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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2010
Real estate trust buys two Benderson centers

Inland Real Estate Acquisitions Inc. purchased two retail shopping centers in Fort Myers from Benderson Development Co. for a minimum of $38.4 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 17, 2010
Business owner grew large coaching

H.L. 'Penny' Robinson turned a love of sports, be it fishing or tennis, into a $60 million nationwide sporting goods enterprise that got its start in Bradenton.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 16, 2010
Tax-free county bonds trigger battle

One of the largest developers and commercial landlords on the Gulf Coast has sued a rising business star in the region.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 27, 2012
The Pointe sells for $186 per square foot

Jackson, Miss.-based Parkway Properties Inc. purchased the 252,000-square-foot The Pointe office building in Westshore for $46.89 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 1, 2021
SIx area Walgreens sold in portfolio sale

Miami’s Limestone Management and Orion Real Estate Group team up to acquire 27 Walgreens pharmacies, mostly in Florida, for $133 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 15, 2021
Lone Star buys Discovery Village portfolio

Acquisition of a handful of senior living properties around the Gulf Coast by Lone Star Funds is part of a larger disposition by Healthpeak Properties

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 19, 2021
Smith & Associates reports record year

Tampa-based luxury oriented residential real estate brokerage firm Smith & Associates excelled in 2020 thanks to technological investments and strong relationships.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 14, 2021
Pier pressure: Owner, town at odds over shuttered beach attraction

A legal battle rages over the future of the vacant Redington Long Pier site, a prime piece of Gulf-front real estate in Redington Shores, Florida.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2020
Boat dealer expands reach with acquisition of $220M company

Clearwater, Florida-based MarineMax has acquired SkipperBud’s and its subsidiary Silver Seas Yachts, which combined to generate $220 million in revenue in 2019.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 8, 2020
Credit union CEO mulls post-pandemic plans — while avoiding stress-eating

Achieva Credit Union CEO Gary Regoli also resists the temptation to micro-manage teams.

  • Leadership
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 7, 2019
Prominent family buys area minor league hockey team, arena

The Hoffmann Family of Companies, one of the largest commercial property owners in Southwest Florida, has added a unique asset to its portfolio: a minor league hockey team.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2018
Flap over FPL

MEP Coalition for Fair Competition asks state to investigate FPL and FPL Energy Services, claiming utility uses public assets to boost for-profit contracting business.

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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • November 16, 2018
Economic forecast: James Ramos, founder and CEO, Ramos Companies, Tampa

James Ramos, founder and CEO of Ramos Companies in Tampa, Florida, predicts the state of the local economy in 2019.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • November 15, 2019
Economic Forecast 2020: Manufacturing

Wendy Shim, president and majority owner; Harry Bakker, part owner, Trailmate

  • Industries
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 15, 2019
NAIOP Hall of Famer's "Fan Club" well deserved

CRE Consultants' Managing Partner and former Florida Market Leader at CBRE Inc. Ray Sandelli was recently inducted into the NAIOP Tampa Bay's Hall of Fame, and former colleagues marked the occasion to create a "Fan Club" for him

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 8, 2019
Penny Hoarder leader says students need better money management skills

Kyle Taylor, the mastermind behind St. Petersburg, Florida-based The Penny Hoarder financial advice website, is backing a bill that, if passed, would require Florida high school students to complete a financial literacy course.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 15, 2018
Tampa Renaissance Hotel trades for $68 million

Clearview and Oaktree Capital team up to acquire Tampa Renaissance Hotel from Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. for $68 million, in keeping with the Dallas company's strategy to focus on upsclae lodging

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 22, 2018
Foundation sells large Venice tract for roughly $18 million

Neal Land Ventures buy former Bridges property in North Venice from Gulf Coast Community Foundation for roughly $18 million, 13 years after affordable housing plan launched

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • June 29, 2018
WCI completes second Westhore Marina District land purchase

WCI Communities spends a total of $15 million to buy land to develop more than 140 luxury townhomes within the 52-acre Westshore Marina District that BTI Partners is developing in Tampa

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 17, 2018
Priam Capital buys eight buildings in Tampa for $52 million

Priam Capital expands its geographic reach with the purchase of an eight-building office portfolio in Tampa's Sabal Park from IP Capital Partners in a deal brokered by Cushman & Wakefield

  • Commercial Real Estate
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