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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 5, 2014
U.K. firm buys 80% of Veredus

Hays plc acquired the majority of the firm to expand its U.S. presence and services.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2014
Lone Star Funds company buys Tampa/Busch Gardens Hyatt Place

A company organized by the Dallas-based private equity firm Lone Star Funds purchased the 126-room Hyatt Place Tampa/Busch Gardens for $7.04 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2015
Casto Southeast buys land for future Port Charlotte project

The real estate firm Casto purchased 12.2 acres on Veterans Boulevard west of Cochran Boulevard for $1.03 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2015
Aloia Roland & Lubell law firm buys Doc Plaza building

The Fort Myers law firm of Aloia Roland & Lubell LLP purchased the 6,112-square-foot Doc Plaza office building for $1.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2015
Real Estate investor buys Main Street building

Business owner and real estate investor Chris Brown purchased a 7,386-square-foot auto repair shop at the corner of Pine Place for $1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 23, 2015
Stock Development buys estate lots in Esplanade

Naples-based Stock Development LLC purchased 25 lots in a private cul-de-sac in the Esplanade Golf and Country Club of Naples for $6.08 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 6, 2015
Campbell RV owners buy nearby Pro Lawn property

Kevin and Wanda Campbell, owners of the RV dealership Campbell RV, purchased the 3.4-acre Pro Lawn Supply property for $1.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 13, 2015
Radco nabs Clearwater apartments

Atlanta company brings rapid expansion plans to Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
Israeli investor group buys Cedar Hollow Apartments

A Tel Aviv, Israel, investment firm led by Boaz and Osnat Harel purchased the 42-unit Cedar Hollow Apartments for $2.04 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
The Arden Group buys InterContinental Tampa Hotel

Three entities related to Philadelphia's The Arden Group Inc. purchased the 323-room InterContinental Tampa Hotel in Westshore for $40.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 27, 2015
Investor group buys dealership land to develop self storage on U.S. 41

An investment group led by Eric Howell, president of Bradenton-based Lancaster Realty Inc., purchased the 4.7-acre former Venice Chrysler dealership property for $2.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 6, 2015
South Dakota family buys Ridge Gardens apartments

Three trusts controlled by the Owen family and Gary and Linda Owen of Watertown, S.D., purchased the 48-unit Ridge Gardens apartments for $2.62 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2015
Atlanta real estate firm Carter buys one of two Biter development parcels

Sarasota property owner and entrepreneur Jesse Biter has sold one of the two parcels he purchased for a proposed downtown apartment development. Atlanta-based real estate investment, development, and advisory firm Carter purchased the 13,881-square-foot former United Way Building for $3.04 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2015
Blue Rock Partners, Konover South buy Avondale by the Lakes

A joint venture of Tampa-based Blue Rock Partners LLC and its equity partner, Konover South LLC of Deerfield Beach, purchased the 304-unit Avondale by the Lakes apartments for $20.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 3, 2015
Hatfield Development, partner buy former Riviera Southshore site

An affiliate of Atlanta-based Hatfield Development Co. and the purchase entity O'Reo Farm Two LLC of Rutledge, Ga., purchased the former Riviera Southshore development site for $4 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 22, 2015
Investors buy charter school for $6M

The Imagine School in Lakewood Ranch has about 500 students.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 13, 2025
Lakewood Ranch life sciences firm seeks to raise $9.5M through public offering

Proceeds from the public offering will help go toward the purchase of a fertility center in Wisconsin.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 8, 2025
Fort Myers office to be demolished to make way for apartments

An Indiana buyer spent nearly $9 million to buy a local office building it will bring down to build 256 rental units.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 21, 2025
Fort Myers construction firm founder retires, company now employee-owned

Fort Myers pre-construction, earthwork and infrastructure services firm EHC is transitioning to become an employee-owned company.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 21, 2025
St. Petersburg financial firm bought by Mississippi bank

Sabal Trust Co., an employee-owned financial firm, sold for an undisclosed amount.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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