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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 25, 2010
Osprey Avenue Properties buys Sarasota office building

A Hollywood insurance firm purchased a 12,264-square-foot office building for $1.92 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 5, 2010
Multiplying meows, no lawsuit changes

No less than a dozen Florida panther kittens have entered the world in recent weeks, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

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  • April 22, 2010
Understanding economic growth

Economic development is a favorite topic of Coffee Talk but it still may not be all that exciting to the masses, even in a struggling economy.

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  • April 30, 2010
RLJ Development buys hotel for $77 million

RLJ Lodging Fund III purchased the 360-suite Embassy Suites Downtown Tampa for $77 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 26, 2011
AutoNation dealership chain buys Fort Myers Toyota

Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation Inc. purchased the Fort Myers Toyota dealership for $31.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • March 31, 2011
Orion Bank's Williams indicted

Former leader of the Naples-based bank was indicted on fraud charges.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 1, 2011
Chabad Jewish Center of Naples buys First Christian buildings

The Chabad Jewish Center of Naples Inc. purchased the First Christian Church of Naples' church and day care buildings for $1.82 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 2, 2012
Firm moves and expands -- without gov't help

The building industry is still mostly in the dumps. But a Gulf Coast firm that supplies aluminum for everything from parking garages to schools to custom homes offers a much rosier outlook.

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  • May 16, 2013
Three local shopping centers part of $1.46B acquisition

Ohio-based DDR Corp.'s purchases include one in Naples and two in the Tampa area.

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  • May 24, 2013
Intercoastal Medical Group opening new Ranch office

The price equated to $631,399 per acre.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 29, 2013
WCI files for initial public offering

WCI says the Florida real estate market is recovering.

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  • May 29, 2013
Private jet firm expands presence at SRQ

Rectrix purchases APP Jet Center Sarasota to continue growth track.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 31, 2013
Sawyer Business Park sold to Sarasota family

The price equated to $35 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 1, 2013
USAmeriBank sells insurance division

Tenth-largest insurance broker Hub International buys Connelly, Carlisle, Fields & Nichols.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 24, 2011
Masonite, Malio's reuniting downtown

Masonite International Corp., a Tampa-based door manufacturer, shares a bit of history with Malio's, the city's iconic steakhouse.

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  • November 10, 2011
Former hockey star joins Savtira

Kelly Chase racked up 2,017 minutes in the sin bin throughout his career as a hockey player. Now Tampa-based Savtira is bringing in the former bruiser to fight for bigger contracts.

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  • October 21, 2011
Stoltz Real Estate Partners buys Broadway Promenade

Bala Cynwyd, Pa.-based Stoltz Real Estate Partners purchased the commercial portion of Broadway Promenade on the edge of downtown Sarasota for $8.15 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • October 28, 2011
Gemini Real Estate Advisors restructures plaza ownership

A Gemini Real Estate Advisors LLC-led investment partnership group purchased the interest of 11 tenant-in-common entities in the Ranch Lake Plaza retail center for $9.51 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • October 31, 2011
Buckhorn remains hypothetical on Rays

When Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn stepped off his plane and headed to the Glazer Children's Museum for an event, he had an idea one topic might come up.

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  • January 9, 2013
Hospital looks to future with new partnership

January marks the beginning of a big shift in back-office operations at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

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