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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 23, 2009
Bennett calls for McCarty resignation

In an extraordinary move, state Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, is charging that Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty was “dishonest” in dealing with the Legislature over a new insurance law and is asking for his resignation.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 9, 2010
W. P. Carey & Co. buys two office buildings

New York-based investment management firm W.P. Carey & Co bought two buildings for $57.2 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 10, 2013
New York investor buys AutoZone land

The price equated to $106 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 21, 2012
Investor group, Illinoisan buy Donald, Coon roads land

The price equated to $16,907 per acre.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 21, 2011
TRC execs sign retention deals

Technology Research Corp. leaders might be preparing for a takeover.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 15, 2012
Tech firm adds two executives

MobileBits hires a chief financial officer and a chief revenue officer.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2012
Morton Plant Mease Health Care buys Trinity land for future

Morton Plant Mease Health Care purchased four acres of raw land near Trinity Boulevard for $1.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 28, 2017
Gramercy buys Bristol-Myers' Tampa building

Gramercy Property Trust, a New York-based investment company that owns more than 325 properties nationwide, has acquired a Tampa office building housing Bristol-Myers Squibb's North American Capability Center.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 17, 2018
Builder buys 24 acres for new community

Neal Communities' newest community will be Windsong in Fort Myers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 24, 2018
Homebuilder buys land for new community

M/I Homes of Sarasota will develop the community of Hidden Creek in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 26, 2018
Engines and eats

Get a side of delicious from a classically trained chef when you buy that car.

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  • August 29, 2014
Italians buy historic Pineapple building, plan new retail store

Buyers from Italy purchased a 2,324-square-foot historic retail building for $875,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 29, 2014
Miracle baseball team sold

A New Jersey investor buys the Fort Myers Miracle minor-league baseball team.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 27, 2014
Wal-Mart buys Chevy dealership for Seminole Heights Supercenter

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. purchased the 11.35-acre former Abraham Chevrolet automobile dealership site in east Tampa for $4.95 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2014
American Realty Capital Properties buys new Immokalee Family Dollar

Phoenix-based real estate firm American Realty Capital Properties Inc. purchased a 8,320-square-foot retail building for $1.87 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2015
Garrison Investment Group buys Naples Courtyard by Marriott

New York City-based Garrison Investment Group purchased the 102-unit Courtyard by Marriott in Naples for $12.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 10, 2025
St. Pete title company in 29 states after Rhode Island acquisition

Tag Agency Professionals, which provides services to car dealerships, fleet companies and others, has expanded in the northeast and nationally with purchase of EZDMV.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 2, 2020
Entrepreneur opens new clothing boutique amid pandemic

Darci Jacob opened Darci, a new Sarasota women’s clothing boutique, in October.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 18, 2025
ESPN report: Naples' Hoffmann family buying NHL hockey team

The family does not deny a report from sports network ESPN that it has agreed to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 13, 2007
A Big Bite

A Gulf Coast company wants its share of the subway sandwich feast. The plan: Open at least 1,000 new stores over the next decade.

  • Entrepreneurs
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