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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 1, 2024
Hoffmann's Midwest buying spree continues with cruise company purchase

The Naples business conglomerate has bought a Michigan cruise business with two ships.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 9, 2024
Clearwater's MarineMax buys UK manufacturer's US distributor

Clearwater-based boat and yacht dealer MarineMax has reached a deal to buy a Pompano Beach company for an undisclosed amount.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 20, 2025
Florida rises in national rankings for electric vehicle sales

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation report found Florida has the second-biggest market share gain in buying EVs.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2009
Local stock picker gets rave reviews

A stock analyst for St. Petersburg-based investment bank Raymond James has the rare distinction of being named a top stock picker in two sectors by the Wall Street Journal.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2010
SamWest buys 2,259 acres in Duette

James Grainger's SamWes purchased two parcels, totaling 2,259 acres of grazing land, in Duette near State Road 64 for $12.22 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2010
PLC Investors buy Colonial Blvd. site

PLC Investors, a limited liability company headed by Patrick Logue of Fort Myers, purchased a two-story 8,694-square-foot office building on Colonial Boulevard west of Cleveland Avenue for $1.1 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2010
Lee County DOT buys Enterprise building

Lee County government purchased a 24,451-square-foot industrial manufacturing building on Enterprise Parkway north of Luckett Road and bordering Interstate 75 for $1.34 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2010
AutoWay subsidiary buys Red Hoagland land

A subsidiary of AutoNation Inc., First Team Ford of Manatee Ltd., purchased the Red Hoagland Pontiac GMC dealership on U.S. 41, south of State Road 70, for $6 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2010
Medical user buys office building

A Bonita Springs-based limited liability company led by Daniel Thompson purchased a 15,258-square-foot office building on Colonial Boulevard west of Interstate 75 for $3.1 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2010
Sam's Club buys land in Riverview Bell Plaza

Bentonville, Ark.-based Sam's Club purchased 13.27 acres in the proposed Riverview Bell Plaza area from DeBartolo Development for $5.2 million. The purchase price equated to $391,861 per acre.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2010
St. Pete business owners buy apartments

CPN Holdings LLC, a purchase entity headed by the Nguyen family of St. Petersburg, purchased the 40-unit The Ambassador apartment complex on 50th Avenue east of Seventh Street for $1.37 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2009
Petray Property buys building

Raymond Perla's Petray Property Investments LLC purchased a 12,922-square-foot office and retail building on Colonial Boulevard near Sommerset Drive for $875,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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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 |
  • December 11, 2009
R.E. Michel Co. Inc. buys Lime Avenue building

R.E. Michel Co. Inc., a Maryland-based wholesale heating, air and refrigeration equipment distributor, purchased a 16,500-square-foot building on Lime Avenue south of Mango Avenue for $1.32 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2010
D'Amato Properties buys College Plaza

D'Amato Properties LLC purchased the 9,100-square-foot College Plaza in Bradenton for $1.09 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 16, 2010
Largo's USAmeriBank buys former Colonial branch

USAmeriBank purchased a 3,336-square-foot bank branch for $1.1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2011
Running Great Automotive owners buy auto center

Glen and Barbara Yudman purchased a 19,843-square-foot automotive strip center on Nebraska for $925,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 22, 2011
Iberiabank buys BOFL trust unit

Bank of Florida Corp. sold its wealth management unit, Florida Trust Co.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2011
Residents go from New Hampshire to Florida

A moving company president says his customers are moving from New Hampshire to Florida like never before.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2013
Sarasota IT firm buys $6M business

Axiologix, with a specialty in cloud-computing services, goes west for growth.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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