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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
  • For Subscribers Only
  • 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
  • For Subscribers Only
  • 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

  • News
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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
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 14, 2006
Commercial RE Briefs

North Port group expands Bobcat medical centerThe Wilder Cos. buys in Punta Gorda, plans developmentFirst new hotel since Charley under construction in CharlotteWaterford condo/retail development starting in 2007Florida's west coast hoteliers buy Bradenton Budget InnJeffrey Wogoman Tile, Marble relocating down the streetFirst Florida buys building for Lee County headquartersPointe Group Management buys 100 Carillon ParkwayCincinnati investors buy Goodyear storeRLJ Development closes on Palm River Road hotels

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2007
Commercial RE Briefs

Naples' Hovland Real Estate planning Seville SquareBenderson Development sells 133 acresTwo Investment groups buy Southwest Florida parcelsChicago real estate firm buys Centro YborFirst Industrial Realty Trust plans Bright House centerLake Worth investor buys Carrollwood OaksSarasota developer buys Sarasota Grand landCity buys land for police stationFP&L buys Palmetto land for electrical substation

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 23, 2007
Commercial RE Briefs

Baycorp plans office, retail development on U.S. 60Publix Super Market under development for RuskinRam, Myrtlewood buy Madeira CenterStreetside developers buy Dean Dairy, Eiland propertyDunkin Donut franchiser buys propertyForum at Fort Myers gives city land for parkLock Up Self Storage buys Sarasota's Waterworks buildingSunVest Communities, Cay Clubs buy Colonial GrandeOrion Bank assumes former G&T land in eastern SarasotaBurton-Katzman buy Sarasota Commercial Management

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 13, 2009
Gurley Leep buys, renames Gateway Honda

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  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 30, 2009
Discovery Point franchisee buys child development center

Sarah Bowie and her parents Christopher and Jane Moore purchased a 10,121-square-foot child care center on a Post Oak Boulevard for $2.63 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2010
Kentucky investor group buys home portfolio

A Kentucky investment group purchased nine homes in a partially developed Lehigh Acres golf community for $700,000.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 8, 2010
Insignia Bank buys Cattlemen branch

Sarasota-based Insignia Bank purchased a 4,741-square-foot bank branch off Cattlemen Road for $3.52 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 5, 2010
Riverchase dermatology practice buys building

Riverchase Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery purchased a 6,612-square-foot office building for $1.07 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2010
Fort Myers race car driver buys industrial buildings

Part-time Fort Myers resident John Schaller purchased two industrial buildings near the intersection of Crystal Drive and Plantation Road for $1.08 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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