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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 9, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sarasota)

Irish American buys Splash Sun & FunTaylor family buys La Venezia, selling condosQuincy Investments buys warehouse propertyWatson Publications buys building in RanchSarasota Business Center I, II expansion continues

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • June 7, 2023
Brokerage that only sells restaurants expands to Sarasota

We Sell Restaurants has a goal of expanding to 90 franchise partners by 2030.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 5, 2022
Investor pays nearly $40 million for office and retail space in Tampa

Baltimore firm buys into Grand Central at Kennedy, a prime downtown development in Channel District.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 7, 2009
Entrepreneur: 'It's time to buy land'

Prominent Lakewood Ranch-based homebuilder Pat Neal knows the real estate market is strewn with the remains of investors that were positive the residential market had hit bottom. Even so, he is willing to bet it's fallen far enough.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2010
Father-son investment team buys Tampa's Valencia Village

Hayes Enterprises Tampa LLC, a real estate entity owned by James Hayes III of West Palm Beach and his father, James Hayes II of Corpus Christi, Texas, purchased the 132-unit Valencia Village apartments between Fletcher and 131st avenues for $1.93 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2009
South Bend's Raitt Corp. buys Cross Creek Shell land

South Bend, Ind.-based real estate company Raitt Corp. purchased a 5,224-square-foot Shell service station and small car wash at the northwest corner of Cross Creek Boulevard and Morris Bridge Road/County Road 579 for $2.4 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2013
Naples Community Church buys its Seventh Avenue home

Naples Community Church Inc. purchased the 16,000-square-foot Fontana Building on Seventh Avenue for $2.25 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 8, 2011
Institutional joint venture buys Apollo Beach retail center

A joint venture of the Bryanston Real Estate Opportunity Fund II, Lubert-Alder and Chicago-based Klaf Realty LP purchased the 107,615-square-foot Shoppes at Apollo Beach for $10.18 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 4, 2019
Gargiulo buys Collier land for $63.3 million

Gargiulo Inc. has spent more than $63 million to acquire Collier County land from Collier Enterprises in one of the largest land deals in Southwest Florida in the past decade.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 11, 2014
RJS Properties, Redstone Investments buy TigerDirect.com Dale Mabry building

A joint venture of Charlotte, N.C.-based RJS Properties Inc. and Redstone Investments purchased a 24,864-square-foot retail building for $4.75 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 5, 2014
Miami investment group buys six flex/industrial buildings

BUYER: Brandon Commerce Center LLC (principal: Greg Zeifman), Miami

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2014
Kentucky's Glenwood Properties buys Tuffy Auto Center and Dairy Queen

An affiliate of Bowling Green, Ky.-based Glenwood Properties purchased a Tuffy Auto Center and Dairy Queen for $2.35 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 28, 2013
Mosaic buying two Bay-area facilities for $1.4B

The company is buying the phosphate business of CF Industries, including properties in Tampa and Plant City.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 21, 2015
How To ... Recruit an all-star employee

A LexJet employee went to hhgregg a few years ago to buy a washer and dryer.

  • Strategies
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • July 18, 2024
Sarasota County to buy 4.38 acres in Venice for conservation

The purchase price for the property on Lemon Bay Drive is $350,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • October 23, 2023
Tampa Bay business brokers: Selling a business not as easy as it sounds

High interest rates aside, demographics and other factors are leading to what looks to be a surge in private businesses being sold in the coming years. The challenge for entrepreneurs? Finding a near-perfect buyer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2007
Hiring in commercial real estate

Turns out commercial real estate is a hot and lucrative career for new MBAs. While that's good for them, it presents a challenge for commercial real estate executives, according to Stan Ross, chairman of the board of the University of Southern California's Lusk Center for Real Estate and co-author of the book, The Inside Track to Careers in Real Estate.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 30, 2012
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Rebuilding Bonita

Gary Dumas is guardedly optimistic about residential development in the Southwest Florida region.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2007
Dating Problems? Just Ask April

April Masini wants to be the next Dear Abby. One lesson she learned: Don't confuse the search engines.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • May 15, 2015
Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame

Every year we run the numbers, certain names keep topping our list of candidates. Here, we recognize past winners who continue to drive extraordinary growth.

  • Entrepreneurs
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