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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 8, 2011
Small gems

RGM Capital may be small, but it has outperformed stock benchmarks over the long term. Money managers Robert Moses and Edward Calkins stick to what they know.

  • Industries
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 3, 2012
Homegrown Equity

Private equity firms are scouting for commercial real estate deals all over Florida, counting on the eventual rebound. TerraCap has a unique combination of local knowledge and Wall Street insight.

  • Strategies
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 30, 2018
Smooth operator: Franchisee works the system to great success

U.S. Army veteran Emily Harrington has been a Tropical Smoothie Café franchisee for just a couple of years. She already owns five locations in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area and recently signed on to run eight more, in Pasco County.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 9, 2025
Sarasota County pays $1.3 million to protect Venice land

In the week's top commercial real estate news, developers buys Wimauma land to build 196 townhouses, a Sarasota theater is being upgrading, and a day care chain is expanding in Southwest Florida.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 6, 2025
Lee County pays $10.5 million to conserve 132 acres

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Fort Myers land sold to medical provider, Brandon gets Scandinavia furniture retailer's first Florida store, and a much-anticipated Sarasota project officially starts.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 3, 2025
Prominent Sarasota corporate HQ up for sale

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Naples high-end shopping center gets an upgrade, a Tampa condo complex to be "repositioned" as rental apartments, and Manatee buys a historic farm.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 23, 2025
Developer buys key parcel for $675 million Tampa project

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a celebrity-run real estate agency opens in Sarasota, a Naples apartment community sells, and a Manatee industrial center lands a new tenant.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 28, 2025
Clearwater insurtech company expands with new facility

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a downtown Fort Myers office building sells, a Tampa dentist buys a new office, and a Bradenton rental community starts its final phase.

  • Florida
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 7, 2006
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

California investors' group buys Wyndham WestshoreTampa partnership buys former Eckerd headquartersFormer ranch land slated for residential development

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 30, 2009
Off the Vine

The economy's nosedive began just as some entrepreneurs bought a Gulf Coast family business. They are still hanging on a year later.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 6, 2013
Sandwiches in Paradise

Chip and Katie Beeman own two popular downtown Sarasota eateries. The couple's mantra, built on making subs in the Northwest, is consistency sells.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 9, 2012
Condo construction is back

One intrepid developer has started construction of new condos in Cape Coral, one of the hardest-hit areas of the country during the real estate collapse.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 21, 2012
Gold Standard

A long time ago, the dollar's value was tied to that of gold. One coin dealer in Fort Myers is contemplating lending money that way.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2012
Universal Growth

A Gulf Coast window firm hopes a new headquarters and larger showroom will yield oversized results. The shift is the culmination of several smaller growth moves.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 1, 2012
Brokers start stockpiling optimism

After nine quarters of negative absorption, increases in transactions and price stability seem to herald a mending industrial market.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 14, 2021
Home Builders Institute buys related trade group

Deal for Future Builders of America provides an opportunity for nationwide expansion, Home Builders Institute says.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 13, 2020
TerraCap embarks on office buying spree

Deals in Denver, Orlando and Plano, Texas, totaling more than $85 million close within a one-month period for TerraCap Management.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 27, 2020
Bridge Investment buys Tampa Commons offices

Bridge Office, a Bridge Investment affiliate based in Atlanta, plans roughly $4 million in improvements to the 13-story Westshore office building.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 15, 2021
Equus Capital buys Inspira apartments

304-unit luxury complex Inspira was completed three years ago in Naples by upscale residential builder Stock Development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 14, 2020
Top cookie entrepreneur combines hard work, friendliness to become sales success story

The area’s top Girl Scout Cookie seller in 2019 was Catelyn Holcomb.

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