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  • September 21, 2011
Selmon Expressway widened

A California builder won the $64 million roadway improvement contract.

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  • September 21, 2011
Tampa's Front Burner banks on burgers

Bob and Mark Johnston of Front Burner Brands Inc. painted North America with more than 140 licensed Melting Pot locations, and plan to do the same with a new brand.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 20, 2011
LandMark's Quale joins Seaside

Thomas Quale, onetime LandMark Bank CEO, has a new role with Seaside.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 20, 2011
Dais Analytic plans $15M IPO

The Odessa firm hopes to raise $15 million through an initial public offering.

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  • September 20, 2011
Community, Old Harbor deal off

A proposed merger between the two banks has been cancelled.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 20, 2011
Chico's buys firm for $205M

The Fort Myers retailer completed its acquisition of Boston Proper Inc.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • September 20, 2011
Appraisals down 50% in Lee since 2006

Ken Wilkinson became Lee County's property appraiser in January 1981, so he's got a good perspective on the recent real estate boom and bust.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 19, 2011
Sarasota medical firm gets $3M

Sarasota Medical Products receives $3.56 million to grow its business.

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  • September 19, 2011
First Titan adds subsidiary

The Bradenton firm opened a new LLC for custom electronics manufacturing.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 19, 2011
Edison adds office in Captiva

The bank opened a new branch location next to the Captiva Post Office.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • September 19, 2011
JRL Ventures grows operations

The Cape Coral-based firm will begin manufacturing aerospace simulators.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • September 19, 2011
Economy worries persist for entrepreneurs

Business owners are a vexed group of people, according to new surveys about the depths of the recession.

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  • September 16, 2011
Nebraska family trust buys Naples CVS/pharmacy

A private family trust in Nebraska associated with the Realty Trust Group purchased a 13,824-square-foot CVS/pharmacy drug store for $5.35 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 16, 2011
Missouri's Faith Life Church buys equestrian home

Missouri church Faith Life Church purchased a 11.76-acre custom estate home in the Sarasota Polo Club for $2.2 million.

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  • September 16, 2011
Horizon Bay developer buys land for memory-care facility

GWI Investments, principals of Horizon Bay Retirement Living and REIT Health Care Properties are partnering on another senior living facility in Tampa.

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