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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 22, 2017
Brookwood buys Southwest Florida portfolio

Brookwood Financial Partners LLC, a Beverly, Mass.-based private equity firm with a total capitalization of $2.4 billion, has purchased a portfolio of more than a dozen office buildings in Fort Myers and Bonita Springs.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2014
GL Homes buys 550-acre piece of Naples' TwinEagles development

The price equated to $63,636 per acre based on the rough acreage.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 27, 2025
Hillsborough townhouse community sold for $18 million

Berkadia has arranged an acquisition loan for a Miami real estate investment firm buying a build-to-rent community in Seffner.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 16, 2024
Gym chain shuttering Fort Myers, Cape Coral locations, cutting 108 jobs

The New York Sports Club announced it would close its local gyms in September.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 17, 2012
Mirasol at Coconut Point sells for $5.5 million

A Miami-based real estate investment and management firm purchased most of the Mirasol at Coconut Point in Bonita Springs for $5.5 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 27, 2020
Delinquent taxpayers cost country more than $380 billion.

In Florida, real estate brokers lead the way on unpaid taxes.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2011
Ballast Point promotes Rice

A St. Petersburg firm with $200 million in investments has a new principal.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 20, 2018
New York firm commits to provide equity for planned 53-story Tampa tower

New York financier GPB Capital commits to provide equity to Riverwalk Place, a planned 53-story mixed-use tower from Feldman Equities and Two Roads Development in downtown Tampa

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 15, 2020
Popular restaurant reopens — without some theatrics

Vergina Restaurant has been closed since April.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2014
Realco Capital Partners buys College Court, Campus Club

Realco Capital Partners LLC has entered the University of South Florida student housing market. The Stamford, Conn.-based investment and development firm purchased the 92-unit College Court for $11.8 million and the 64-unit Campus Club for $10.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • February 3, 2026
California hedge fund makes $1.1B offer to buy MarineMax

The Donerail Group is offering to buy the Clearwater retailer and marina operator for $35 a share.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 28, 2023
2023 in deals: Big apartment sales, big Publix spending, big farms hit market

Despite worries about macro challenges, commercial real estate remained strong across Florida's Gulf Coast in 2023.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 22, 2016
Pair of airports power up

Airports in Tampa and Fort Myers score high in J.D. Power and Associates rankings.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2018
Developer to build homes, give away Teslas

Hunters Point Resort and Marina will include 86 homes and 62 lodge-style properties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 8, 2005
How to Become a 'Benchmark' Firm

Start with the customer 'experience.' By: Lou Lasday

  • Opinion
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2004
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: An '05 Christmas present?Setting the record straight

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 1, 2009
A Righteous Path

One Gulf Coast firm has found its recession-era salvation: It's harnessing a portfolio of church-based clients.

  • Strategies
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  • By Alicia Ceccarelli |
  • August 11, 2017
Food Dudes

Restaurant weeks nationwide promote discounted dining during slow periods, but they're not a guaranteed success. Here's how two Naples foodies make a year out of a week.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2007
Same dance, New Tune

Bay City Plywood and Cabinets is rebranding itself to emphasize its all-wood cabinets, but it is retaining its offbeat side, including those commercials.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 6, 2017
Retirement community launches renovation project

R.D. Johnson Construction Inc. will renovate communal areas at Shell Point Retirement Community.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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