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  • November 13, 2009
Wine and dine with the Redfords

Bidders in search of over-the-top auction lots at the Naples Winter Wine Festival won't be disappointed this year.

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  • November 13, 2009
August Business Investment

Taxable sales in the business-investment category in August fell more than statewide (-12.4%) in Naples, Sarasota and Fort Myers.

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  • November 13, 2009
Not so newsy: Bank needs capital

There was a time when regulatory orders, strictly written memos of understanding and other command-style communications from regulators to bankers was top news.

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  • November 13, 2009
First resident in waiting, and waiting

It may not be that unusual for a big city mayor-elect to have to wait a couple months to take office. But it's the first time for the city of St. Petersburg.

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  • November 13, 2009
Realtor tries to rock marketplace

Jim Soda, one of more prominent residential Realtors in Manatee and Sarasota counties, has tried all sorts of marketing techniques to sell houses during the recession.

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  • November 13, 2009
Tech start-ups recognized

Five Tampa Bay-area technology entrepreneurs won support from the STAR Technology Enterprise Center, or STAR TEC, this week and will be getting office space and branding support from the organization.

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  • November 13, 2009
Local executive lands new job

Tom Randle, one of the longest tenured credit union executives on the Gulf Coast, is going from building home loan portfolios to actually building homes.

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  • November 12, 2009
KAMCO Property Co. buys Manatee Woods, other units

Plano, Texas-based commercial real estate firm KAMCO Property Co. purchased the 212-unit Manatee Woods apartment complex on 4th Avenue Drive and 14 units in the nearby Serendipity condominium for $4.2 million.

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  • November 12, 2009
Florida investor group buys Spring Glade apartments

Elster/Rocatica LLC purchased the 78-unit Spring Glade apartments off 22nd Street north of Fletcher Avenue at a foreclosure auction for $915,000.

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  • November 12, 2009
Tampa's Merecorp Inc. buys Baywater Apartments

Tampa area investor William Sultenfuss purchased the Baywater Apartments on Waters Avenue near Rustic Drive from the Dinerstein Cos. for $5.95 million.

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  • November 12, 2009
Horizon Bay Hyde Park develops six-story building

Horizon Bay Hyde Park LLC purchased slightly less than two acres on South Boulevard and Horatio Street for $3.4 million.

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  • November 12, 2009
Ritz-Carlton Sarasota starts renovation

The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota has kicked off the renovation portion of its $5 million improvement project and aside from guests the big winners will be charities.

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  • November 12, 2009
Manatee awarded grant for energy efficiency

The Manatee Board of County Commissioners has accepted $2.4 million in federal stimulus funds as part of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.

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  • November 12, 2009
Hope Hospice buys Cape Coral land

Hope Hospice and Community Services Inc. of Fort Myers purchased 10 acres on Savona Parkway near Agualinda Boulevard for $1.5 million.

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Sen. Nelson covers controversies

High-speed rail. Offshore drilling. Health care.

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