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  • April 26, 2013
Boat show floats more sales

Attendance at the Suncoast Boat show, in downtown Sarasota, was up 17% over 2012.

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  • April 26, 2013
Lee County chasing Fortune 500 HQ

Lee County commissioners approved $4 million in incentives.

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  • April 26, 2013
Ohio Panera Bread franchisee plans new restaurant, retail buildings

The price equated to $191 per square foot.

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  • April 26, 2013
Brother-sister investors buy Colony House Apartments

The price equated to $63,250 per unit.

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  • April 26, 2013
Cincinnati's Phillips Edison buys Lutz Lake Crossing

The price equated to $162 per square foot.

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  • April 26, 2013
Chicago's Beidler family buys three North Port commercial buildings

The price equated to $25 per square foot.

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  • April 26, 2013
Kirchberger's investor group buys Toledo Blade buildings

The price equated to $32 per square foot.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 26, 2013
Dental Expressions buys building, plans move, expansion

The price equated to $233 per square foot.

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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.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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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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  • 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.

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