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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 12, 2004
Free Press (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Gulf Coast Builders Exchange announces fund-raiserLandMark Bank opens Sunnyside Village branchBob Stone Construction buys Architectural SurfacesSarasota Memorial offers corporate wellness program

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2008
Pet Publicity

Pet Publicity

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 31, 2009
COVER UPDATE: Quiet Consulting

The focus on big-headache public sector environmental work has helped Tampa Contracting Services stay successful. But going forward, Dan Harte will need to do more — and plans to do it quietly.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 7, 2010
Hoffman Development selling new condos fast

The Review declared that WCI founder Al Hoffman Jr. was back in the real estate game in 2008. Since then, his new firm's results are harkening back to the good old days

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2011
Investment Capital buys Whitney Beach Plaza

Boston-based Juliani Kenney Investment Capital LLC purchased the 35,000-square-foot Whitney Beach Plaza for $3.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2010
Real estate trust buys two Benderson centers

Inland Real Estate Acquisitions Inc. purchased two retail shopping centers in Fort Myers from Benderson Development Co. for a minimum of $38.4 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2010
Business owner grew large coaching

H.L. 'Penny' Robinson turned a love of sports, be it fishing or tennis, into a $60 million nationwide sporting goods enterprise that got its start in Bradenton.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2010
Tax-free county bonds trigger battle

One of the largest developers and commercial landlords on the Gulf Coast has sued a rising business star in the region.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 1, 2013
Burgers on a mission

Christin Chiles, the granddaughter of former Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles, and daughter of prominent local restaurateur Ed Chiles, has Burma burgers on her brain.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2011
Gulf Coast banking consolidates

Stronger Gulf Coast banks are slowly buying up troubled competitors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2013
Resident Techie: More fun the day before

Sometimes it's fun not to know. Call it the pre-Christmas euphoria. You may see the wrapped box that's just about the right size for socks, but maybe it's keys to a new car. The anticipation hangs thick in the air.

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  • By Rod Thomson |
  • May 18, 2012
Innovating Ancient Industry

The recession tested many a business model, but the shift FreightCenter made to weather the downturn opened a new avenue of sales.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2012
Naples office sets sale record

A Minneapolis firm pays $49.9 million for Fifth Third Center.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 12, 2012
Minute Gym

You only need 20 minutes of exercise a week. Really. Jorgen Albrechtsen is so confident, he won't make you sign a contract.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2012
Discovery Management Group buys land for assisted-living facility

The price equated to $180,556 per acre.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2012
The Pointe sells for $186 per square foot

Jackson, Miss.-based Parkway Properties Inc. purchased the 252,000-square-foot The Pointe office building in Westshore for $46.89 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 1, 2012
Access to the Acre

Vegetable grower and packer Lipman is diversifying its operations by acquiring companies in other parts of the country.

  • Strategies
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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 Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 1, 2021
SIx area Walgreens sold in portfolio sale

Miami’s Limestone Management and Orion Real Estate Group team up to acquire 27 Walgreens pharmacies, mostly in Florida, for $133 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 14, 2021
Italian company outbids competitor, buys local manufacturer for $4.8 billion

New Port Richey's Welbilt Inc. purchased by by Milan-based Ali Holding in all-cash deal valued at $4.8 billion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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