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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2010
Lee's Conservation 20/20 buys land from Waterman

Lee County purchased 136 acres east of Interstate 75 near Wellfield Road.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 20, 2019
Noted family buys water sports firm, adds 55 employees to payroll

The Hoffmanns have invested about $500 million in buying numerous Southwest Florida properties the last three years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 20, 2013
Covenant Capital Group fund buys Bayridge Apartments

The price equated to $94,595 per unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2010
RFLP Mabry buys Dale Mabry Plaza

Tampa limited liability company RFLP Mabry LLC purchased the 18,348-square-foot South Dale Mabry Plaza for $4.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2010
Riteway Investments buys Seminole Avenue apartments

Celestino and Gustavo Marrero, the owners and founders of Hollywood-based insurance-focused building contractor Riteway Insurance Repair Service Inc., purchased an 11-unit apartment building north of Palm Beach Boulevard for $120,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 8, 2010
SRI protects against takeover

The Tampa firm gave shareholders rights after rejecting an unsolicited buy offer.

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  • June 11, 2010
Thomas A. Harding buys The Springs Resort

A real estate investment firm purchased the 50-room The Springs Resort for $1.3 million. The price equated to $26,000 per room.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2011
E.L. Fox buys into Tony Sacco's

The president of Fox Electronics diversifies; now owns a pizza parlor.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 27, 2013
O.E. Wheel Distributors buys its Centre Park building

The price equated to $66 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 26, 2026
Lee County OKs purchase of nearly 11 acres for preservation

The county agreed to buy the property for the Conservation 20/20 Land Acquisition Program.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 3, 2021
Former Best Buy CEO: seek purpose, not profits

One of the world’s most respected CEOs, in leading the turnaround of a multibillion-dollar company, learns a new way of leading people.

  • Leadership
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 20, 2009
Know what you want before you buy

Commercial retail broker Michael Milano with Colliers Arnold may be on to something.Milano recently closed a sale of the 143,000-square-foot Western Way shopping center in Brooksville for $11.5 million.

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  • February 18, 2010
OMG Realty buys Wachovia branch

OMG Realty LLC, an entity managed by Fort Myers plastic surgeon Ralph Garramone, purchased a former 10,020-square-foot Wachovia bank branch at the northwest corner of Cleveland Avenue and Big Pine Way for $1.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2009
Florida Badger buys retail, residential building

Mark Theiler, a Sarasotan best known for his Badger Appliance store, bought out a former partners' interest in a 7,984-square-foot two-story building east of the Sarasota Pavilion for $562,100.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2009
Harun buys former bank building

The limited liability company Harun LLC purchased a 12,340-square-foot former Wachovia Bank branch just south of State Road 70 on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard for $1.4 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • November 20, 2009
Vision Development buys Sun City Wachovia branch

Orlando-based Vision Development and Management purchased a 3,916-square-foot former Wachovia Bank branch off State Road 674 in front of a Winn-Dixie-anchored shopping center for $570,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • March 18, 2010
Gayatri Properties buys Wachovia branch

Gayatri Properties LLC, led by Chittaranjan, Yamini, Dr. Hiren and Dr. Dipal Patel, of Port Charlotte, purchased a 4,602-square-foot former Wachovia Bank building on Harbor Boulevard north of Tamiami Trial for $550,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • July 16, 2010
Cole Real Estate buys CVS store

Phoenix-based Cole Real Estate Investments purchased a 12,900-square-foot CVS Pharmacy building for $5.97 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 7, 2010
Sarasota County Commission supports Longino Ranch purchase

Sarasota County and the Southwest Florida Water Management District have agreed to buy a 3,900-acre ranch near DeSoto County for $14.56 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 6, 2011
Nokomis investors put contract on El Patio Hotel

David and Susan Macrae of Nokomis have signed a contract to buy the historic El Patio Hotel in Venice for $2.2 million. The agreement, which is still in its due diligence period, is scheduled to close in May.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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