Acres: Dennis Black, the Port Charlotte appraiser who shined the light on speculative home buying in North Port, has his sights set on Lehigh Acres next.Do you have 1 million square feet?: Commercial real estate brokers at Cushman & Wakefield have identified nine companies scouting sites in Florida that could each handle 1 million square feet of space.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 6, 2025
Fort Myers land company shutters citrus production, cuts 170 jobs

Alico Inc. is closing its citrus division after more than a decade of declines due to storms and greening.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 7, 2023
Brokerage that only sells restaurants expands to Sarasota

We Sell Restaurants has a goal of expanding to 90 franchise partners by 2030.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 5, 2022
Investor pays nearly $40 million for office and retail space in Tampa

Baltimore firm buys into Grand Central at Kennedy, a prime downtown development in Channel District.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 29, 2022
Arizona company pays nearly $500 million for Florida properties

Cove Communities expands holdings in Florida buying golf course and four 55-plus communities.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2009
Entrepreneur: 'It's time to buy land'

Prominent Lakewood Ranch-based homebuilder Pat Neal knows the real estate market is strewn with the remains of investors that were positive the residential market had hit bottom. Even so, he is willing to bet it's fallen far enough.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2010
Iowans buy land for Rosarno condo

Mullock Creek II LLC, a limited liability company run by two Iowa construction executives — Jeffry Henning and Bernard Baker — purchased 32.3 acres of land off U.S. 41 adjacent to the Shadow Wood Preserve Golf and Country Club for $2.27 million

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2010
Condo Capital buys, resells 53 units

Denver-based condominium turn-around company Condo Capital Solutions has purchased the 53 remaining units in the 124-unit, two-building Bel Mare Condominiums at Riviera Dunes for $6.4 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2009
Kalu Watanabe, others buy Ashton Pointe land

Royal Swazi Ashton LLC, an investment group of Kalu Watanabe and several other Florida financial partners, purchased the 15.38-acre Ashton Pointe planned community on Fielding Lane north of Clark Road and west of Interstate 75 for $526,800.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2009
Residential Management Inc. buys Fisherman's Landing

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Residential Management Inc. purchased the 256-unit Fisherman's Landing apartments just north of State Road 582 from Aimco for $14.95 million. The purchase price equated to $53,398 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2010
Father-son investment team buys Tampa's Valencia Village

Hayes Enterprises Tampa LLC, a real estate entity owned by James Hayes III of West Palm Beach and his father, James Hayes II of Corpus Christi, Texas, purchased the 132-unit Valencia Village apartments between Fletcher and 131st avenues for $1.93 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2009
South Bend's Raitt Corp. buys Cross Creek Shell land

South Bend, Ind.-based real estate company Raitt Corp. purchased a 5,224-square-foot Shell service station and small car wash at the northwest corner of Cross Creek Boulevard and Morris Bridge Road/County Road 579 for $2.4 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 17, 2013
Sarasota investor Biter buys two Main Street buildings

The price equated to $228 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2013
Naples Community Church buys its Seventh Avenue home

Naples Community Church Inc. purchased the 16,000-square-foot Fontana Building on Seventh Avenue for $2.25 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 19, 2013
Freedom Boat Club buys marina for new corporate headquarters

enice-based Freedom Boat Club LLC purchased the Tarpon Center Marina for $1.31 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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