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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 13, 2014
Potential windfall for Chico's brass

Reports that women's retailer Chico's FAS may be sold to a private-equity firm for a premium may be good news for shareholders.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2014
Gramercy Property Trust buys Cott bottling plant

New York City-based real estate investment trust Gramercy Property Trust Inc. purchased a 176,000-square-foot production and warehouse bottling facility for $9.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2014
Retiree village earns positive note on $30M bonds

Village On The Isle, says Fitch Ratings, had a “good cash flow year in 2013."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 18, 2013
Citrus family sells Alico stake

The heirs of a longtime Florida citrus family sell their majority stake in Alico.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 1, 2013
Stability Steps

Eryk Hardwick, a Naples-based remodeling contractor, was working for an elderly client who complained about being unable to use his walker to get onto the beach.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 4, 2013
Homebuilder bolts past 700 annual sales

Neal Communities, with 712 sales on the year, is ahead of the 2012 pace.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 15, 2013
Lehigh Acres: Still a value

Bargain hunters rejoice: Two Florida towns, Lehigh Acres and Arcadia, are on Coldwell Banker's list of the top 25 most affordable real estate markets in the country.

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  • November 15, 2013
Orlando area investor buys Valrico Amscot building

The price equated to $342 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2013
Sarasota think tank partners with Georgia Tech

The Institute for the Ages will help generate research for aging-care products.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 29, 2013
Get in on the action in Jacksonville

A startup business competition partially backed financially by Shad Khan, owner of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars, seeks companies for its spring 2014 program.

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  • December 6, 2013
Investors Management Group buys Hidden Oaks Apartments

The price equated to $42,500 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 20, 2013
Discovery Senior Living buys land for Manatee County Discovery Village

The price equated to $218,637 per acre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2014
Wisconsin real estate investors buy Bayshore Road CVS building

The price equated to $395 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 23, 2016
Mortgage firm to hire 100, invest $1M in region

Chicago-based Fay Servicing LLC is a mortgage servicer that specializes in distressed and at-risk residential loans.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2016
Naples businessman found guilty in auto insurance fraud

The operator of unlicensed chiropractic clinics paid patients and staged motor vehicle accidents to defraud insurers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2016
New EDC names first president

JP DuBuque led the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. on a temporary basis for nine months.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 13, 2016
Dollar doesn't scare tourists

The stronger U.S. dollar didn't scare tourists away from Collier County last year.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 5, 2016
Builder expands into hotly competitive region

Stock Development expanded into east Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 25, 2016
Tampa metro tops state in new jobs, cost of living

More than 41,000 jobs were added in December.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 19, 2016
Wine fest not at its best

The Naples Winter Wine Festival brings together captains of industry for a three-day Bacchanalian fest that features out-of-this-world auction lots such as a Rolls-Royce Dawn.

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