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  • August 9, 2011
Frontier adds Tampa nonstops

Travelers will be able to reach Des Moines, Milwaukee and Omaha directly.

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  • August 9, 2011
HCI's Patel rings NASDAQ bell

July was quite the busy month for Clearwater insurance executive Paresh Patel.

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  • August 8, 2011
Voalte to hire 50 in Sarasota

The new hires, plus a facility expansion, will take place over three years.

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  • August 8, 2011
Cryo-Cell negotiating sale

Firm will “explore strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value.”

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  • August 8, 2011
Business trip to Cuba planned

The World Trade Center Tampa Bay seeks 35 delegates for a trip to Cuba.

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  • August 8, 2011
IFC hires Sunovia's CFO

Integrated Freight Corp. named Matthew Veal its new chief financial officer.

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  • August 8, 2011
IberiaBank eyes Florida market

It's been nearly two years since Louisiana-based IberiaBank made a spectacular entrance on the Gulf Coast banking scene by acquiring two failed institutions.

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  • August 5, 2011
CarMax Auto Superstores buys Naples Saturn dealership

Richmond, Va.-based CarMax Auto Superstores Inc. purchased the 4.19-acre former Saturn dealership and an adjacent 1.33-acre parcel for a total of $3.97 million.

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  • August 5, 2011
Apartment firm CAPREIT buys Sabal Palm at Carrollwood

Rockville, Md.-based CAPREIT purchased the 432-unit Sabal Palm at Carrollwood apartment complex for $39 million.

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  • August 5, 2011
Louisiana investor group buys Puritan Place Apartments

An investor group headed by Richard Beaullieu of Lafayette, La. purchased the 232-unit Puritan Place Apartments for $4.06 million.

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  • August 5, 2011
Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II buys Maxfield Medical building

Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II Inc. purchased the 41,000-sqaure-foot Maxfield Medical Office Building for $7.2 million.

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  • August 5, 2011
Canada's Terracap Group buys Bee Ridge development site

A sub-company of Toronto, Ontario-based Terracap Group purchased a 40.74-acre master-planned property on both sides of Mauna Loa Boulevard north of Bee Ridge Road for $3.2 million.

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  • August 5, 2011
Subpoenas knock HMA stock

Health Management Associates' stock price is down 11% since Wednesday.

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  • August 5, 2011
Tampa housing starts down 9.6%

While Tampa Bay starts fell, activity increased in Sarasota and Fort Myers.

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  • August 5, 2011
Gulf Coast banks lose $41M

Locally headquartered banks lost $41 million in the second quarter of 2011.

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