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

The price equated to $121,661 per room.

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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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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.

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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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  • September 27, 2012
$997M lender gets new home

Achieva Credit Union to build headquarters in Dunedin over three phases.

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  • September 27, 2012
HCC receives tech grant

The Florida Advanced Technology Education Center will get $2.8 million.

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  • September 27, 2012
Airport traffic flat

Passenger traffic at the Fort Myers airport was flat in August, but down for the year.

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  • September 27, 2012
THURSDAY'S CUP: Gulf Coast colleges get veteran salute

Veterans in Florida have lots of colleges that are considered “military friendly,” a recent survey says.

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  • September 26, 2012
HEI Hotels buys in Clearwater

The Connecticut firm pays $10 million for Clearwater Downtown Residence Inn.

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  • September 26, 2012
EDC elects new officers

The EDC officers for the 2012-2013 fiscal year will start Oct. 1.

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  • September 26, 2012
Lubner names CFO

Lubner Group selects a new CFO to grow the furniture retailer.

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  • September 26, 2012
A River Runs Through It: Boating aims for rebound

The maligned boating industry has trudged its way through the recession, though some industry executives say a comeback is under way.

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  • September 25, 2012
Broker launches new firm

Commercial real estate veteran Ken Hughes will focus on medical office space.

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