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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 7, 2014
Echo Realty LP buys Westgate Plaza

The price equated to $112 per square foot.

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  • March 6, 2014
Pest control biz hires Sears auto president

The acquisition surge also continues at Arrow Environmental Services.

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  • March 7, 2014
San Francisco's Bristol Group buys Salamanca Pointe Apartments

The price equated to $67,800 per unit.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • April 11, 2014
Cleveland's CRM Cos. Inc. buys Bernwood buildings, land

Cleveland's CRM Cos. Inc. purchased the Bernwood portfolio covering nine commercial buildings and 72 acres of vacant land near Old 41 Road for $20 million.

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  • April 25, 2014
Loja Real Estate LLC buys Tampa Trader Joe's

Loja Real Estate LLC, a subsidiary of the California real estate investment management firm Loja Group LLC, purchased a 12,318-square-foot building housing Trader Joe's for $8.18 million.

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  • September 26, 2014
Centennial Holding Co. buys Citrus Falls

Atlanta-based Centennial Holding Co. LLC purchased the 273-unit Citrus Falls Apartments for $35.25 million.

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  • November 7, 2014
Investors, Australian trust buy Whitfield Industrial building

An investment group, led by Aran Dunlop, owner of Fort Myers-based Dunlop Capital LLC, purchased the 30,000-square-foot Luber Building for $950,000.

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  • November 14, 2014
Colterra Capital Corp. buys Ranch Lake Plaza

Montreal-based Colterra Capital Corp. purchased the 85,565-square-foot Ranch Lake Plaza for $11.6 million.

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  • July 17, 2015
Bank shines on region, acquires two branches

Plant City-based Sunshine Bank continues its strategy to grow on the Gulf Coast.

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  • December 12, 2014
Wood Partners buys land for Alta Terra Bella apartments

Marietta, Ga.-based Wood Partners LLC purchased 19 acres in Land O'Lakes for $4.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • January 23, 2015
Tulsa private equity firm buys Lake Osprey Plaza

Private equity firm GBR Properties Inc. purchased the 32,600-square-foot Lake Osprey Plaza retail strip center for $3.68 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 3, 2015
U.S. Tent Rental doubling space

The Sarasota firm purchased the former Berry Plastics building and 16.85 acres of vacant land for $2.45 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • March 27, 2025
Report: Cape Coral tops list of buyer's markets in nation

Inventory is driving prices down in two markets along the Gulf Coast, according to a report based on Zillow data.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • March 10, 2025
Meet the Smiths: Fort Myers law firm adds partners to official name

Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice, Purtz, Smith & Smith handles personal injury cases.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 6, 2023
Developer pays $7.5M for Sarasota lots, plans mixed-use community

PTM Partners plans to build a major mixed-use project on the property near Payne Park.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 12, 2024
Fort Myers flight training firm buys school outside Atlanta

Paragon Flight Training entered the Peach State last year, with a college partnership.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 24, 2025
Port Charlotte boat dealer to acquire Longboat Key marina

Ingman Marine plans to purchase Cannons Marina.

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  • August 13, 2004
Finding Green in Green

WCI Communities Inc., Florida's largest master-planned community developer, plans a major expansion in the Sarasota-Manatee market.

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  • October 5, 2007
WALSH: REVIEW & COMMENT

This is always true: States that cut taxes and have low taxes always do better economically.

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  • July 25, 2008
Coffee Talk

+ Dupe the media!Rake in profits!Someone finally figured out how to make money on the stock of WCI Communities, a stock that has fallen from the $20 range into $1 territory.+ Student housingin growing demandNot all of real estate has slowed to a crawl.+ Battle heats up oversoutheast Lee CountyAn epic legal battle is looking more certain with the resignation of a well-respected development consultant from a committee formed to examine land uses in southeast Lee County.+ Hot hogs focusof shocking studyTampa's Stinger Systems Inc. had a problem. It needed to prove the cardiac safety of its key product, the Stinger S-200 electro-stun gun, but it's hard to find human volunteers willing to endure the repeated shocks, close study and eventual surgery required.+ New C12 groupin Fort MyersC12, a nationwide group of organizations for Christian chief executive officers, has added a new franchise in Fort Myers. + Flagler Westshore purchaseexpensive, development delayedCoral Gables-based Flagler Development Group appears to be waging a big bet on its new Westshore property.+ Fight to widenPine Island RoadBuilders in Cape Coral plan to redouble their efforts to widen the busy Pine Island Road corridor despite the governor's veto.+ Not your parents'flea marketYou may have thought flea markets were a thing of the past, but a newly built one in Collier County takes the concept to a whole new level.

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