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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2010
Valrico Express Oil owner buys Lithia Pinecrest buildings

Scott and Malinda Webster, owners of the Express Oil Change & Service Center in Valrico, have purchased the business's two buildings on Lithia Pinecrest Road north of Bloomingdale Avenue for $1.12 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2010
Lee County buys land near Six Mile Cypress

Lee County purchased 467 acres of conservation land in Buckingham for $16.26 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2010
Canadian firm buys WilsonMiller

This isn't Stantec's first attempt to buy Naples-based engineering firm WilsonMiller.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2010
Kolter Land Partners buys part of Sandoval

Kolter Land Partners purchased 63 lots in Sandoval for $1.4 million. The price equated to $22,222 per lot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2011
Bradenton Urgent Care buys Manatee Avenue office

Bradenton Urgent Care purchased its 4,000-square-foot building on Manatee Avenue for $700,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2011
Lee County a generous buyer

We can't wait to read the third installment of Lee County Clerk of Court Charlie Green's audit of his county's government land-buying programs.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 13, 2011
Tax cap rebounds Florida boat industry

Wealthy Gulf Coast individuals have plenty to gripe about with all the tax uncertainty emanating from Washington. But the success of the St. Petersburg Power & Sailboat Show indicates they're not worried.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2013
Port agrees to buy Channelside plaza for $5.75 million

Irish Bank Resolution Corp. agrees to sell Channelside Bay Plaza.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 8, 2012
Goodwill buys headquarters

Goodwill Industries buys a 126,000-square-foot building in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 19, 2014
MagneGas buying gas-distribution company

MagneGas reached a letter of intent to buy a Tampa Bay-area company that sells industrial gases and has agreed to buy a new headquarters building.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 26, 2014
Tanzanian developer Rofail buys Monterey Village Motel

Tanzanian developer Elia Rofail purchased the 15-unit Monterey Village Motel and a single-family home for $1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2007
Big SPAC Attack

A Gulf Coast asset manager fancies an investment model popular overseas for quickly growing a business. His plan is backed by more than $100 million.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 31, 2009
Investors put big buying on hold

While short sale smaller residential have been gaining steadily, larger, big-ticket land sales have virtually dried up in Southwest Florida.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 12, 2017
Northland buys targeted Pasco apartment

Northland Investment Co.'s $52.87 million deal for a 14-building, 311-unit apartment complex in Land O'Lakes, on its surface, appears to be just the latest deal in a Gulf Coast multifamily buying spree that shows no signs of abating.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2015
'A unique spot'

Investor and entrepreneur Mario Garcia Jr., CEO and managing partner of Tampa-based Validus Group Partners, recently came across a rather unusual buying opportunity: To get back a unit his firm sold last year for $80 million.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 1, 2024
Naples firm buys Michigan ferry company, increasing fleet to 46 ships

The family-owned conglomerate’s Michigan holdings now include more than 100 properties as well as docks, ships and newspapers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 25, 2010
9041 College Parkway buys Burger King

The limited liability entity 9041 College Parkway LLC purchased a 4,365-square-foot Burger King restaurant building at the southwest corner of College Parkway and South Pointe Boulevard for $900,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2010
Motel operators buy U.S. 41 motel

Karl Gerhard, Roger Herber and Karl Vivienne purchased the 28-room Warm Mineral Springs Motel on U.S. 41 for $350,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 26, 2010
Walter Investment buys Marix

Walter partnered with a New York firm to complete the transaction.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 30, 2010
Gerdau going private

Gerdau Ameristeel will be taken private by its Brazilian parent company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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