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

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

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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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  • 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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  • September 19, 2011
Edison adds office in Captiva

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

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  • September 19, 2011
JRL Ventures grows operations

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

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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.

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  • 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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  • September 16, 2011
Thomas M. Cooley school buys second Camden parcel

The Thomas M. Cooley Law School purchased 4.49 acres east of the law school's new Tampa Bay campus for $1.47 million.

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  • September 16, 2011
Home-Tech starts Lena building, hopes to open next year

Fort Myers-based Home-Tech has started construction on its new 10,400-square-foot service office, technical training center and showroom building in Manatee County.

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  • September 16, 2011
Mark Cahill Investments proposes Plaza East center

Bradenton-based Mark Cahill Investments LLC is proposing to develop a 21,800-square-foot retail center in Lakewood Ranch.

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  • September 16, 2011
Florida unemployment at 10.7%

The state's economy added 46,100 net jobs over the past year.

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  • September 16, 2011
Fort Myers attorney buys Islander Center

Fort Myers business-law attorney Charles Phoenix purchased the 9,778-square-foot Islander Center for $2.1 million.

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