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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2015
Firm buys 400-unit complex for $29.5M

Multifamily acquisition is the largest deal ever for Insula Cos.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2015
Government blesses algae fuel

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved Algenol's biofuels for use by refiners to meet renewable-fuel standards.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 6, 2015
San Antonio group buys new Fort Myers Wawa

A company led by Gil Atzmon, chairman of Zazu Metels Corp. in San Antonio, purchased an approximate 6,000-square-foot new Wawa store for $5.15 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 22, 2025
New York firm buys Lakeland apartments

The 320-unit community was 97% leased at the time of the sale.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 1, 2007
Real Estate Briefs

Big Island Excavating prepares to open Fort Myers mineClearwater's Victor Distributing planning Fort Myers officeIndianapolis investors buy Tiki on the Beach motelSpirit Finance buys Bradenton 84 LumberDermatology at Lakewood Ranch buys nearby buildingRetailer Home Depot acquires land on GulfstreamFairway Investments buys Main Street at Hampton LakesBarfield Bay Properties acquiresBrentwood Place ApartmentsNaidip buys Landrys, Carrollwood center

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By John and Billie Resnick |
  • April 5, 2023
How to avoid a major pitfall inherent in family business succession plans

Buy-Sell Agreements aren’t necessarily simple, but they are significant.

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 7, 2006
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana)

Triton, RBS to buy Gold Bank buildingKaplans, Bennett buy three downtown propertiesADESA buys local ABC auto auctionPrudential Florida WCI Realty growing in Sarasota, CharlottFamily group purchases Palmetto office buildingVertical construction begins on Summer Cove

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • December 16, 2019
Admitted workaholic heads to ‘Hilton on wheels' to recharge

Karen Mosteller has a welcome respite from the grind.

  • Executive Diversions
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • March 24, 2022
Shuffle the deck: Millennial couple cue up a new career

Josh Dulabaum and Stephanie Swain left safe, stable careers to buy a venerable shuffleboard equipment company based in Seminole, Fla., but is there enough growth potential in the market to make the move worth the risk?

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 16, 2024
Legendary Fort Myers Beach restaurant property sells for $3.65M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, an Estero Ford dealership grows its service department and an investor borrows $82 million to buy a pair of Lutz apartment communities and a local construction company buys a Sarasota warehouse and office space.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 12, 2023
Publix spends $63 million on two local shopping centers

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Florida Power & Light buys more land in Manatee, a prominent Fort Myers firm is expanding, and 3,000 cows are on the market.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 16, 2007
Customer Repo

A Sarasota auto-related business hopes to plug up its quarterly and yearly losses by buying a competitor. Big potential brings big risks.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 24, 2006
Real Estate Briefs

Sarasota Investment Co. buys Sunshine Sarasota IndustrialMapp, others, buy building, expand businessesInvestors purchase Sarasota fast-food buildingToll Brothers plans 1,000 more Florida homesGroup buys Bloomingdale Woods for condo conversionPhiladelphia group pays $39 million for complexMobile home residents buy Largo park for $60 millionHotelier buys Quality Inn in Fort Myers

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2008
Be nimble, be quick

Brad and Ryan Kugler took over the familyentertainment products liquidation business and boosted its growth through tough deals and flexible response to the market. Now they are seeking an acquisition.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

ovland, investors buy Greyhound warehouseNorth Carolina company plansFort Myers 'green' asphalt plantClarke's Quality Care buys Crestwood ManorFreedom takes overthree parcels from K2MLargo investor buys Castilian Lake ApartmentsRoth Investment Realtybuys Masonite warehouse

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 17, 2009
Pain Management

Commercial real estate deals have slowed to a crawl as everyone awaits a tidal wave of debt refinancing. What lenders do next will determine the value of office buildings, warehouses and shops on the Gulf Coast.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 30, 2021
As retail struggles to find the new normal, one mall remains strong despite the headwinds

Two decades in, Tampa's International Plaza has found a niche for itself and is thriving, as other malls consider a perilous future.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • January 28, 2005
Coffee Talk (Sara/Mana edition)

Stronger than Superman?Partnering with The Partnership Moore raises Old GloryEconomic dynamo has hefty price tag

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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • January 26, 2018
Boom-time Build

The steady stream of retirees coming to Florida, soon to be more of a gushing, requires an enhanced approach to senior living development.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • March 11, 2024
Bitcoin-mining company shares surge 30%, but firm remains below Nasdaq rule

LM Funding America, a Tampa-based bitcoin-mining company, offered a 1-for-6 reverse stock split of outstanding common stock.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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