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  • January 15, 2010
Online business scene grows in Tampa

Our special issue on creativity is a perfect time to survey Tampa's involvement in the Internet start-up scene — a level that is rapidly increasing, and could soon put Tampa on the map with other national tech hubs.

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  • January 14, 2010
County community college buys building

Hillsborough Community College purchased a 51,400-square-foot four-story office building between 14th and 15th streets and 5th and 6th avenues for $6.5 million. The first three floors of the building were completed but the fourth floor is still just a shell.

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  • January 14, 2010
Naples investor Carlisle buys Wilson Plaza

Naples Greg Carlisle purchased the 36,000-square-foot Wilson Plaza shopping center on Wilson Boulevard in Golden Gate Estates for $6.5 million.

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  • January 14, 2010
Premier Properties buys Pinewood Lakes

Premier Properties of Cape Coral Inc. purchased the 58-lot Pinewood Lakes residential community on 20 acres at Southeast 2nd Court and Southeast 8th Street from Reliance Bank for $745,000.

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  • January 14, 2010
Hillsborough buys 1,700 acres for conservation

Hillsborough County government purchased 1,673 acres of cattle ranch and undeveloped land in northwest Hillsborough known as the Brooker Creek Corridor for $20.14 million.

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  • January 14, 2010
Freeze wallops entrepreneur

When Darrell Turner told the Review last year that the recession had forced him to work harder than ever before, a thaw-out probably wasn't what he had in mind.

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  • January 7, 2010
Economic Snapshot: Jobs for Season

Every area of the Gulf Coast showed month-over-month declines in the unemployment rate in October, though each area's unemployment rate was higher than the state (11.2%).

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  • January 7, 2010
Venture capital well runs dry

If venture capital is the source of funding for a job recovery in Florida, then it's going to be a long wait.

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  • January 7, 2010
Another architect launches solo act

The humbling story of the ADP Group, which was once one of the largest architecture and planning firms in Sarasota, has added a new chapter.

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  • January 7, 2010
Location gets new shot at life

A landmark Sarasota restaurant location that has gone through several iterations is getting another bite at success.

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  • January 7, 2010
Proud chairman keeps on burning

To hear outgoing Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer tell it you'd think he had just jumped on a grenade hurled at party loyalists when he announced his resignation Jan. 5 in a hastily called press conference.

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  • January 7, 2010
Gulf Coast executives can get schooled

Gulf Coast executives seeking to learn about topics from sales strategies to dealing with privacy issues and terrorism in the workplace will have their chance this year.

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  • January 7, 2010
Survival Index ranks Florida sixth

The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council published the results of their 14th annual Small Business Survival Index study last month.

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  • January 7, 2010
ULI speaker: Midwest a disaster

A presentation last month at the Urban Land Institute's Trends Conference raised some eyebrows and lowered some hopes.

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  • January 7, 2010
Chief executives stay employed

The year has been surprisingly kind to the nation's chief executive officers, at least when it comes to job security.

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