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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 18, 2020
Insurance plan distributor buys Texas benefits company

Clearwater, Florida-based AmeriLife Group’s recent deal with American Benefits Exchange expands its reach to include government workers and members of the military.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 6, 2020
California firm buys Fort Myers apartments

Retreat at Vista Lake complex sells for near-record $96 million

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 25, 2018
GreenPointe Communities breaks ground on $1 billion Quay project

GreenPointe Communities begins infrastructure work on $1 billion mixed-use development that will be up to seven years in the making

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 16, 2018
Knott begins work on Lee spec industrial project

Baltimore-based Knott Realty Group has begun work on a nearly 201,000-square-foot, speculative industrial building in Fort Myers near the Southwest Florida International Airport.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 9, 2018
Starwood Capital completes Urban Centre purchase

Sale marks the largest office deal in Tampa area in three years

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2017
Blast from the past

The Business Observer has always been about the people behind the companies. Do you recognize some of these faces from our archives?

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 10, 2017
Carlyle finalizes Postcard Inn sale

A Rhode Island-based hotel investment firm has closed on the purchase of the 196-room Postcard Inn on the Beach for $47.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 16, 2018
Move on up

Sometimes, you just have to touch before you buy.

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  • July 29, 2014
Window firm PGT buys Miami company in $111M deal

Company execs say deal will strengthen firm's ability to compete nationally.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 18, 2014
Aluminum Specialties Wholesale owner buys Florikan's Sarasota building

A company led by Mike Tisdale, owner of Aluminum Specialties Wholesale Inc. and Unique Technologies, purchased a 38,220-square-foot distribution warehouse in Eastern Industrial Park for $1.28 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2014
Laramar Group, Lubert-Adler buy South Tampa's The Cove

Chicago's The Laramar Group and Philadelphia-based real estate investment company Lubert-Adler Partners LP purchased the 689-unit The Cove apartments for $53.03 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 3, 2014
R.L.R. Investments buys Sundial Beach Resort, Spa

R.L.R. Investments LLC purchased much of the real estate of the Sundial Beach Resort and Spa for $1.7 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2016
WebMD founder's firm buys Sarasota company

BioLucid was founded in 2011.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 13, 2016
Heading south for development

Canadian homebuilder Alair Homes' franchise model is foreign to Southwest Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2014
Michigan's Alidade Capital buys MiraBay Village, land

Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based real estate private equity fund Alidade Capital LLC purchased the 93,985-square-foot MiraBay Village retail center and an adjacent 9.79-acre development site for $12.25 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 28, 2014
Chris Brown, Mike Granthon buy Siesta Village property

Sarasota businessman and real estate investor Chris Brown and business partner Mike Granthon purchased several Siesta Key Village buildings including the Siesta Market for a combined $2.8 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2015
Waramaug Hospitality buys Holiday Inn Express & Suites

Private investment firm Waramaug LS Hotels LLC purchased the 123-key, 69,000-square-foot Holiday Inn Express & Suites-Tampa-USF-Busch Gardens for $8.04 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2014
Broker plants seeds with sellers

Longtime Florida agricultural land broker Ben Crosby has a challenge he hasn't seen in decades: Demand for farmland in the Sunshine State has outstripped supply.

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  • January 2, 2015
Finfrock Enterprises buys buildings, plans Fifth Avenue Hyatt House

Apopka-based Finfrock Enterprises Inc. purchased a former Joe's Crab Shack 15,173-square-foot waterfront restaurant and the nearby Docks on Fifth marina property for a combined $7.25 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
Paradise Communities buys Two Rivers Mobile Home Park

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Paradise Communities purchased the 112-lot Two Rivers Mobile Home Park and a 13-unit apartment complex for $6.3 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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