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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
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  • 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
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  • 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.

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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
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  • 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
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  • 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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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2008
Cover Update: Finding Greener Pastures in 2010

It's safe to say Kitty Green drew the short straw. Green took over as president and chief executive officer of The Bonita Bay Group early this spring just as the residential real estate market was heading into a steep decline.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2004
Mike Miller Q&A

Mike Miller discusses his Venice properties, the risks with tight propety and high prices sports and The Crow's Nest in Venice.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 4, 2019
Giant Blackstone Group of New York buying area mobile home parks

Blackstone Group of New York has spent in excess of $30 million within the region in 2019 to acquire a series of mobile home parks, many of which are waterfront properties inhabited by residents 55 years and older.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 25, 2013
Bigger funds

TerraCap Management has raised more than $125 million for two real estate investment funds. It's planning a third one next year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 14, 2014
Long-term growth

Richard Pitbladdo and a group of Fort Myers investors have been buying agencies that specialize in long-term care insurance. They're about to get much bigger.

  • Strategies
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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • April 17, 2015
Stressing distress

Brian Davison suffered through one economic crash. He says his new business is recession-proof.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 11, 2022
Developer buys Sarasota site for $9M, plans 180-unit apartment complex

The property near University Parkway is approved for and ready to be developed into a five-story apartment building.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 6, 2006
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

North Florida investment group buys apartmentsIndustrial site acquired by national company

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2009
City entity buys foreclosed townhome community

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  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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