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  • April 11, 2014
New manufacturer open for business

A high-end aluminum bi-folding door manufacturer, already popular in England and the Middle East, plans to open a U.S. headquarters in Venice.

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  • April 11, 2014
RJS Properties, Redstone Investments buy TigerDirect.com Dale Mabry building

A joint venture of Charlotte, N.C.-based RJS Properties Inc. and Redstone Investments purchased a 24,864-square-foot retail building for $4.75 million.

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  • April 11, 2014
All Event Rental buys building for The Devyn event venue

Carl Wise's All Event Rental and Design purchased the 18,428-square-foot former Sam Seltzer Steakhouse and Livingston's Billiards retail building for $3 million.

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  • April 11, 2014
Southfield, Mich.'s Versa Development buys bank-owned flex buildings

Versa Development purchased three buildings with 115,300 square feet of flex space, for $4.59 million.

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  • April 11, 2014
Geeks are getting fashionable

In a speech to more than 160 technology executives in Fort Myers recently gathered for the Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership awards, technology consultant Sandra Donatelli says fashion is the key to new consumer technology.

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  • April 11, 2014
TerraCap Partners II buys Lakeview, Eastpointe centers

Investment fund TerraCap Partners II purchased the 173,152-square-foot Lakeview Center and the 82,547-square-foot Eastpointe Center for a total of $22.9 million.

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  • April 11, 2014
State Road 29: A new corridor?

If you look at a map of Southwest Florida, the next north-south corridor east of Interstate 75 is State Road 29.

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  • April 11, 2014
DTZ expands Tampa brokerage, hires Russ Sampson, John Esposito

DTZ, a global property services firm, has announced the appointment of Russ Sampson and John Esposito as senior vice presidents in its Tampa Bay office.

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  • April 11, 2014
Kolter Group open sales office for planned Vue Sarasota Bay

The Kolter Group has opened the sales gallery for Vue Sarasota Bay, a proposed 18-story luxury condominium tower for the corner of Gulfstream Boulevard and U.S. 41 in downtown Sarasota. Construction on the project is scheduled to start in May for completion in late 2016. Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Asscociates of Coral Gables designed the project.

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  • April 11, 2014
Real estate brokerage in good company

A commercial real estate market rebound is in full force at Sperry Van Ness in Sarasota-Bradenton.

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  • April 11, 2014
Mostly sunny surveys return

The good news business forecast surveys are back.

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  • April 11, 2014
Money people: Things look good

After years of the doldrums, senior accounting executives are the most optimistic they have been about the economy since the recession.

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  • April 11, 2014
Survivor banker retires

How many people can say they've had the same career for 50 years?

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  • April 10, 2014
Sarasota startup targets health industry

Steven Rothman has created an index he plans to market to non-acute health care providers.

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  • April 10, 2014
Court rules against investors in Channelside case

A bankruptcy judge dismissed four challenges to the sale of Channelside Bay Plaza brought by the Liberty Group and Santosh Govindaraju.

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