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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 17, 2006
Real Estate Briefs

Sunset Automotive closes on Darby dealershipSarasota developer prepares for Devonshire Park Two companies ACQUIRE Sarasota warehouseWellington-based investor buys land in Collier CountyTampa company buys RV Park at Fort Myers BeachAdams Homes buys land in Lehigh Acres

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 12, 2007
Quantifiable success

Moran Asset Management Group uses computer-run objective measures to find strong investments.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • September 17, 2009
Shirt Equity

A Gulf Coast T-shirt company is surpassing $2 million in sales this year, a notable feat considering the recession slamming retail. Its success is based on a combination of grit, good decision-making and learning from mistakes.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 1, 2022
Tampa man sentenced to 5 years for counterfeit credit cards, unemployment insurance fraud

The 30-year-old man made credit cards using stolen information and committed fraud to obtain unemployment benefits.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 10, 2009
Corporate Report: Moffitt awarded $19 million in grants

The Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa has been awarded nearly $19 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including $4 million to study patient-centered outcomes research in personalized medicine, one of only seven such grants so far awarded.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 5, 2019
Real estate investment trust playing a growth game

HC Government Realty Trust has received a capital injection and new management from a Charlotte, N.C.-based investment company, as part of a strategy to boost the size of its portfolio of properties occupied by federal government agencies.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 7, 2025
Sarasota firm closes Venice, Lakewood Ranch sales totaling $35 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Clearwater boat retailer expands into Fort Myers, a Miami company takes over management of three communities, and a Dallas investor buys a Tampa property.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 28, 2007
Coffee Talk

Ooh la Latina!: Erika Pena, the Fort Myers jewelry designer, was listed among the 10 most stylish Latinas on the popular Stylist section of AOL.com recently.Tomorrow is just a day away: The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce is climbing aboard the tough times caravan.Electric utilities consolidating?: Nothing official yet, but talk is heating up again about possible mergers in the electric utility industry. With the number of people they employ, this could be a bomb.Gulf Coast Realtor 'joins' the Navy: The Gulf Coast business community has no shortage of executives willing to serve on community and charity-related boards, from school councils to civic groups to national foundations.Getting good exposure on the tube: Tampa-based tech company Actsoft Inc. got some national exposure recently and didn't pay a dime for it: on the TV series "CSI: Miami."Legal battles continue for OSI: Three months ago, OSI Restaurant Partners shareholders approved a management buyout of the Tampa parent company of Outback Steakhouse, but legal work remains.Existing home sales and prices continue to dropGuaranteeing a good time (to buy)

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 4, 2005
Minnesota's Sand Cos. buys Sawgrass Creek

Minnesota's Sand Cos. buys Sawgrass Creek

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 26, 2003
Free Press

This week's items: Buchanan Automotive buys Avon Park Chevrolet dealershipChiquita chooses Port Manatee for seasonal melon program

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2009
The Tampa Theatre Inc. buys lobby, office, flower shop

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  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2010
Premier Properties buys Pinewood Lakes

Premier Properties of Cape Coral Inc. purchased the 58-lot Pinewood Lakes residential community on 20 acres at Southeast 2nd Court and Southeast 8th Street from Reliance Bank for $745,000.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2010
Naples investor Carlisle buys Wilson Plaza

Naples Greg Carlisle purchased the 36,000-square-foot Wilson Plaza shopping center on Wilson Boulevard in Golden Gate Estates for $6.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2010
KGM Properties buys dermatology building

KGM Properties Limited Partnership, an investment group led by a trust, purchased an 8,948-square-foot medical-office building on College Parkway for $2 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 14, 2010
Wal-Mart buys portion of Centre at University

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. purchased a three-acre piece of The Centre at University Parkway, a 128,708-square-foot neighborhood shopping center at the northwest corner of University Parkway and Lockwood Ridge Road, for $7.5 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 29, 2010
Tampa gets 'distress relief'

The trend of investment groups buying and managing large numbers of distressed, single-family homes, which has been documented extensively in the Review, continues in Tampa.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 23, 2009
Pet Supermarket buys Rex A.V. store

Sunrise-based pet-supply retailer Pet Supermarket Inc. purchased a 12,040-square-foot former Rex Audio Video and Appliances store on U.S. 41 for $1.3 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2010
Morgan House owners buy Fort Myers building

Michael and Patti Price, owners of the Morgan House restaurant, purchased a 6,250-square-foot historic building on Patio De Leon from Wachovia Commercial Mortgage for $410,000.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 11, 2010
Stuart S. Golding Co. buys Shoppes At 54

Clearwater developer Stuart S. Golding Co. purchased the 11,723-square-foot Shoppes At 54 retail center on State Road 54 east of Rowan Road for $1.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 6, 2009
Port Dolphin Energy buys interconnection station land

Port Dolphin Energy LLC purchased about four acres on the Northside of Buckeye Road, about 1.5 miles east of U.S. 41 for $438,100.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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