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Tampa REIT buys $28.9M center

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT purchased a Texas data center.

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  • July 18, 2011
Naples housing supply falls

The area's housing inventory has decreased by 18.5% in the past year.

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  • July 18, 2011
Octex plans job growth

The Sarasota-based plastic mold injection business to add 80 employees.

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  • July 18, 2011
When new hires make headlines

In the latest update, the Agency for Workforce Innovation said the state's construction industry shed 14,300 jobs over the year. So when a construction firm hires, it's news.

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Home price forecast: more stability

Orlando's metropolitan area ranks third out of five major housing markets forecast to see price gains for the July to December period.

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  • July 16, 2011
A bit of growth could go a long way

The euphoria over technology firm stocks and IPOs, which has the outsized appearance of what looks like a bubble-in-the making, dropped a few seedlings on the Gulf Coast.

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Paddling their way to boost the Tampa economy

Thousands of tourists will boost Tampa Bay's economy this summer, once the World Dragon Boat Racing Championship begins.

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  • July 15, 2011
Two Sarasota entrepreneurs buy Creekwood flex buildings

Sarasota businessmen Paul Marchese Jr. and James Abrams purchased two flex buildings in Creekwood East Corporate Park for $1.68 million.

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  • July 15, 2011
Lighting First takes over A PartyWorld building

Greg and Steven Adams purchased a 12,056-square-foot A PartyWorld store for $1.1 million.

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  • July 15, 2011
Convergent Capital joins Park Square ownership

Tampa-based Convergent Capital Partners LLC has bought into the ownership of the 32,898-square-foot Park Square shopping center in FishHawk Ranch.

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  • July 15, 2011
Collier Habitat for Humanity buys Davis Boulevard's Mystique

Habitat for Humanity of Collier County purchased the 15.68-acre undeveloped Mystique residential community for $1.6 million.

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  • July 15, 2011
CB's Saltwater Outfitters owner buys Siesta Key BP station

Mason Tush Jr. his wife, Aledia Tush, and their son Mason Tush III purchased a 2,950-square-foot former BP gas station for $950,000.

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  • July 15, 2011
Florida merger activity up 191%

Florida companies engaged in 86 mergers, with total value of $10.8 billion.

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  • July 15, 2011
Madison Marquette buys retail

A Washington, D.C.-based group acquired four retail properties in Naples.

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  • July 15, 2011
Tampa airport traffic increases

Tampa International Airport passenger traffic increased 3.7% in May.

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