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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 4, 2019
Classy moves: Tutoring, test prep company on the rise

Best in Class, the Seattle-based supplemental education company, could see substantial franchisee growth in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area in 2019.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 20, 2019
MetLife to stay at Highwoods Preserve

MetLife has renewed its 176,000-square-foot lease in Highwoods Properties' Highwoods Preserve project in North Tampa, one of the largest office commitments in the region since early 2018.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 22, 2018
Manufacturing forecast for Sunshine State: gloomy

a new national study from the Ball State Center for Business and Economic Research and Conexus Indiana on manufacturing and logistics. The Sunshine State scored a D in manufacturing industry health, one of nine states to barely pass.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 6, 2018
Donut shop, while revenues surge, bites into expansion

A year after opening, Tampa, Florida-based Little Donut House has greatly expanded its menu and is looking to open a second location in the Tampa Bay region thanks to revenues that have shot up by 63%, year over year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2022
$92 million project in Sarasota goes vertical

The first phase of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens project will include a plant research center and herbarium.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 21, 2016
Fort Myers multifamily complex sells for $95 million

In what is believed to the largest multifamily complex sale along the Gulf Coast in at least the past decade, a 936-unit apartment community in Fort Myers sold for $95.2 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2016
Famous waterfront restaurant property sold for $5M

The Linger Lodge & Campground had been listed for sale since 2013.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 5, 2017
Naples firm plans 563-acre Charlotte development

In the wake of its $6.5 million purchase of a 563-acre tract in Punta Gorda, Lely Development Corp. intends to start work on a project that could contain as many as 2,400 residents and hundreds of thousands of commercial square feet at completion.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 4, 2014
Benderson Development moving forward with Siesta Promenade project

Benderson Development, one of the two firms behind the mega mall planned at the University Town Center, has begun the initial pitch for a hotel and shopping center on U.S 41 near the entrance to Siesta Key.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 15, 2014
Luxury market roars back

A relic of days gone by — the multimillion-dollar spec house — has garnered more attention from Gulf Coast homebuilders.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 22, 2014
Willner Realty & Development buys Lincoln Shores apartments

Willner Realty & Development Co. purchased the real estate, furnishings and business operations of the 631-unit Lincoln Shores apartments for $53 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2014
Sherman Real Estate Fund, partners buy Arlington at Northwood

Deerfield, Ill.-based Sherman Real Estate Fund IX LLC and two of the fund's trade partners purchased the 312-unit Arlington at Northwood Apartments for $36.1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2013
James Hardie plans 100 new jobs in Plant City

The company expects the project to generate more than 100 new jobs and nearly $80 million in capital investment by 2015.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 13, 2015
Commercial real estate

Still more apartments planned; RD expands in North Fort Myers

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 18, 2015
Mercato success spawns project

The co-developer of the Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota and the upscale, golf-centered Concession community in east Manatee County has proposed a $200 million collection of upscale condominiums, retail and entertainment space and offices on a 31-acre tract near Sarasota Square Mall.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 31, 2015
Commercial real estate

Tampa office market tightens further; CineBistro opening delayed

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2015
Corporate report

Airport authority evicting Three Palms Speedway operator; Kerkering Barberio Financial Services changes name to Allegiant; Alico creates subsidiary for ownership stake in chemical firm; Doyle Wealth Management hires new chief investment officer

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2015
Westshore 500 office building purchased for $20.9 million

Atlanta-based Fairlead Commercial Real Estate and equity partner Bridge Investment Group Partners purchased the 129,728-square-foot Westshore 500 office building for $20.9 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2015
Urban Core Holdings buys Tampa Gardens Apartments

Tampa's Urban Core Holdings LLC purchased the 135-unit Tampa Gardens Apartments in West Tampa for $3.55 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2015
Polk County: Daytona developers buy Without Walls Lakeland mega church

A company led by Daytona Beach-area developers Douglas Cook and George Anderson purchased the former Carpenters Home mega-church property for $3.75 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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