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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2015
New Tampa apartments sell for $38.4M

Atlanta investment fund picks up complex for $132,400 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2015
Tampa investment adviser sentenced for fraud

Gignesh Movalia will have to pay more than $5 million in restitution.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2015
Parmenter buys Rocky Point Centre for $35 million

An affiliate of Miami's Parmenter Realty Partners purchased the eight-story Rocky Point Centre in Tampa for $35.1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 28, 2015
Sarasota Flats developers buy vacant Fruitville land

An affiliate of Tampa-based Forge Capital Partners purchased 2.8 acres of vacant land west of Lemon Avenue for $5.77 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2015
Beachwold Residential buys Bradenton apartments

New York City's Beachwold Residential purchased the 200-unit Solana Vista Apartments for $22 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2015
WCI Communities buys land for future Arborwood Preserve community

WCI Communities LLC purchased 236.6 acres of agricultural land for $5.49 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2015
Lennar Homes buys 65 acres west of River Bend community

Miami-based Lennar Homes purchased 65 acres south of 21st Avenue Southwest for $4.25 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 1, 2015
Auto dealer buys land for growth

Sunset Automotive Group acquires the former Sarasota Springfest site.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 16, 2025
Virginia investor buys suburban Tampa hotel for $18.8M

The Richmond REIT, which owns a hotel next door, plans to renovate the Brandon property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 31, 2025
Sarasota company buys Iowa hotel for $14.5 million

A St. Armands-based financial firm purchased a hotel in West Des Moines, Iowa.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2010
JPMorgan Chase Bank buys Lakewood Ranch bank building

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA purchased a 4,949-square-foot former LandMark Bank of Florida branch for $2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 8, 2025
Anthony Solomon: Walking away from a deal is often the smartest move

“Your job is to solve puzzle. That’s how I look at what we do. Putting the puzzle together.” –Anthony Solomon, The Ronto Group

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • May 25, 2007
The Investment Slip

The rising tide of Wall Street money is lifting Steeven Knight's business as he aims to develop a network of private yacht clubs in Florida and beyond.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 14, 2011
No Flipping

Father-and-son team Jack and Anthony Solomon are positioning their real estate development company for the recovery. Timing is everything.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 24, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at briefs from Gulf Coast businesses for free.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • February 20, 2015
Lessons learned

Kevin Hourigan learned how to build a business the hard way — by watching his first firm collapse during an IPO. That lesson helped him create a healthy $10 million company.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • August 2, 2019
Pinball wizard targets industry revival

Can pinball machine manufacturing be a growth industry?

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 16, 2023
Nearly 2,000 homes headed to 1,000-acre Plant City development

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a national supply company buys a SWFL warehouse, a Tampa restaurant expands and a Lakewood Ranch shopping center sells.

  • Florida
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 7, 2023
How to flatten your organizational hierarchy

Creating a "team of bosses" can do wonders for employee morale and help win more business.

  • Strategies
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 1, 2005
Selling the Farm

Developer plans 1,400 homes for the Mixon Fruit Farm property.

  • Entrepreneurs
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