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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 14, 2014
Sure thing

Longtime insurance executive Tony Papa senses good times in the Gulf Coast economy. He's backed up his belief with his wallet.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 7, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Jay Caplin | investor, Miami

Jay Caplin and Gavin Campbell formed Steelbridge Capital in 2008 to take advantage of what they believed were recovering office markets with distressed and undervalued assets in Florida and Illinois.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 21, 2015
Sweeping up Sweetbay

The grocery chain's sale leaves behind lots of vacancies, and lots of challenges in how to fill them.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
Drafting champions

Many recruiting lessons learned in building a winning sports team can assist winning business teams as well.

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  • By Jennifer Fowler |
  • June 13, 2025
Hurricane Preparedness Plans: Is Your Business Ready for a Visit from Jim Cantore?

Businesses should be aware - before a storm - of what each of its insurance policies cover, applicable deductibles, and requirements to successfully make a claim.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 16, 2024
Business owners can visit mobile assistance centers post-Milton

Business owners can get in-person help navigating state and federal loan programs to help with disaster relief from Hurricane Milton.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 29, 2023
50-acre, $41.5 million affordable housing community coming to Collier County

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Port Charlotte resort hires top food staff, an expanding fast food chain is looking for space, and a Tampa hotel sells.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2010
Starwood Land Ventures buys 5,000-lots, models

Lakewood Ranch-based residential real estate investment firm Starwood Land Ventures purchased 5,449 residential lots and 36 model homes in Florida from TOUSA Inc. for $81 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2010
British company buys Clockwork

Centrica pays $183 million in cash for the Sarasota-based home services business.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 15, 2013
Miami investor group buys University Commercial Center

The price equated to $92 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2011
Kitson & Partners buys Tuscany Reserve

Palm Beach Gardens-based Kitson & Partners purchased the 450-acre Tuscany Reserve golf course community from Addax Bank for $31 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2021
Investors acquire waterfront neighborhood for $6.35 million

Partnership looks to change the model in a sought-after location.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2021
Best and final offers for county admin building could be in before end of the month

Sarasota County negotiating with potential developers interested in county administration building

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 29, 2019
Aventura firm buys Edison Mall land from mall owner

Washington Prime Group, the owner of the Edison Mall in Fort Myers, has sold the land around and underneath the 1.04 million-square-foot retail center.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 14, 2019
Generational achievement for family business patriarch

The Columbia Restaurant Group’s fourth-generation caretaker, Richard Gonzmart, recently crossed off one of the biggest item’s on his career to-do list: buying the building that houses the Tampa, Florida-based company’s Sarasota Columbia Restaurant.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 2, 2018
Oak Street to partner with Generation Income

Generation Income Properties Inc., the nascent Tampa-based real estate investment trust that specializes in acquiring net-lease properties, has picked up a potentially powerful financial partner as it prepares for listing later this year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 7, 2025
Tampa Bay logistics firm buys company in deal long in the works

Riverview's BlueGrace says its purchase of Pinellas-based FreightCenter "strengthens the logistics ecosystem."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • April 6, 2024
Study: Gen Z in Tampa Bay will pay $23K more for rent than millennials

The young Tampa bay crowd can expect more in rental costs by the time they hit the age of 30.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 29, 2024
Naples-based Hoffmann wins auction to buy famed Oberweis Dairy

The Hoffmann Family of Cos. says it was the winner in a bankruptcy auction for the Illinois dairy company.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 14, 2025
Sarasota family office acquires two Ohio companies

Nickolas Asset Management has acquired OGO and Medal Technologies in North Baltimore, Ohio.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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