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  • September 27, 2013
Shop Talk

Retailers are back scouting new locations throughout Southwest Florida. Dan Creighton is one developer who's benefiting from better times.

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  • September 27, 2013
Get ready to roll

Developers, builders and investors are laying the groundwork for the real estate recovery as financing becomes more widely available.

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  • September 27, 2013
New Heights

A local commercial real estate firm backs up bullish feelings about the market with its own checkbook.

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  • September 27, 2013
Mall Man

The largest construction project in the Sarasota-Bradenton region, a $315 million mall, takes a big step forward. 'It's a fabulous facility,' the new general manager says.

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  • September 27, 2013
Can I eat that?

Norman Love is a chocolate master, but the team he's assembled at Norman Love Confections in Fort Myers can compete with the best in the nation.

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  • September 27, 2013
To Friend or not to friend

Attention all social media savvy executives: The people who work for you might not want to accept your call for online friendship.

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  • September 27, 2013
Arthrex 'Sultan' on Forbes list

Welcome to the club, Reinhold Schmieding.

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  • September 26, 2013
Hertz forecast dented downward

Rental-car giant Hertz says airport rentals are down.

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  • September 26, 2013
VC investment fund tallies $40 million

Stonehenge Growth Equity Partners' offers capital to technology and other firms.

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  • September 26, 2013
Coves of Brighton Bay sold

Atlanta-based firm buys the St. Petersburg apartment development.

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  • September 26, 2013
First Watch plates another store in south Florida

Fast-growing chain will open in Deerfield Beach early next year.

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  • September 26, 2013
Coach pours some sugar

Hall of Fame football coach Joe Gibbs, in Sarasota recently to plug his book, “Game Plan for Life,” says adversity, in life and business, can really be a secret weapon for success.

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  • September 25, 2013
WellCare hires N.C. Medicaid director

Carol Steckel resigned her North Carolina position effective Oct. 11 to become WellCare's senior director of public policy.

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  • September 25, 2013
Hospital firm reviews sale

Health Management Associates hires investment bankers to review the company's sale.

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  • September 25, 2013
Exec scores new gig at microloan organization

Tim Dutton, who previously ran SCOPE, now heads up Suncoast Community Capital.

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