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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 4, 2010
What took regulators so long? Immokalee?

We'll never know why it took so long for regulators to shut down long-suffering Florida Community Bank, but speculation among bankers was its unique headquarters location: Immokalee.

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  • February 11, 2010
RaceTrac Petroleum buys Cranberry site

Atlanta-based gas-station company RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. purchased 2.14 acres at the intersection of State Road 45 and Cranberry Boulevard for $1.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 15, 2010
Telovations feels crunch, goes for venture capital

A Tampa-based communications services company is looking to add debt — but won't be asking the bank for a loan.

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  • January 29, 2010
Plumbing owner buys Sawyer Road building

Joybill 5600 LLC, a limited liability headed by Joyce Milligan, purchased a 10,000-square-foot warehouse on five acres just off Sawyer Road north of Clark Road for $900,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • December 17, 2009
D.R. Horton restarts, builds homes in River Place

Residential builder D.R. Horton purchased six lots in River Place, a community just west of Interstate 75 and south of State Road 70 for $326,000. The purchase price equated to $54,333 per lot.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 23, 2009
Shirley Ann Hotel owners buy Kelly Hotel

Hoteliers Bruce Gramaila and Gary Kalberg of the Shirley Ann Hotel in St. Petersburg purchased the nearby historic 65-room Kelly Hotel at the southwest corner of 1st Avenue and Florida 687 for $910,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 13, 2009
First resident in waiting, and waiting

It may not be that unusual for a big city mayor-elect to have to wait a couple months to take office. But it's the first time for the city of St. Petersburg.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2010
P Berger Holdings of Illinois buys closed building

Winnetka, Ill.'s P Berger Holdings LLC purchased the former Jean Paul's French Corner, a 2,752-square-foot restaurant building on Tarpon Bay Road south of Periwinkle Way for $635,000.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • November 25, 2009
Better luck next time

Bank of Florida, the three-bank holding company in Naples, was forced to postpone a plan to raise at least $71 million after investors shunned its stock offering (symbol: BOFL).

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  • December 4, 2009
Sen. Bill Nelson: No public option

Sounds like U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson heard his constituents loud and clear on the health-care bill.

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  • November 1, 2010
Nobel Prize for Algenol's Woods?

Be ready for some hyperbole if you're going to hand over the microphone to politicians, especially during election season.

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  • November 3, 2010
Nov. 3 Earnings: HSN Inc.

The St. Petersburg firm used increased profits to extend its CEO's contract.

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  • December 17, 2010
Collier lowers impact fees

Library and general government impact fee rates are being reduced.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • December 24, 2010
Bowling alley entrepreneur buys All Star Lanes

North Fort Myers resident Bill Hanson purchased the 27,422-square-foot All Star Lanes bowling alley for $1.9 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • October 29, 2010
Firm girds against new health care audits

An unexpected consequence of health care reform could be coming to your favorite practitioner's office soon.

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  • November 19, 2010
Gettel starts work on Toyota Scion of Lakewood

Sarasota-based Gettel Automotive Co. started construction for a Toyota dealership in east Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 18, 2011
TRC receives buyout offer

Coleman Cable made an unsolicited offer to buy Technology Research Corp.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 21, 2011
Better-looking people a sign of recovery?

Spending on plastic surgery rebounded last year after slipping in 2009, and a Tampa doctor who specializes in facial procedures predicts an even better 2011.

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  • January 21, 2011
St. Petersburg investors buy, upgrading Lone Oak

A St. Petersburg investment group purchased the 120-space Lone Oak mobile home and RV park for $1.9 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 22, 2010
Consumer spending comeback coming?

At least 65% of retailers and suppliers believe consumer spending has improved since last year and could return to pre-recession levels by next year.

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