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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 20, 2020
Tampa area apartment wave continuing

Trio of high-profile transactions demonstrates market's resiliency and investor demand

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2019
Fast-growing real estate tech firm has big need for more space

PropLogix has grown revenues 1,651% since 2014, to $19.79 million last year.

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 30, 2016
Blow the doors off

Crown Roofing LLC expects another year of growth and expansion, after it surpassed $50 million in revenue in 2016. One big sign: It might buy a crane in 2017.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2017
Realtor Harry Robbins dies

The real estate executive died Dec. 6. He was 86

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 15, 2016
Branch out

The tight labor market hasn't dented the growth prospects for a pair of staffing industry veterans. A strong sense of urgency is vital to their success.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 9, 2016
A day on Broadway

In summer 2015, prominent Fort Myers public relations executive Tina McCain Matte faced a messaging problem while on vacation with her significant other and her two daughters: They were about to buy tickets to the Broadway show “Hamilton,” which uses a combination of hip-hop, rap and rhythm and blues to tell a story about American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.

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  • By Steven Benna |
  • March 4, 2016
Corporate report

India company buys firm for $460 million; Real estate brokerage names CEO; Window maker closes $100 million acquisition; Real estate society names president; IT firm recognized for service

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 26, 2014
Revved up

Men of a certain age are buying cars again, particularly ones that take them back to their youth. Several Gulf Coast businesses have capitalized on the surge.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 24, 2014
Green fees

A pair of entrepreneurial business partners wedged a seven-figure investment in a golf business — in spite of the industry slump. It was a defensive move.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 24, 2015
Let in the sunshine

Sunshine Ace Hardware eyes more acquisitions as the industry consolidates. How will it keep its family-business culture as the company grows?

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 25, 2015
2015 Top Deals: Charlotte-Lee-Collier

The Mercato retail and office complex has come to be synonymous with Naples luxury, with its bevy of upscale restaurants, European design flare and high-end merchants.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 26, 2024
Longboat Key condo sells for $21 million

The 11,000-square-foot combined waterfront unit is the largest condominium sale in Sarasota County history.

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  • November 2, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

John Hicks Co. buys Venetian at Capri IslesPaving company buys Palmetto CoxTarmac buysindustrial landPorterfield family buys Pewett CenterGeorgia developer builds Slater Road CVSPrudential Realty, CLW buy Thompson centerClearwater landlord buys Gateway ApartmentsInland Real Estate buys Citizens Insurance officeGraybar Electric buys existing warehouse building

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 22, 2023
Michigan credit union, after acquiring local bank, rebrands Tampa Bay branches

Five former Pilot Bank locations have reopened under the Lake Michigan Credit Union banner.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 29, 2023
Area company buys 70-vehicle luxury fleet in St. Louis

The Hoffmann Family of Cos. continues to grow through acquisitions.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 25, 2023
Orlando builder buys 25 acres in region, plans 242-unit community

The homebuilder Park Square Homes plans to begin site development in the next few months.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 25, 2022
Georgia developer buys Punta Gorda land with plans to build apartments

Novare Group will build a 270-unit complex on Sandhill Road in Charlotte County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 3, 2009
Trust buys South Point Commons

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 3, 2009
JCFA Ranch buys bank building

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2009
West Gulf Properties buys two landmarks

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  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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