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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • May 18, 2023
Pair of cities in region score high in buy vs. rent game

The study shows that North Port's average rent is only $2 less than monthly mortgage rates.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2010
Eastpoint Stimuli buys Pine Island Road land

Eastpoint Stimuli LLC, a limited liability company led by Cape Coral broker investor Steve Krieg, purchased 15.8 acres on Pine Island Road west of 21st Avenue and adjacent to a BJ's Wholesale Club for $2.2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2009
Lee County buys 56 acres for preserve

Lee County government purchased 56 acres at the eastern end of the Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve next to Interstate 75 and north of Penzance Road for $1.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2010
TJM Properties buys Sunset Lake Village

TJM Properties, a Clearwater-based senior-living real estate firm, purchased the 110-bed Sunset Lake Village north of the intersection of Jacaranda Boulevard and Center Road for $6.2 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2010
Lee's Conservation 20/20 buys land from Waterman

Lee County purchased 136 acres east of Interstate 75 near Wellfield Road.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 20, 2013
Covenant Capital Group fund buys Bayridge Apartments

The price equated to $94,595 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 5, 2013
Show me the door

Entrepreneurs whose companies survived the recession are now thinking about retirement. George Ebel highlights the succession issues they face.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 19, 2020
Automotive group executive expects August, September to be toughest months for inventory

Gettel, with $1 billion in gross revenue in 2019, has 17 dealerships.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 14, 2016
On the fence

Buying a business has a dark side, an enterprising couple discovered. They found an untapped fortitude and battled through.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 4, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

First Home Builders Pays $139.4 Million for AssetsPulte buys land in Collier CountyToll Brothers buys 74 parcels in CollierLee Memorial buys land in Bonita SpringsHealthcare REIT buys assisted living facility

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2007
TECO Classic

TECO Energy, the parent company of Tampa Electric, has shed non-core assets and stepped-up employee training to return to its past successful formula.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 2, 2026
Tampa car dealer sentenced for defrauding banks, stealing $470K Rolls-Royce

The dealer's brazen scheme involved falsified loan applications and an attempt to ship the Rolls-Royce to Dubai, court documents say.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2010
Final auction tally: $45.9M

A record number of dollars was spent at an auction of foreclosed properties.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 4, 2022
Naples chef who beat Bobby Flay embraces White House visit

Asif Syed calls the White House visit "an extraordinary privilege."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 12, 2014
Reach deep into cash reserves

There's a lot someone can buy with $139 million.

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  • November 21, 2003
Fireworks Sales Halted

Stores who sell fireworks say a new Sarasota County ordinance will shut them down. Commissioners contend the sales are illegal.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 5, 2011
On the Mark

Job growth at a Gulf Coast health and beauty products firm has come fast and furious. The company set ambitious goals to keep pace.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Cover Update: Renovation Redux

The last four months of 2007 marked a busy phase of what's become a comprehensive makeover for Lakewood Ranch-based Kesselring Holding Corp.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Roger Drouin |
  • January 4, 2013
Downtown entrepreneur set to buy Main Street buildings

Sarasota businessman Jesse Biter is working on a deal to purchase 10 storefronts fronting mid-Main Street in downtown Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 5, 2011
On the Mend

Several Gulf Coast homebuilders are in rebound mode in 2011, despite the hard times permeating the industry nationwide.

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