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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2009
Brian's Auto Co. buys Venice lumberyard

Brian McMurphy, owner of Brian's Auto Co. of Osprey, purchased a 48,805-square-foot lumberyard on Center Road between Tamiami Trail and the U.S. 41 Venice Bypass from Cox Lumber for $700,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2009
Hunter Warfield buys new HQ building

Tampa-based collections and asset investigation firm Hunter Warfield purchased a former State Farm Insurance building in Woodland Corporate Center just of Water Avenue for $2.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 17, 2009
Tropic Property Management buys Omni Apartments

Tropic Property Management Inc., a company headed by Tampa attorney Stephen Kipple, purchased the 47-unit Omni Apartments on 109th Avenue east of U.S. 41 for $595,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 23, 2009
Palm Avenue Properties buys small retail strip

Palm Avenue Properties, a company owned by prominent Sarasota developer Dr. Mark Kauffman, purchased a 1,900-square-foot retail strip along Palm Avenue west of Main Street for $410,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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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 5, 2009
Mobile Home Depot owner buys retail building

Stephen Guzman's 41 N. Fort Myers Real Estate Investment LLC purchased a 7,000 square foot retail building near the intersection of Pine Island Road and U.S. 41 for $500,000.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2009
Literacy Council buys Old 41 building

The Literacy Council of Bonita Springs Inc. purchased a 10,400-square-foot building on Old U.S. 41 north of Terry Street for $2.6 million. The purchase price equated to $250 per square foot of building space.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • 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
Fontanot buys building, considers Mexican restaurant

Manuel Fontanot's Fontanot LLC purchased a 9,313-square-foot building at the southwest end of St. Armands Circle from a Maus family-owned trust for $3 million. The purchase price equated to $322 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • 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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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2011
Atlantic Housing Partners buys back multifamily land

Winter Park-based Atlantic Housing Partners LLLP purchased 13.2 acres next to the Rolling Green Golf Course for $670,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 25, 2010
Ringling College buys West Marine building, lots

The Ringling College of Art and Design purchased the 9,720-square-foot former West Marine building and two residential lots for $1.25 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 20, 2010
Private equity firm buys Providence Place

Nashville, Tenn.-based Covenant Capital Group purchased the 444-unit Providence Place Apartments for $30 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • April 1, 2011
ICORR Properties buys Citrus Park Shops

London, Ontario-based ICORR Properties International purchased the 15,800-square-foot Citrus Park Shops retail strip center for $1.75 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • February 15, 2013
Ontario real estate trust buys Granada Plaza

The price equated to $145 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 8, 2013
Tampa investment group buys North Port commercial land

The price equated to $75,000 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2013
Lee Memorial Health System buys Lee Physician Group's building

The Lee Memorial Health System purchased a 16,447-square-foot medical office building for $4 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 16, 2011
Fort Myers attorney buys Islander Center

Fort Myers business-law attorney Charles Phoenix purchased the 9,778-square-foot Islander Center for $2.1 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 30, 2011
U.S. Postal Service buys downtown building

The United States Postal Service purchased its 44,360-square-foot post office building and 5,900-square-foot service garage in downtown Sarasota for $1.06 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 29, 2013
Bahamas firm buys telecom providers

A subsidiary of Cable Bahamas acquires two Southwest Florida firms.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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