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  • Jean Gruss
  • April 26, 2013
A wider reach

Forty-two appraisal firms banded together to counter the growing influence of commercial real estate brokerages. Valbridge Property Advisors is now headquartered in Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • April 26, 2013
Baker Custom Cabinets, trust buy Naples warehouse building

The price equated to $38 per square foot.

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  • April 26, 2013
Lee County: sprawl capital of the U.S.

Here's more ammunition for the anti-growth crowd.

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  • April 26, 2013
Gabbert-led investor group buys Villages of Manasota Beach land

The price equated to $6,700 per acre.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 26, 2013
Local CEO goes bald - for a cause

Bouchard Insurance CEO Doug Bishop has something in common with Tampa Bay Rays Manager Joe Maddon: Both have shaved their heads in support of cancer research.

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  • April 25, 2013
Insurance firms to merge agencies

Key Agency and Wampler Insurance and Financial Group will partner.

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  • April 25, 2013
Tourism up in March, as are hotel rates

Revenues jump at hotels in Collier County in March.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • April 25, 2013
Business owners crave immigration reform

A solid majority of small business owners, at least the ones who run companies with 10 or fewer employees, are all for immigration reform, according to a new poll.

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  • April 25, 2013
Jet company in turbulence names new CFO

Avantair has hired the former CFO of a defunct trucking company in Jacksonville.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Bank president scores new position

George Hall will run the Tampa Bay region for TD Bank, which includes 17 offices.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
New Pinellas aquarium construction begins

The Secrets of the Sea Marine Exploration Center is scheduled to open in November.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Bonita Springs firm to hire 200 people

A Bonita Springs senior-living community plans to hire 200 people in May.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 24, 2013
Orion Bank directors say they're not at fault

Where were the regulators?

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  • April 23, 2013
Foodservice firm plants growth seeds in Sarasota

Metz Culinary Management has ambitious plans for Florida and the Southeast.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 23, 2013
Realtor gets 26 years for mortgage fraud

A Tampa area Realtor and loan officer receives prison sentence for fraudulent acts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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