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  • January 4, 2013
Colliers promotes Kratz

Tampa Bay executives helped drive revenue growth, company says.

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  • January 4, 2013
West Coast Mattress of Venice plans future move, expansion

The price equated to $65 per square foot.

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  • January 4, 2013
Downtown entrepreneur set to buy Main Street buildings

Sarasota businessman Jesse Biter is working on a deal to purchase 10 storefronts fronting mid-Main Street in downtown Sarasota.

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  • January 4, 2013
Englewood couple buys All American Boat, Dry Storage

Jaroslav and Kerrie Cervenka of Englewood purchased the All American Boat and Dry Storage and an adjacent parcel.

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  • January 4, 2013
'Lady Columbia' sign lights up Ybor City

Clearwater-based USAmeriBank bowed to history as it raised an 11-foot sign at its new Ybor City branch, housed in the former Columbia Bank building.

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  • January 4, 2013
The word for America in 2013: Freedom

We have a tradition. Each year on New Year's Eve, we announce at a family gathering our word for the year — the one word that describes how we are going to focus our lives during the New Year.

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  • January 4, 2013
Ray Sandelli joins CRE

Raymond Sandelli is well recognized in commercial real estate circles across Florida, so it was big news when he joined an entrepreneurial firm in Fort Myers.

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  • January 4, 2013
C1 Bank opts for 'Plan B'

C1 Bank is moving on after scuttling its planned high-profile merger with Miami-based U.S. Century Bank.

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  • January 3, 2013
Workers' comp rates drop 56%

A new state report, however, says the impact of 2003 reforms is waning.

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  • January 3, 2013
Parker named GM at WTTA-TV

The veteran Tampa Bay television executive formerly was with Bright House.

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  • January 3, 2013
Lee home permits jump

Single-family home building permits in Lee County rose 49% in 2012.

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  • January 3, 2013
Companies dip deeper into the bonus bag

Santa was in full jolly mode in late 2012, at least in terms of companies that gave out year-end bonuses.

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  • January 2, 2013
Homes sell for millions

Two Olde Naples homes sold for nearly $30 million in the last two months of 2012.

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  • January 2, 2013
Vology merges with Bayshore

The company expects to create up to 100 new jobs within two years.

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  • January 2, 2013
Tech firm ponders IPO

xG Technology, a wireless communications company, could be headed to the Nasdaq.

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