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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 4, 2015
Gulf Coast homes included in $402M megadeal

Private equity firm buys 98 rental homes in Sarasota and Polk counties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 11, 2015
Arthrex buys Naples medical center from Barron Collier Cos.

Naples-based orthopedic medical device company Arthrex purchased the two-building, 22,226-square-foot Creekside Medical Center for $9.95 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 15, 2015
Local auto group buys Missouri dealership

Morgan Auto Group and a former Joe Machens executive acquired a Columbia, Mo., Kia auto dealership.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 25, 2015
Merlin Entertainments buys former Lake Wales Harley dealership

Merlin Entertainments Group, the European entertainment company behind Legoland Florida, purchased the real estate of a former Harley-Davidson dealership in Lake Wales for $1.4 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 2, 2015
Sarasota marina buys Siesta Key location

Bob and Suzann Soran, who own downtown Sarasota's Marina Jack, purchased the Turtle Bach Marina and Pub on Siesta Key for a total of $3.08 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 9, 2015
Developer buys Fort Myers storage, completing project

Massachusetts developer Richard Kohn purchased the Treasure Chest Storage Condominiums property just east of Interstate 75 for $3.85 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 16, 2015
Brightwork Real Estate buys ranch land for Wawa

Brightwork Real Estate Inc. purchased 2.14 acres at the intersection of State Road 70 and Lorraine Road for $1.2 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 13, 2015
Phillips Edison REIT buys Oakhurst Plaza

Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II Inc. purchased the 51,502-square-foot retail real estate of Oakhurst Plaza for $6.18 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 5, 2025
Kentucky Ford dealer buys Lee waterfront lot for $6.1M

The nearly 1-acre parcel is on the east side of Captiva.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • November 7, 2024
Lakeland auto group sells pair of Tampa car dealerships

The longtime auto dealer is down to its last two locations in Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 8, 2025
Tampa company buys office building

The five-story, 60,000-square-foot building is the city's Westshore commercial district.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 16, 2026
Investor with Illinois ties buys Fort Myers building

The industrial property near I-75 sold for $4.4 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • May 12, 2006
Coffee Talk

Nervous Nellies make an appearacneHow to buy a piece of Babcock RanchA better yearfor Suncoast CEOStill Red HotChow downDagwood's dream comes to life

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 23, 2004
Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

This week's items: Concession Developers prepares for fall start on golf courseTown & Country Developers starts Villas at Oak TrailMcClain buys land for fourth SonicsUnited Bank buys landon State Road 70

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 7, 2012
Corporate Report: December 7

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 10, 2023
Naples trailer park on the market for $25 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, another gym sells in Lutz, a retail space sells in Naples, and CRE luminary dies.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 6, 2020
Get to Know ... Jordan Wean

New director of leasing and business development for New Jersey-based Denholtz Properties will quarterback growth throughout Florida.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 28, 2014
Smokin' market

The market for commercial warehouse space could get a boost if voters legalize medicinal marijuana in November. That's just one of the reasons real estate executives are upbeat on the sector.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 27, 2007
Unreal land elevation

Many landowners from Tampa to Naples aren't lowering prices on large residential tracts, despite the sharp drop in new-home construction. Some say it's just a matter of time before they do.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 9, 2007
Supply side Growth

Raymond Building Supply rode the residential-construction boom in Southwest Florida. In the midst of the downturn, it's planning for the rebound.

  • Entrepreneurs
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