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  • July 13, 2011
Tampa realty improves slightly

Hillsborough's residential real estate market is clearing out bad inventory.

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  • July 13, 2011
Maseda new CoAdvantage CEO

Mike Maseda is the new chief executive of the growing Tampa-based PEO.

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  • July 13, 2011
North Port homes selling cheap

Roughly 92% of all area homes sold in June went for less than $200,000.

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  • July 13, 2011
Good beach climate poor for business?

By some accounts, Florida is one of the most improved states to do business in, according to an annual report on the subject from cable business news channel CNBC.

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  • July 12, 2011
Sarasota condo sales increase

While home sales slowed, condo sales kept Sarasota's realty market active.

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  • July 12, 2011
Sebring buys Scalix for $12M

The Sarasota-based firm acquired an email and calendar software platform.

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  • July 12, 2011
Interop expands to Brazil

The Fort Myers-based mobile communications firm is set to grow.

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  • July 12, 2011
Regional Planning Council shaken up

The chairman of the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council recently resigned, and the executive director of the organization appears next to leave after a $220,000 state budget cut.

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  • July 11, 2011
Ft. Myers real estate improves

Distressed sales are subsiding, causing real estate prices to rebound.

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  • July 11, 2011
Whole Foods to hit Carrollwood

Whole Foods Market will open its 17th Florida store in late 2012.

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  • July 11, 2011
Tampa home prices keep falling

A research group projects another 5% decrease in the second half of 2012.

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  • July 11, 2011
Sarasota's Kimsey wages financing fight

Sarasota entrepreneur Rick Kimsey, with a goal to shoot a dose of Starbucks into the urgent care industry, is now Exhibit A in the lending tug-of-war between banks and small businesses.

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  • July 8, 2011
Fort Myers investor buys Colonial Center for $3 million

Fort Myers investor Mark Turnbull purchased the 49,573-square-foot Colonial Center retail building for $3 million.

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  • July 8, 2011
DeBartolo Development buys 101-room hotel

Tampa-based DeBartolo Development LLC has purchased the mortgage note to the 101-room Country Inn and Suites hotel in Sarasota.

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  • July 8, 2011
Premier Senior Living buys New Port Richey facility

Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Nelson Brothers Professional Real Estate LLC purchased the 100-bed Emeritus at New Port Richey for $4.56 million.

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