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  • January 18, 2010
Apartment investors expand portfolio

Sam and Laurice Hachem have struck again, and they are no longer limiting their investments to apartment communities.

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  • January 15, 2010
Orion shutdown costs M&I millions

When state and federal regulators shut down Naples-based Orion Bank on Nov. 13, it likely wiped out a $17 million loan M&I Bank says it made to parent company Orion Bancorp.

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  • January 15, 2010
Bank takes big step in survival effort

Here's a twist in the latest episode of a Gulf Coast community's bank search for capital: Sarasota-based Landmark Bank of Florida recently received letters of intent for capital infusions worth more than $6 million — with no control changes at the bank as a prerequisite for the investment.

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  • January 15, 2010
EcoTech links with niche partner

One of the most creative persons the Review met in 2009 is already growing his business in 2010.

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  • January 15, 2010
Growth control chief quits

It's no surprise Wayne Daltry resigned recently as director of Lee County's Smart Growth Department.

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  • January 15, 2010
October Index of Retail Activity

Every area of the Gulf Coast fared better than the index's statewide average (-4.9%) on an annual percentage change basis.

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  • January 15, 2010
Circle grows around accused swindler

Sarasota financier Arthur Nadel is no longer the only person to be officially accused of wrongdoing in an alleged Ponzi scheme where hundreds of investors lost $400 million.

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  • January 15, 2010
Telovations feels crunch, goes for venture capital

A Tampa-based communications services company is looking to add debt — but won't be asking the bank for a loan.

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  • January 15, 2010
SMR: More commercial control could mean more leases

Here's a potential solution for Gulf Coast developers and landlords wrangling with how to survive the commercial real estate downturn: Take more control.

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  • January 15, 2010
Online business scene grows in Tampa

Our special issue on creativity is a perfect time to survey Tampa's involvement in the Internet start-up scene — a level that is rapidly increasing, and could soon put Tampa on the map with other national tech hubs.

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  • January 14, 2010
County community college buys building

Hillsborough Community College purchased a 51,400-square-foot four-story office building between 14th and 15th streets and 5th and 6th avenues for $6.5 million. The first three floors of the building were completed but the fourth floor is still just a shell.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • January 14, 2010
Hillsborough buys 1,700 acres for conservation

Hillsborough County government purchased 1,673 acres of cattle ranch and undeveloped land in northwest Hillsborough known as the Brooker Creek Corridor for $20.14 million.

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  • January 14, 2010
Freeze wallops entrepreneur

When Darrell Turner told the Review last year that the recession had forced him to work harder than ever before, a thaw-out probably wasn't what he had in mind.

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