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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • February 25, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

Candy Swick buys Main Street officeAmSouth Bank buys Grand Pavilion landCasto buys North River Shopping CenterCorvus International acquires two Riviera Dunes piecesRealco Florida buys part of Main StreetDF2 Racing comes out of retirementSandcastles of Sarasota buys Alley CatsPrestige Builders buys Camden at Palmer RanchLancer Group plans Tamiami condos

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 2, 2012
County seeks damage reports

Sarasota officials call on businesses to detail Tropical Storm Debby damage.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • March 20, 2015
Full swing

Commercial and residential building activity is on the rise in one Charlotte city, with more growth projected.

  • Industries
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • January 8, 2026
Three-story St. Armands redevelopment plan faces FEMA 50% obstacle

Shore might be required to shore up flood resiliency as it pursues plans to return to St. Armands Circle.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 26, 2010
Tampa investors buy Hickory Pointe Apartments

An anonymous group of Tampa investors purchased Hickory Pointe LLC from Intervest Bank, a deal that allowed the group to acquire the 160-unit Hickory Pointe Apartments complex for $3.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 18, 2013
Retirement community to build 50 new homes

Shell Point plans to build luxury single-family homes and villas.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 7, 2011
FINRA fines JHS subsidiary

JHS Capital Advisors — formerly Pointe Capital — was fined $300,000.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 24, 2015
Parmenter buys Rocky Point Centre for $35 million

An affiliate of Miami's Parmenter Realty Partners purchased the eight-story Rocky Point Centre in Tampa for $35.1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 6, 2006
Still Going Strong

Bankers have a growing list of worries these days. Nonetheless, Florida has been and is expected to remain one of the fastest-growing banking markets.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 29, 2022
Flight cancellations, airport updates from Hurricane Ian at TPA, PIE, SRQ, RSW, PGD

Forecast to approach west central Florida on Wednesday, Hurricane Ian is impacting travel across the region.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2003
Insider Buyout

Uniroyal Technology Corp.'s chairman led a group that bought the coated-fabrics division for $17.39 million, about $12.6 million less than the Sarasota company was asking for the division prior to bankruptcy.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 18, 2008
Gulf Coast Week

Ybor meters coming out: To encourage more visitors and business in Ybor City, Tampa has started to pull out parking meters on the streets of the historic district.New redevelopment manager: Robert McDonaugh, who has worked in real estate development for the port of TampaClearwater streetscape: With work on the Cleveland Street streetscape complete, Clearwater officials' next step in reigniting the city's downtown will be an $11 million boat slips project.Scaled back trend grows: Sarasota developer Billy Springer is contemplating another do-over of his latest housing proposal, following a growing trend in the county: The scaled-back project.Buyers for Murdock Village: An 870-acre undeveloped swath of land in Port Charlotte owned by Charlotte County has drawn interest from several Gulf Coast developersMetro Parkway widened: State and local transportation officials announced a portion of Metro Parkway in Fort Myers will be widened to six lanes from its current two lanes.Lee school tax stalls: An effort to lower taxes on new construction that benefit schools will have to wait until the state legislative session is over, Lee County commissioners have decided.

  • Finance
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • July 24, 2015
Soup to nuts

The rebound in hospitality statewide has produced lots of winners. One of those companies has a strategy to keep the vibe going.

  • Industries
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  • By Jay Brady |
  • July 2, 2010
Government Digest: July 2 - July 8

A look at governmental action from around the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Matt Walsh |
  • September 19, 2014
Review and Comment: Alternative to more Medicaid

Two weeks ago in this space, we presented counter-arguments to the politicians and others who say Florida should take billions of borrowed federal tax dollars to expand the state's Medicaid health system to uninsured Floridians.This week, we're focusing on an alternative.

  • Opinion
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 23, 2009
Big Dreams

An empty, publicly owned lot on prime real estate in downtown Sarasota is in play — again. An ambitious developer hopes to succeed where so many others have failed.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2012
Tampa's Pointe sells for $47M

Parkway Properties bought the Rocky Pointe Island waterfront office property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • August 12, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa)

Deal of the Week: Ballast Point Pays $61 Million for RentalsTroubled rental property bought for $12.5 millionOrlando's Capital Partners targets Tampa for growthBoston investor buys 396 apartments for $19 million

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 17, 2005
Coffee Talk (Tampa)

Fifth Third is fourth...: ...In terms of deposits among banks doing business in Michigan, and local bank analyst Richard X. Bove says that's bound to catch up with Fifth Third Bancorp.Rock on: Speaking of cultural creatives, the Tampa Bay Technology Forum is tuning up for its fourth annual Tampa Bay Tech Jam.This ain't L.A.: Creative Tampa Bay, a 2-year-old group promoting tolerance as a means to grow the local economy, has gotten another reminder that it has a lot of work to do.It's who you know: Relationships go a long way in the banking and real estate industries, and JMC Communities, one of the Tampa Bay area's top buildings of luxury condominiums, proves that's true.Paris for president: It looks like Clinton Paris did such a good job as president of the George Edgecomb Bar Association this past year he was re-elected to second term.Rolex goes after counterfeiters: Rolex Watch USA Inc. has sued two Pinellas County residents, accusing them of selling fake Rolex watches on the Internet.Less farmland: Agricultural acreage in Hillsborough County has dwindled in the past decade, but farming still creates 20,122 jobs locally and annual sales of $667 million, officials say.

  • News
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • November 14, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Lee/Collier)

Lennar pays $55 million for land to build 782 homesD'Jamoos Group buys, sells land in Bonita SpringsOpus South plans shopping center in Lee CountyNaples developer plans housing off C.R. 951School board buys 19 acres in Fort MyersBoca Raton builder plans townhomes in Fort Myers

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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