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  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • June 11, 2025
50-acre commercial project in Lakewood Ranch fully leased

Center Point at Waterside started construction in 2019.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 22, 2025
Downtown Sarasota to get Bentley franchise in 2026

A Bentley franchise has been awarded to Dimmitt Automotive Group, which has experience selling what the company's CEO calls "reward automobiles."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • July 20, 2018
Interior designer opens business that combines design, real estate services

Interior designer Brittany Zachos, who has a resume that includes designing for the HGTV hit 'Property Brothers,' has brought her work back home to Sarasota, collaborating with family on a new venture — Zachos Realty and Design Group.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 8, 2022
Report: Size of home you can buy for $1M falls since pre-pandemic

The million-dollar homes market in Tampa has a downward trend: The amount of space per square foot in those higher-end sales is shrinking.

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  • March 25, 2010
Gordon Food Services buys Center 41 strip

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based food distributor Gordon Food Service purchased the 26,380-square-foot 41 Center retail strip building on U.S. 41 and Orlando Avenue for $2.26 million.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2011
Quality discounts stock offer

Quality Distribution will sell four million shares of stock for $9.50 each.

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  • February 4, 2011
Bradenton Herald parent sells building to pension fund

The McClatchy Co., a Sacramento, Calif.-based newspaper company, transferred the 88,398-square-foot Bradenton Herald building to the company's pension plan for $4.77 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2010
Alpha Opportunity Fund I LLC buys Pelican Professional Place

The Alpha Opportunity Fund I LLC bought the two-building Pelican Professional Place for $2.4 million. The sale was done in connection with a nonperforming loan.

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  • By Amanda Heisey |
  • February 21, 2013
Forget cookies, these girls are hungry for biz lessons

Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida (GSGCF) is at it again — cookie-selling season started Jan. 11 and deliveries are taking place now.

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  • June 6, 2011
BankAtlantic sells 19 branches

The Fort Lauderdale bank exits the Tampa Bay market to focus elsewhere.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 23, 2013
Grocer wars: Trader Joe's leads

When it comes to grocers, the hip California-based Trader Joe's is tops in customer satisfaction, followed by Publix Super Markets and Whole Food Markets.

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  • August 9, 2013
Sunset Automotive Group buys Clark Road land

The price equated to $190,311 per acre.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • November 27, 2020
Hotel offers up retail therapy for beleaguered merchants

Godfrey Hotel & Cabanas Tampa is making its 784-square-foot Chartroom East and 952-square-foot Chartroom West available on a month-to-month basis for local retailers and vendors whose operations have been hampered by the pandemic.

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  • July 8, 2020
Health advisory firm names director of business development

Kelly Roszel previously held leadership roles at publicly traded companies and startups in the San Francisco Bay area.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 2, 2022
Miami developer buys 480-acre resort in Pasco for undisclosed sum

Mast Capital bought the Saddle Brook Resort and is planning "extensive renovation."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2018
To Grow, Cut

Lakewood Ranch salon lands among tops in the nation.

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  • October 21, 2016
Developers hope tower is a sure thing

A Tampa waterfront luxury condo project recently won a big victory: it's approved for what's projected to be a 24-story tower with 71 luxury units.

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  • November 25, 2016
It's in the volume

The auto dealer who complains in negotiations that he barely makes a profit might actually be telling the truth.

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  • February 3, 2017
Proper props for property company

The somewhat mundane task of doing lien searches before buying a home or property is anything but dull at PropLogix.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2013
Manhattan Construction Group, subsidiary relocating to Westview building

The price equated to $81 per square foot.

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