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  • October 1, 2012
Banker gets back in the game

When Manatee County banker Steve Jonsson spoke to a Wall Street Journal reporter in September 2010, he used words like “marked man, depressing and scarlet letter” to describe his life.

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  • September 28, 2012
Naples office sets sale record

A Minneapolis firm pays $49.9 million for Fifth Third Center.

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  • September 28, 2012
University forms partnership

FGCU forms a partnership with two economic development groups.

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  • September 28, 2012
First Watch to get new HQ

The prominent locally based restaurant chain will stay in Manatee County.

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  • September 28, 2012
Investor group Ft. Royale LLC buys Via Royale Corporate Center

The price equated to $36 per square foot.

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  • September 28, 2012
Stein Investment Group buys Ninth Street SunShine Pharmacy

The purchase price and loan assumption equated to $359 per square foot.

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  • September 28, 2012
Sarasota Military Academy preparing for new building project

The Sarasota Military Academy is preparing to kick off a major expansion.

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  • September 28, 2012
Inland-affiliated company buys ranch's Lost Creek Resort

The price equated to $144,304 per unit.

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  • September 28, 2012
Michaelson Real Estate Group buys Park at Ashley Place

The price equated to $56,293 per unit.

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  • September 28, 2012
Three Marriott hotels sell for $33.7M

The price equated to $121,661 per room.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • September 28, 2012
Cuba calling: Travel execs seek advantage

Cuba continues to occupy a top spot in the minds of Gulf Coast port and travel executives.

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  • Jean Gruss
  • September 28, 2012
Let's Get Started

Commercial real estate will follow improvements in residential real estate, but the timing may be extended this cycle. Banks have held up the process.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • September 28, 2012
Local company takes on heavy-hitting regional role

Prominent Tampa-based public affairs and crisis management firm Tucker/Hall has joined a lobbying consortium of some of the top firms in the Southeast.

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  • September 28, 2012
Numbers duke it out with anecdotes in industry survey

A comprehensive survey of executives in the buildings material industry basically has two conclusions.

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  • September 28, 2012
Who's the fittest CEO?

The Horizon Council, an 80-member board of public officials and business executives in Lee County, is full of hard-charging people.

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