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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2013
Lee homebuilding permits fall flat

Homebuilding permits in Lee County in January declined slightly from January 2012.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • May 10, 2011
Marazzi exits luxury car arena

Marazzi Nissan owner sells his stake in Audi Jaguar Land Rover Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • June 29, 2011
Colonial Center sells for $3M

Investor Mark Turnbull purchased the 49,573-square-foot retail building.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2011
Villas in Tampa sell for $3M

Built in 1973, the 78-unit property was fully renovated in 2006.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 29, 2011
Tampa's Marbella sells for $2M

The 132-unit complex went for $17.54 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2011
Lansbrook Village units sell

A Chicago firm bought 509 of the 774 units in the Palm Harbor development.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 21, 2011
Hotel to sell for $2.2 million

El Patio Hotel is the only remaining operational hotel in downtown Venice.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 12, 2017
Studio expands franchises to area

Bottle & Bottega art and wine studio plans to enter Naples market.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • January 23, 2014
Feds approve hospital deal

Federal regulators approved Community Health Systems' $7.6 billion acquisition of Health Management Associates.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • January 2, 2014
Local builder eclipses $100M in sales

Medallion Home projects more growth in 2014.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • February 16, 2016
Downtown Sarasota bank building sells for $16M

The PNC Bank building was built in 1983.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • September 14, 2023
Estate on the Gulf sells all-cash for nearly $14 million asking price

The deal is the highest in Sarasota so far this year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 17, 2025
Champs Sports looks to reinvent its store experience starting in Brandon

The chain, which is part of Foot Locker, has opened two reimagined store concepts incorporating technology and customer insights to create what it calls a new approach to reach shoppers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • July 1, 2020
Boat, RV dealers ride sales surge

Travel trepidation, coupled with shutdown of schools, camps and sports, has area boat and RV dealers riding high. Supply issues could crush the wave.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 11, 2023
Despite challenges, money pours into open-air malls

A pair of purchases shows that although lifestyle centers might not be the magic bullet that saves malls, they are worth the investment.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 27, 2023
Survey of local architects reveals tempered enthusiasm for 2023

The experts say Tampa Bay’s development-related economy is likely to see only modest growth compared to the past few years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • January 4, 2008
Against the Flow

Chris Markowski scours the investment community for scams, not sure things.

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  • January 18, 2008
Bottled Up

A Gulf Coast entrepreneur hits the bottle, with the hope of grabbing a piece of a billon dollar-plus industry.

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  • December 17, 2012
Banker seeks to get back to the life

Neil McCurry likes to tell the story of how he worked 500 days in a row when he founded People's Community Bank in Sarasota in 1999.

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  • February 25, 2011
Program the Future

Universities will be the key to attracting new technology companies to Florida. One professor at Florida Gulf Coast University is planting tech seeds at the young school.

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