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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 22, 2006
Commercial RE Briefs

California apartment owner buys Twelve Oaks PlazaBank subsidiary buys SteeplechaseSarasota entrepreneur buys Stickney Point centerBuskirk, Summers & Gravely plan Synovus branch Barron Collier buys 4,200-acre SerenoaSand Castles Group expects headquarters start next year Land Solutions, Development Solutions buying new HQPhiladelphia real estate fund acquires five North Reo buildingsInvestment group buys, repositions Buccaneer PlazaPulte Homes breaks ground for largest new community

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • July 30, 2009
A Delicate Balance

A small software sales and consulting business has grown in spite of the recession. But its founder worries that stagnant days are coming.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2004
Beat the Competition: Claim Fame

You have a personality. So does your company. Is it good or is it bad?Lou Lasday, an independent marketing advisor who resides on Longboat Key, creates action-oriented strategic corporate initiatives for emerging companies.

  • Opinion
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 4, 2015
Ultimate convenience

Walgreens will go head-to-head with convenience stores when its Rite Aid deal goes through, furthering a trend.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2019
Are credit unions the new community banks?

Credit unions, nationally and especially in Florida, are diving into a new form of expansion: buying banks. A pair of billion-dollar area credit unions lead the way in the buy-to-grow strategy.

  • Finance
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 25, 2008
Pruning Branches

After years of hectic buying, some banks now are selling land and branches they no longer need.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 1, 2023
Boiler room co-conspirator to pay $14 million and serve 11 years

A Georgia woman was sentenced in Tampa for using bank accounts to launder money from an international boiler room scam.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 8, 2022
Boston private equity firm buys five industrial buildings in St. Pete

Taurus Investment has purchased 1.4 million square feet of industrial space in four U.S. cities, including St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2012
Ask-Gary founder buys Enterprise building

Dr. Gary Kompothecras purchased the 14,940-square-foot Enterprise Building on State Street for $1.15 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 17, 2020
Meridian sells Concourse Center property in Clearwater

Meridian Development Group has sold its Concource Center property in Clearwater aftfer 13 years of ownership, and is focusing on buying additional properties in the Tampa area.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 23, 2018
Key International buys dual-branded hotel in Clearwater

Key International Inc. has purchased a dual-branded hotel on the water in Clearwater for $71 million, where it plans a series of upgrades to the property that was completed last year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 15, 2019
Benderson Development makes second St. Armands acquisition

Benderson Development Group has purchased a St. Armands Circle building for the second time in four months. This time the company spent $6.95 million to buy the building housing the Crab & Fin seafood restaurant, Tilden Ross Jewelers and Better Homes & Ga

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 19, 2019
Benefit corporation strikes saucy deal with major grocery chain

Teen-operated Taste of Immokalee awarded space in some 200 Publix stores' 'Buy Local' shelves.

  • News
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • March 30, 2018
Data Snashot: Area cities score low on study of popular cities for millennial homebuyers

Certain U.S. cities are attracting more millennials buying homes, a LendingTree study says.

  • News
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 21, 2016
Fort Myers multifamily complex sells for $95 million

In what is believed to the largest multifamily complex sale along the Gulf Coast in at least the past decade, a 936-unit apartment community in Fort Myers sold for $95.2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 9, 2016
Gateway to consistency

The 2016 mergers and acquisitions market for community banks on the Gulf Coast has been hot for at least the past year, and the latest sale fits the pattern: Big bank seeks to increase market presence in other parts of Florida through buying a smaller bank.

  • News
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 13, 2006
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Pointe Group Management buys Northern Trust buildingCedarwood Development buys more land for MagnoliaBuilder buys historic hotel, plans condominiumsTarragon Corp. buys Naples apartments Boca Raton developer builds shopping centerBoston developer plans mixed-use project in CharlotteThonotosassa warehouseNew York-based company buys Pinellas Park condos

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 14, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

Argosy Advisors Buys Riverfront Acres on State Road 31County, state buy Estero property for preservationShopping center sold, possibly for financing purposesNonprofit buys Fort Myersnursing home from countySouth Florida developer buys 39 acres in Fort MyersCentex HOMES to build at Verandah

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 13, 2023
$6B Michigan credit union seizes strong acquisition opportunities in Florida

DFCU Financial, now in Southwest Florida and Tampa, aims to grow its presence more in the Sunshine State — even as a community banking lobbying giant sours on the acquisition strategy.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Michael Hinman |
  • March 27, 2015
Publix domain

Florida's grocery giant has cash to spend, and lots of it. It aims to turn that pile into a force of company-owned stores and centers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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