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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 10, 2016
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Tervis has a new president. It's the third generation of leadership — usually littered with pitfalls. The company is well prepared to overcome the obstacles.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 14, 2022
Consumer trends and unwieldy buildings drag down price of mall properties

Once coveted mall properties now sell for a fraction of what was once a big ticket.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 8, 2023
DeSantis bans TikTok and the sale of agricultural land to China

The Florida governor signed bills limiting the sale of property to the Chinese government and restricting access to apps like TikTok in schools and government buildings.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 9, 2022
Newly formed home services firm buys local HVAC company

St. Petersburg-based Southeastern Home Services has acquired Mario’s Air Conditioning & Heating.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 9, 2022
Feds crack down on health care firm for ‘sham’ insurance plans

Tampa-based Benefytt Technologies has been ordered to pay out $100 million in refunds to customers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 14, 2022
World Series runner-up buys Clearwater shopping center

An affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies has bought a 13-acre center next to its spring training home for less than what it pays its right fielder.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 16, 2022
St. Pete bank acquires fintech platform

Ecountabl, now owned by Climate First Bank, indexes thousands of companies’ environment, social and governance performance.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2003
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HILLSBOROUGH, PINELLAS AND PASCO COUNTIES

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2009
Small investment brings validation dividends

To Roger Branton, the recent $50,000 investment in his $16 million mobile phone technology company is worth infinitely more than the extra cash, at least in terms of what the company is really going after: Validation.

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  • March 25, 2010
Foundation Realty Advisors buy, manage Hampton Oaks

A one-year-old real-estate investment firm, Foundation Realty Advisors, and an Alabama private investor purchased the six-building Hampton Oaks Business Park off U.S. 301 and north of Interstate 4 for $18.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2010
Investment firm buys Estero Santorini site

TerraCap Partners, a real estate firm with offices in New York City and Cape Coral, purchased 29.6 acres for $2.88 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2010
Israeli firm buys vacant lots, units in Seven Oaks

Gamla-Cedron Group purchased 62 townhomes and 34 finished vacant lots at Lakeside Townhomes at Seven Oaks for $4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2011
Key Biscayne investors buy St. Armands buildings

Key Biscayne real estate investor Max Puyanic, his son David Puyanic and several silent investors bought two St. Armands Circle buildings.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 26, 2013
Chicago's Beidler family buys three North Port commercial buildings

The price equated to $25 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2013
West Coast Mattress of Venice plans future move, expansion

The price equated to $65 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 1, 2013
Ronto Group Inc., partners buy Waterford Landing property

The price equated to $37,890 per acre.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 21, 2013
Skymark Real Estate Investments buys 88 lots in Summer Chase

The price equated to $16,500 per lot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • March 29, 2013
Cigar City brews just for Florida

There's no shortage of things to do in Tampa, the former “cigar capital of the world” with Latin cultural influences, tourism, transient residents and sun. But instead of strip clubs or the aquarium, why not try something exclusive to Florida and made in Tampa?

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2011
Miami contractors buy, developing Bella Casa

A Miami company purchased 26 completed units and another 120 partially developed units in the Bella Casa condominium development for $2.4 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 3, 2011
Fort Myers Beach entrepreneur buys, developing Zoomers

An undisclosed Fort Myers Beach businessman purchased the 18.05-acre Zoomers Family Amusement Park at a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. auction for $1.36 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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