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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2012
Chasing the Titanic: film company's demise hits home

The peril of picking winners and losers in economic development is on full display on Florida's east coast.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 1, 2012
Banker gets back in the game

When Manatee County banker Steve Jonsson spoke to a Wall Street Journal reporter in September 2010, he used words like “marked man, depressing and scarlet letter” to describe his life.

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  • October 19, 2012
NFL star buys into Tampa firm

Baltimore Ravens All-Pro Ray Rice is now a part owner of Tampa-based VertiMax.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 23, 2012
Reach for the sky, and your wallet

A big-time marketing opportunity on the Gulf Coast is up for grabs for a bold-thinking business.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 26, 2012
Realtor, PILOT Real Estate execs buy land for Mustique of Olde Naples

An investor group headed up by Jordan Saper and Joe Belz purchased four parcels totaling a little over half an acre on Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 20, 2012
The Melting Pot to debut on A&E program

A marketing overture is paying off for the Tampa-based restaurant franchise The Melting Pot, after it reached out to producers of the A&E show “Undercover Boss.”

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 3, 2012
CoreStates Capital Advisors buys Sundial Beach & Golf Resort

Sundial Beach & Golf Resort and two additional lots on Middle Gulf Drive in Sanibel sold for $2.3 million

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 8, 2011
Profits up for Beasley, Kforce

Beasley Broadcast profits double; Kforce's net income up 60%.

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  • January 20, 2012
Bayside Pet Resort & Spa buys U.S. 41 bowling alley

Bayside Pet Resort & Spa Inc. purchased the 22,000-square-foot former Rip Van Winkle Lanes bowling alley on U.S. 41 for $2.6 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 16, 2012
TerraCap Partners buys The Loop for $11.75 million

TerraCap Partners purchased 171 acres on Jones Loop Road with frontage on U.S. 41 for $11.75 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 23, 2012
Miami's SilverLeaf Advisors buys rest of Tamiami Square

The private equity firm already owned 19,000 square feet of the Naples retail center, which is operated as a condominium.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 20, 2012
Atlanta retail investor buys The Shoppes at The Royale

Atlanta-based Halpern Enterprises Inc. purchased the 46,020-square-foot The Shoppes at The Royale retail center for $7.55 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 4, 2012
Developer buys future Trader Joe's building

Greenville, S.C.-based Centennial American Properties LLC (CAP) purchased the 17,590-square-foot former Rooms To Go store on South Tamiami Trail.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 2, 2021
Former Google exec named to Hertz board

Jennifer Feikin has worked for the search giant and in Hollywood.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 8, 2021
Bank promotes official to VP of lending role

Rudi Hamer has been with Sanibel Captiva Community Bank since 2017.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 25, 2021
Atlanta construction company finishes 254-unit Ybor City development

Georgia-based Juneau Construction completes work on Lector 85, one of two Tampa projects in the city where company founders met

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • September 1, 2021
Developer sells retail plaza for more than $5M

Seagate Development Group bought and redeveloped the property more than three years ago.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2021
Realty firm soars past $1 billion in sales in first seven months

The Longboat Key office exceeded its 2020 end-of-year sales volume.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 28, 2021
Texas company pays $50 million for two area nursing homes

Dallas-based Lone Star Funds buys assisted living facilities in Fort Myers and North Port recently foreclosed on

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 4, 2021
Shuttered mall heading to bankruptcy auction

DeSoto Square Mall in Bradenton to be sold at three-day auction starting Oct. 11.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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