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  • October 28, 2011
Clearwater's TJM Properties buys historic Princess Martha

Clearwater-based real estate firm TJM Properties purchased the 118-unit historic Princess Martha senior apartment community for $3.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 10, 2013
THURSDAY'S CUP: Capital gains threat drives commercial sales boom

Commercial brokers couldn't get much rest this holiday season and, compared with the prior lackluster activity since the real estate market decline, most are grateful for it.

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  • February 6, 2013
Good news, pest control keeps delivering

Dean Burnside, president and CEO of pest control business, is big on motivational slogans to pump up the employees.

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  • September 12, 2011
Bennett, Stehle eyeing Manatee Commission

The seven-member Manatee County Commission might look a little more business-friendly should two local businessmen decide to enter two key races in the 2012 election and win.

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  • September 12, 2011
National firm expands Gulf Coast presence

The nation's high unemployment rate would seemingly be a disaster for the professional employer organization industry, which partially relies on the size of a client's payroll to succeed.

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  • July 2, 2011
Former Trump Tower site sells for $2.5 million

Tampa investment group Brownstone Tampa Partners LLC purchased the 1.67-acre site of the proposed Trump Tower Tampa and the adjacent 67,487-square-foot CapTrust building for $5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • September 23, 2011
Blue Rock, Konover South buy Marbrisa Apartments

A joint venture of Tampa-based Blue Rock Partners LLC and Deerfield Beach-based Konover South LLC purchased the 224-unit Marbrisa Apartments in Carrollwood for $15.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • July 16, 2011
Home price forecast: more stability

Orlando's metropolitan area ranks third out of five major housing markets forecast to see price gains for the July to December period.

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  • April 22, 2011
Tampa TV station ditches the 'W'

Tampa's WMOR-TV 32 operates less like an independent station and more like a locally based cable channel. Now it has rebranded to reflect its mission.

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  • September 19, 2013
Health care IT firm nabs new exec

Sarasota-based Voalte continues its rapid growth track.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 23, 2013
Mobile marketing firm to add 40 employees

MobileBits will also expand its Sarasota facility by 2,000 square feet.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 9, 2013
Will the real fake Outback please stand up?

An Australian retail consultant has taken exception to Outback Steakhouse's “unabashed lack” of authenticity as well as its overly attentive service.

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  • November 2, 2012
Tampa Developers building $20M Orlando hotel

The 22-acre community will contain 456 apartment homes.

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  • November 8, 2012
Startup auto business quickly revs up payroll

Sarasota entrepreneur Jesse Biter likes to dream big, though the gazelle-like growth with his latest venture even startled him a little bit.

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  • November 9, 2012
Capstone Real Estate Investments buys Sun Pointe Lake

The price equated to $40,771 per unit or $80 per square foot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • November 16, 2012
Louie Louie: Prominent restaurateurs seek success, again

Sarasota economic development officials and business leaders have long lamented the fact that downtown Sarasota doesn't have a convention center.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 19, 2012
Craig Peden

President, Rib City | Fort Myers | Restaurants

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  • August 21, 2012
Wear shorts, stay for a long time

Sarasota tourism officials responded to a pair of thumping setbacks suffered over the past year with a new, and aggressive, attack plan.

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  • June 20, 2011
Thirty-year jumbos a tougher sell?

If you're a business owner looking for a 30-year home mortgage loan of more than $417,000 — a “jumbo” — be prepared to have your documentation ready.

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  • April 2, 2012
Nostalgic chain seeks growth

Poodle skirts and jukeboxes are on the way back to the Gulf Coast with 5 & Diner, a Worcester, Mass.-based restaurant chain.

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