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  • February 13, 2012
DeBartolo sells 28-acre site

The Tampa firm sold a Fort Myers apartment complex for $39.2 million.

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  • February 13, 2012
Government overpays undereducated

The federal government does a lot of puzzling things, economically speaking.

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  • February 10, 2012
Publix Super Markets buys Brooker Creek Shopping Center

Lakeland-based grocery firm Publix Super Markets Inc. purchased the 77,596-square-foot Brooker Creek Shopping Center in Palm Harbor for $13.35 million.

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  • February 10, 2012
NYT sells Herald-Tribune properties

Halifax Media Group acquired two of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune's offices, and arranged for Dallas-based AIC Ventures to buy a third.

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  • February 10, 2012
Fort Myers Preparatory & Fitness relocating to Robb & Stucky building

Fort Myers Preparatory & Fitness Academy plans to use a former Robb & Stucky warehouse and showroom as the new Fort Myers home for its charter school.

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  • February 10, 2012
Reliant Group investment fund buys Woodbury Apartments

CAP VI- Eden Pointe, an affiliated fund of The Reliant Group, purchased the 270-unit Woodbury Apartments in Bradenton for $11.2 million.

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  • February 10, 2012
German investor 1030 International buys Marco Island Walgreens

An undisclosed German investor, operating as 1030 International Speedway Boulevard Ltd., purchased a 14,467-square-foot Walgreens building on Marco Island for $5.7 million.

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  • February 10, 2012
Sarasota permits: $2.7M of work

A pair of Target renovations account for most of the commercial activity.

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  • February 10, 2012
Farm firm sells $25M in crops

Alico saw its revenues from agricultural operations increase by 60%.

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  • February 10, 2012
Time Warner chooses Westshore

The company announced an expansion of staff and space in September.

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  • February 10, 2012
Spirit connects Tampa to DFW

The discount airline will connect the two southern cities starting in May.

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  • February 10, 2012
What a (bank) bargain

Fort Lauderdale-based Stonegate Bank told its shareholders it got a great deal when it bought Fort Myers-based Southwest Capital Bank and First Commercial Bank of Tampa Bay.

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  • February 10, 2012
Corporate Report: Feb. 10

The latest from AVI-SPL, Versatile Packagers, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • February 10, 2012
Gulf Coast Week: Feb. 10

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • February 9, 2012
Board gets tough on capital expenditures

When Gov. Rick Scott appointed six new trustees at the State College of Florida last summer, he made a point to say the board, and its peers statewide, should prioritize fiscal prudence.

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