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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2008
Athlete's advocate

Tampa business attorney Ken Turkel helps young athletes win endorsement contracts.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2008
TO WATCH (Lee-Collier): Arthur Allen

In the early days, Arthur Allen built his business on his house. In 1981, Allen sold his first software company for $18 million. He retired to Naples at age 34 and bought an oceanfront house on Gulf Shore Boulevard.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 12, 2010
Supply the Demand

Leslie Hindman owns and manages the largest auction house in the Midwest. So what is she doing opening an office in Naples?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • April 4, 2014
A wider lens

Paradise Coast TV is expanding its hotel-room programming to visitors in Sarasota by building on its success in the Naples area.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 16, 2023
ZooTampa's $125M in projects sets up 2024 as the year of more

ZooTampa plans manatee visiting rooms, stingray feeding areas and even human weddings among the mammals.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 2, 2022
Homebuilder buys nearly 130 lots south of Tampa

Casa Fresca will build entry-level homes on the properties in Riverview and Apollo Beach.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2009
Corporate Report: Florida Shores agrees to buy Shamrock Bank

Naples-based Florida Shores Bancorp signed an agreement to acquire controlling interest in Shamrock Bank of Florida, subject to regulatory and shareholder approval and expected to close in the first quarter.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2010
Wisconsin investors buy Kozy Mobile Home park

Kozy MHP LLC, a limited liability entity affiliated with a West Bend, Wis., investment group, purchased the 95-lot Kozy Mobile Home Park on Cortez Road east of 34th Street West for $2.1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2009
Florida investors buy Bridgeview Apartments

Bridgeview Apartments LLC, an investment group affiliated with the Davie-based real estate firm JB Howell, purchased the 348-unit Bridgeview Apartments near Hanley Road for $20.8 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2010
Debartolo buys Bay Breeze Villas

Tampa-based Debartolo Development purchased the 180-unit Bay Breeze Villas for $13.58 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2011
Stimulus to believe in returns

Local philanthropist and entrepreneur Harvey Vengroff has two distinct strategies to stimulate the economy.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2012
Private Equity Group LLC buying 5,000 acres from Alico

The price equated to $1,928 per acre.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2012
Developer Hardy, investor buy Estates at Entrada

Paul Hardy and an investor purchased the 292.91-acre Estates at Entrada property in Cape Coral for $3.35 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2012
Big or little, the green is on the green

When the price of golf rises by $1, the average golfer plays 1.8% fewer rounds, according to a 2001 study.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2012
Firm fits Buffett's template

Sun Hydraulics scores in investor's guide to buying a stock.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 27, 2021
Downtown tower brings $149 million, highest sale price in a decade

Houston-based real estate trust buys Icon Central in downtown St. Petersburg, sale amongst the biggest in Tampa Bay in the past 10 years

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2014
Shapiro Insurance Group buys Barton Insurance buildings

An affiliate of Jacksonville-based Shapiro Insurance Group purchased an 8,778-square-foot multitenant office building on Cape Coral Parkway for $1.07 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2013
Tax overhaul stirs controversy

A federal attempt to eliminate or significantly reduce the amount of advertising that can be deducted for a business expense has generated some aggressive resistance, both on the Gulf Coast and nationwide.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2015
Barron Collier Cos., FoxRock buy Newgate Center for $8.75 million

The Barron Collier Cos. and Boston-based FoxRock Properties purchased the three-building Newgate Center office development for $18.75 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 21, 2024
Brandon shopping center sold as part of $137 million deal

Lake Brandon Village is one of three properties bought by Winter Park-based CTO Realty Growth in deal that expands its footprint into Tampa and Charlotte.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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