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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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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 10, 2015
Sun Lake Apartments sell for $7.44 million

The private real estate investment firm Highgate Capital Group purchased the 88-unit Sun Lake Apartments for $7.44 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • August 29, 2024
Family behind The Villages buys Boca Grande estate for $21M

The sale is part of a surge in high-dollar deals in the region.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 29, 2025
Naples residential property sells for record $225 million

The three continuous beachfront properties total 15 acres in prime Collier County neighborhood.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 13, 2025
Former AstraZeneca exec takes over as CEO of $660M Fort Myers lab firm

CEO transition began in January, and the company closed an acquisition earlier this month.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • March 31, 2025
Report: 4 regional markets among top 10 nationally in real estate price drops

Tampa is third on the highest risk of price decline list from property data analytics firm Cotality.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 14, 2024
Prolific multi-brand firm buys another Midwest manufacturing business

The Hoffmann Family of Cos. in Naples has announced its second manufacturing company acquisition in the past 10 days.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 9, 2023
Tampa door giant sees future beyond inside

Tampa-based Masonite International acquired Fleetwood Aluminum Products for $285 million in cash.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 1, 2024
Family with construction firm buys interest in Sarasota soccer team

The Papanicholas family created an entity to join the Sarasota Paradise ownership.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 22, 2024
$11.25 million for Fort Myers Beach house is 82% higher than record

The beachfront house’s sale price may be a sign that a long-awaited post-Ian price jump has arrived.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 10, 2023
City uses awareness campaign to tout $140 million in grant spending

Tampa is spending a week highlighting how it has used CDGB grants to address affordable housing, among other problems.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2008
Lee/ Collier 40 under 40

A look at the best of Lee and Collier County's best and brightest under 40.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • February 19, 2021
Personal care products firm delivers refreshing approach

Raw Sugar's careful growth strategy, including a heavy emphasis on brick-and-mortar in a world ruled by e-commerce, has proven to be fruitful.

  • Strategies
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  • By Janet Leiser |
  • July 29, 2025
Developer opens SWFL lagoon-centric community to big crowds

Metro Development Group’s newest lagoon community in north Fort Myers is its fourth. Another in Parrish will open next year. Others are planned in Pasco, Hernando and Duval counties.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 17, 2024
South Florida developer buys three-parcel lot in Fort Myers for $3.5M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a great month for a SWFL firm, warehouse sales in Tampa Bay and a nonprofit gets corporate office update in Sarasota.

  • Florida
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 1, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana)

For whom the bell tolls - Louis Rukeyser: When Charles and Kim Githler want to recognize a friend, they really go all out.SAR suit dismissed: Real estate agent Lois Hekker's antitrust lawsuit against the Sarasota Association of Realtors Inc. and its 2004 board of directors has been dismissed without prejudice. Court records back online by summer?: The Committee on Privacy and Court Records issued a draft proposal on court records on the Internet with recommendations that fall mostly in favor of open-record advocates.Learning ethics in Sin City: The Sarasota County Bar Association is planning a continuing legal education trip to Las Vegas from Sept. 23-26. In Vegas, the bar plans to hold two CLE meetings: one on professionalism and one on ethics.Bar trouble: Rumors swirled for months that the Tampa office of the Florida Bar had lost several of its senior attorneys, including Tom DeBerg and Steve Whelan.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 7, 2006
Taxing Florida

Sure, the Sunshine state shuns individual income taxes. It makes up for it in other ways, though. Comparatively, businesses here carry a heavy load.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 19, 2003
22 Legal briefs/calendar (Tampa)

open in SeptemberHillsborough County Court Administrator Mike Bridenback says the new George Edgecomb Courthouse will open later this month.At a recent Hillsborough Bar Association meeting Bridenback said the new $38 million courthouse features 320,00

  • Law
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • October 7, 2016
Florida, I-4, Indys and voters' mood will tip the election

Ah, the deplorables.

  • Opinion
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 14, 2008
Fountain Fantastic

Going from $6 million in annual revenues to a projected $30 million in two years - even in this economy - can be done. Rigorous employee training is essential.

  • Entrepreneurs
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