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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2010
Debartolo buys Bay Breeze Villas

Tampa-based Debartolo Development purchased the 180-unit Bay Breeze Villas for $13.58 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 14, 2010
Two hope for good returns in Europe

Two Gulf Coast attorneys might be on to something in the latest potential cure for the region's economic blues: Think Eastern Europe.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 3, 2013
Liberty Group changes strategy

The hotelier is moving from debit acquisitions to a new investment fund to meet a changing hospitality market.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 4, 2011
National RV Communities buys Saralake Estates

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based National Home Communities LLC/National RV Communities LLC purchased the land housing the 202-site Saralake Estates manufactured-home community for $10.55 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 5, 2013
Real estate investment group buys Courtyards of South Tampa

The price equated to $57,042 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 10, 2011
Stimulus to believe in returns

Local philanthropist and entrepreneur Harvey Vengroff has two distinct strategies to stimulate the economy.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 6, 2013
PGT Industries buys land for additional glass plant

The price equated to $137,215 per acre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 19, 2012
NFL star buys into Tampa firm

Baltimore Ravens All-Pro Ray Rice is now a part owner of Tampa-based VertiMax.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 10, 2012
Private Equity Group LLC buying 5,000 acres from Alico

The price equated to $1,928 per acre.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 7, 2012
Developer Hardy, investor buy Estates at Entrada

Paul Hardy and an investor purchased the 292.91-acre Estates at Entrada property in Cape Coral for $3.35 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2012
Big or little, the green is on the green

When the price of golf rises by $1, the average golfer plays 1.8% fewer rounds, according to a 2001 study.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2012
Firm fits Buffett's template

Sun Hydraulics scores in investor's guide to buying a stock.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 27, 2021
Downtown tower brings $149 million, highest sale price in a decade

Houston-based real estate trust buys Icon Central in downtown St. Petersburg, sale amongst the biggest in Tampa Bay in the past 10 years

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 28, 2021
Texas company pays $50 million for two area nursing homes

Dallas-based Lone Star Funds buys assisted living facilities in Fort Myers and North Port recently foreclosed on

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 1, 2019
Web-based business provide Florida a big boost

Buying and selling stuff and services over the internet is obviously a behemoth industry — but just how big is it in Florida? Pretty big.

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  • March 29, 2019
Report: Floridians feel good about national economy

The UF Survey Research Center’s latest Consumer Sentiment report reveals a big boost in consumer sentiment.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 27, 2022
Developer buys nearly 2 acres in Tampa to build student housing complex

Commercial Street Partners’ land next to University of Tampa comes approved for eight-story building with 150 units.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 16, 2016
Luxury on the move

Need any more evidence that downtown Sarasota has pent up demand for luxury condos? Consider this: A local developer plans to buy out all 14 owners in a bayfront complex and pay to knock it down — just to build a new one.

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  • August 1, 2014
Sarasota's McKay Law Firm buys former Pat Cook Construction building

Sarasota-based McKay Law Firm PA purchased the 6,600-square-foot former Pat Cook Construction building for $990,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2014
Shapiro Insurance Group buys Barton Insurance buildings

An affiliate of Jacksonville-based Shapiro Insurance Group purchased an 8,778-square-foot multitenant office building on Cape Coral Parkway for $1.07 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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