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Assisted-living construction under way

Discovery Village, in Fort Myers, will be completed in the fall.

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  • January 11, 2013
Homebuilder notches $23M in 4Q

John Cannon Homes reports a dramatic increase in sales volume.

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  • January 11, 2013
New Jersey investor group buys Platinum Group buildings

The price equated to $34 per square foot.

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  • January 11, 2013
Homebuilder John Neal, wife donate Wares Creek property to city

The city of Bradenton purchased seven residential parcels on Wares Creek from homebuilder John Neal and his wife, Rebecca Neal.

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  • January 11, 2013
Beach Club owners buy Siesta Village building

The price equated to $173 per square foot.

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  • January 11, 2013
Courtesy Auto parent buys Infiniti of Tampa property

The price equated to $240 per square foot.

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  • January 11, 2013
Sarasota investors buy Starbucks, planning additional retail property

Sarasota real estate investors Sam Sciturro and Lita Sciturro-Smith purchased a 1,741-square-foot Starbucks building.

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  • January 11, 2013
Aspen Square buys Bear Creek, sets price record for low-income housing

The price equated to $58,000 per unit.

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  • January 11, 2013
Land of announcements

Residential developers are announcing new communities on a regular basis as the recovery improves on the Gulf Coast.

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  • January 11, 2013
Building industry rebounds - in some places

The results of an analysis of annual sales growth for private construction companies nationwide might stun some on the Gulf Coast.

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  • January 11, 2013
SunTrust executive switches coasts

One of the more community-connected chief executives in the Sarasota-Bradenton region, Margaret Callihan, has relocated to Florida's east coast.

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  • January 11, 2013
Restaurant chain hires in bunches

If Florida Gov. Rick Scott comes through on the 700,000 jobs in seven years pledge he made in 2010, he might want to eat a celebratory burrito.

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  • January 11, 2013
Government shouldn't pick winners

You don't often hear academics saying government should lower taxes and regulations on businesses, much less those who work for state schools.

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  • January 10, 2013
Conditioned Air expands

Conditioned Air opens an office in Fort Myers and names a new president.

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  • January 10, 2013
Office vacancies fall below 10%

Two buildings in Lakewood Ranch are fully occupied for the first time.

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