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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 6, 2025
Nashville investor buys Fort Myers medical property

Montecito Medical Real Estate, a Nashville investment firm specializing in health care properties, has bought an office building in Fort Myers’ Hope Preserve.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 17, 2026
Investor buys St. Petersburg apartments

Ram Realty Advisors, an investor in Midtown, bought the 327-unit Beacon 430.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2010
Asset Quest buys home, townhome lots

Cape Coral-based Asset Quest LLC purchased 30 developed single family lots and 242 partially developed townhome lots in the Coral Lakes subdivision for $550,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2011
LaBelle's Alico Inc. buys Colonial Bank headquarters

LaBelle-based Alico Inc. purchased the 27,000-square-foot former Colonial Bank headquarters for $2.32 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 31, 2013
Canada's Palm Holdings buys Davis Boulevard Fairfield Inn

The price equated to $50,000 per room.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 12, 2011
Cole REIT buys part of Forum at Fort Myers

Phoenix-based Cole Credit Property Trust III (Cole REIT III) purchased 185,799 square feet of retail space in The Forum at Fort Myers for $34.25 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 15, 2012
Back from the dead

Our friends at Metrostudy couldn't resist the Halloween analogy in their latest report on the housing market in Lee and Collier counties.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2012
Atlas, Andover partnership buys Meadow Brook Preserve

The price equated to $82,090 per unit or $90 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 24, 2012
Garrity Land Development buys Dale Mabry Palms

The Garrity Land Development Group purchased the 40-unit Dale Mabry Palms Apartments for $2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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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 |
  • June 7, 2019
Bluerock buys DeSota apartments in downtown Sarasota

Bluerock Real Estate of New York has spent $80.3 million to acquire the 180-unit DeSota apartments in downtown Sarasota at a record price per unit for the city.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2012
Sarasota investor Fox buys former U.S. 41 Concession office

Sarasota resident and clothing retailer Michael Fox purchased the 3,580-square-foot building best known as the former Concession sales office on U.S. 41 for $1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 22, 2021
Investor buys distribution center for nearly $50 million

Lexington Realty Trust has added to its statewide portfolio with a property in Plant City developed by Wharton Industrial and Red Rock Developments last year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 19, 2013
Family crowd

The Wynn family of Naples is preparing to pass on the grocery and hardware businesses to the third generation, which now consists of 17 people. They plan to do it in an orderly way.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 29, 2012
Magic helps raise millions

Sherri Morrison earned a silver award for the special event campaign category from the American Advertising Federation's National Addy awards.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2016
Kyle Taylor, 29

CEO, The Penny Hoarder, Taylor Media

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 2, 2006
For the Love of Boats

The Eggebrecht family's passion for fishing and boating sparked the idea for a custom boat building business that focuses on Panga-style crafts known for their fuel efficiency and shallow draft.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 15, 2013
A Better Vista

A Venezuelan-born couple is cornering the Hispanic media market in Southwest Florida. They started modestly.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 31, 2023
120,000-square-foot retail and commercial center planned for Babcock Ranch

Developers to pitch City Hall plans, fashion company buys Cape Coral property and more storage coming to Pasco top the week's top commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 14, 2023
North Port updates website for first time since 2010

Last year, the city's site had 2.5 million unique page views.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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