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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 10, 2006
Real Estate Briefs

Crossgate, EndVision buy into mixed-use projectVengroff, partners buy Gardenwood ApartmentsInvestor buys farm land, expects to flipBoca Raton homebuilder buys land for 900 homes in EsteroNaples company buys Fort Myers motelFamily trust invests in Fort Myers warehouses

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 17, 2012
Fancy Plumage

Mechanical ingenuity, craftsmanship and knowledge of customers have been the keys to success for SA Feather Company.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 11, 2019
Hot (and cool) industry attracts private equity cash

The home services industry, behind a demand surge and solid cash flow, has attracted something else besides customers.

  • Industries
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 18, 2022
Tampa automotive group buys local Chevrolet and Chrysler Jeep stores

The Morgan Automotive Group, one of the largest in the country, buys two local dealerships for undisclosed amount.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 28, 2013
Entrepreneur Biter buys United Way building for apartment project

The price equated to $202 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2021
Midwest credit union continues promised expansion into Florida

Lake Michigan Credit Union buys Pilot Bank helping keep CEO plan to make Florida its "second home."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 8, 2021
Transit agency to spend $80M on fleet of all-electric buses

The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority in St. Petersburg, Florida, plans to buy 60 buses, at a cost of $80 million, over the next five years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 24, 2017
Different acquisition approach

Sometimes, things are worth more than you think.

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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 31, 2024
West Coast shipping giant offers $450M to buy Tampa company

A freight company with $5 billion in sales is in the market to possibly buy a publicly traded Tampa shipping company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 15, 2018
Sarasota Memorial board votes to buy former newspaper office $11.83 million

Sarasota Memorial Hospital's board votes Oct. 15 to buy the former Herald-Tribune Media Group at 1741 Main St. in downtown Sarasota.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 30, 2015
Perfect timing

Steelbridge Capital sold its Tampa Bay office holdings for double-digit returns shortly before the market peaked. Now it's back.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 2, 2016
Niche dweller

Don Paight, who led Fort Myers' redevelopment efforts for the past three decades, has joined commercial real estate brokerage firm CRE Consultants.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 6, 2023
Company’s $35M acquisition comes as it cuts workforce by 14%

Clearwater digital advertiser Digital Media Solutions announced a major acquisition on the same day it cut jobs and turned down a bid to go private.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 24, 2022
Local developer borrows $51M to buy 42-acre Pinellas shopping center

Belleair Development Group has bought a U.S. 19 shopping center and plans to add retail and housing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2010
RaceTrac Petroleum buys Cranberry site

Atlanta-based gas-station company RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. purchased 2.14 acres at the intersection of State Road 45 and Cranberry Boulevard for $1.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 18, 2010
Aldi buys Lone Star for Bradenton store

Batavia, Ill.-based discount grocer Aldi USA purchased a 10,076-square-foot former Lone Star Steakhouse restaurant building southwest of Cortez Road and 47th Street for $1.88 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2010
Massachusetts group buys Summer Palms

Newton, Mass.-based developer Robbins Property Associates LLC purchased the 340-unit, four-story Summer Palms Apartments for $16.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2010
Westfield Group buys Dillard's store

Little Rock, Ark.-based Dillard's sold it's 98,156-square-foot department store in Westfield Sarasota Square Mall near Potter Park Drive to the Westfield Group for $3 million. The purchase price equated to $31 per square foot of building space.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2010
Plumbing owner buys Sawyer Road building

Joybill 5600 LLC, a limited liability headed by Joyce Milligan, purchased a 10,000-square-foot warehouse on five acres just off Sawyer Road north of Clark Road for $900,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2009
Georgia company buys Consulate Health Care

FC-THC Leasing III LLC, a limited liability company related to Alpharetta, Ga.-based Formation Capital, purchased the 43,430-square-foot Consulate Health Care of North Fort Myers retirement community at the southeast corner of Pondella Road and 25th Avenue for $10.1 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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