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  • May 20, 2011
Race car driver developing Sonny's

Indy-car racer Dale Coyne and his wife, Gail, purchased a 7,078-square-foot former Chicago Uno restaurant building for $1.13 million.

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  • May 20, 2011
Sarasota entrepreneur buys Century building

Sarasota businessman Jesse Biter purchased the 41,617-square-foot former Century Bank building on Fruitville Road for $2.8 million.

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  • May 20, 2011
McGee Tire Stores buys downtown Superior Auto

Lakeland-based McGee Tire Stores Inc. purchased the 5,535-square-foot downtown Superior Auto Centers building for $1.07 million.

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  • May 20, 2011
Miami investment group buys Lakewood Apartments

An investment group led by Paul Steinfurth of Miami purchased the 82-unit Lakewood Apartments in Brandon for $2.15 million.

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  • May 20, 2011
Unemployment hit 18-month low

The state's jobless rate is 10.8%, its lowest since September 2009.

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  • May 20, 2011
Fort Myers: recovery central?

April real estate data show Fort Myers might be in full rebound mode.

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  • May 20, 2011
Tom Longe leaves TIB Bank

Having arranged the sale of TIB to NAFH, former CEO says his work is done.

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  • May 20, 2011
Lipman, Six L's cofounder, dies

Bill Lipman was last of the original “Six L's” for which the firm was named.

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  • May 20, 2011
Michigan's Allied Capital buys Tarpon Estates lots

Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Allied Capital Corp. has purchased another five residential lots in Tarpons Estates for $2.55 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • May 20, 2011
Port Manatee Berth 12 dredging under way

Dredging has started at Port Manatee for the planned Berth 12.

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  • May 20, 2011
Sarasota County begins work on Cattlemen extension

Sarasota County officials have broken ground on the extension of Cattlemen Road north to University Parkway.

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  • May 20, 2011
Miami inflation at 4%; could Tampa follow?

When the government reports the national monthly gauge of inflation, it's hard to know how our region compares.

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  • May 20, 2011
Corporate Report: May 20

The latest news from Six L's Packing, Edison National Bank, and other Gulf Coast companies.

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  • May 20, 2011
The Corporate Facelift

Transform your enterprise. Cut the fat, smooth the wrinkles and sculpt a new face.

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  • May 20, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: May 20

Regional business news at a glance.

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