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  • January 21, 2014
Airport traffic breaks 30-year record

The number of passengers passing through the Fort Myers airport rose 8.2% in December.

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  • January 21, 2014
UT's Entrepreneurship Center honored

The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship honored the school with its Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Program Award.

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  • January 21, 2014
Sarasota scorches monthly real estate sales

County closed 11,184 sales in 2013, for its second-best year ever.

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  • January 21, 2014
Behold Tyrannosaurus Randy

Is Randy Henderson the T. Rex of Fort Myers, a fearsome creature that devours his prey in the swamps of City Hall?

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  • January 20, 2014
Travel warning: Stay away from Basel

This isn't a travel blog, but William Isaac has nothing positive to say about Basel.

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  • January 20, 2014
USAmeriBank opens 12th branch

The bank expects to open a new Tarpon Springs location in February.

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  • January 20, 2014
Fla. biz owners ooze optimism

New survey from BMO Harris Bank projects growth in 2014.

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  • January 20, 2014
Naples home prices jump 37% in December

The median price of an existing single-family home in December in Naples surged to $340,000.

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  • January 20, 2014
Incentives keep firms bouncing

The often-warped logic of economic incentives to lure businesses to town is front and center yet again.

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  • January 17, 2014
Big Florida community bank gets bigger

Florida Community Bank will now have 67 locations and $5 billon in assets.

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  • January 17, 2014
Gulf Coast bank acquisition completed

Fort Lauderdale-based Stonegate Bank has completed its acquisition of Florida Shores Bancorp.

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  • January 17, 2014
SkyHouse Channelside high-rise starting in February

Novare Group and Batson-Cook Development Co. purchased 1.5 acres on 12th Street for the 23-story, 320-unit luxury apartment project.

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  • January 17, 2014
Lee Memorial Health System buys Westlinks building

The price equated to $85 per square foot.

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  • January 17, 2014
Halstatt Partnership's second fund buys three commercial buildings

The combined price equated to $95 per square foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • January 17, 2014
Neal Communities buys Nokomis land for Woods at Venice

The price equated to $27,500 per acre.

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