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  • May 20, 2013
Fischer partners with largest minority firm in U.S.

SHI International selects Fischer for identity management.

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  • May 20, 2013
Sunshine state lags nation in productivity

Metropolitan regions across Florida scored poorly on a new report that analyzes employee productivity and employee growth during a three year-period, 2009-2011, when the economy was supposedly in recovery.

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  • May 17, 2013
IMG Academy announces expansion, new three-phase multi-sport complex

IMG Academy has started construction on new multi-sport complex addition to its Bradenton campus.

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  • May 17, 2013
Benderson Development Co. LLC buys Tampa Electric's TECO Plaza

The price equated to $79 per square foot.

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  • May 17, 2013
Times Square Properties buys two St. Pete apartments

The price equated to $36,842 per unit.

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  • May 17, 2013
Billionaire, landowner Kelley buys Integrated Control Systems HQ

The price equated to $68 per-square-foot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • May 17, 2013
Florida sets quarterly tourism record

Visitors from Canada and overseas are on the upswing.

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  • May 17, 2013
Top business challenge: Finding good people

Survey says finding qualified workers is biggest concern.

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  • May 17, 2013
Fort Myers loves the ponies

Who knew Fort Myers was horse country?

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  • May 17, 2013
Sarasota 2050 plan faces possible revisions

Developers in Sarasota County won a small victory recently when county commissioners, by a 4-1 vote, agreed to reopen Sarasota 2050 to possible revisions.

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  • May 17, 2013
Broker, back in action, sees good times ahead

Well-known local commercial real estate broker Mindy Kauffman is back in the leasing and selling business after a six-year detour — and she brings good news.

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  • May 17, 2013
Father, son franchise operators constructing first Florida Culver's

The price equated to $977,011 per acre.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • May 16, 2013
Bay area tops Turkey list for Gulf Coast

Florida TaxWatch identified more than 10 bay-area projects included in the state budget as “turkeys.”

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  • May 16, 2013
Three local shopping centers part of $1.46B acquisition

Ohio-based DDR Corp.'s purchases include one in Naples and two in the Tampa area.

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  • May 16, 2013
Nonprofit center expands to university

Collier group moves nonprofit center to Hodges University.

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