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  • January 29, 2010
Colliers Arnold rebranded Colliers International

Following the planned new merger of Colliers International and FirstService Real Estate Advisors, Clearwater-based Colliers Arnold announced that it will rebrand its offices and operations as Colliers International.

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  • January 29, 2010
Cedar Mountain buys Shadow Pines

Cedar Mountain Investments LLC, an investment group headed by Tampa's Robert Uhle, purchased the 48-unit Shadow Pines Apartments at the northwest corner of 15th Street and 122nd Avenue for $1.2 million.

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  • January 29, 2010
Warehouse landlords see relief from Haiti supplies

Haiti supplies may need to be stored in warehouses along the Gulf Coast.

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  • January 28, 2010
Reset for Recovery

Gulf Coast office buildings now offering cheap rents and plentiful space will eventually attract new businesses.

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  • January 27, 2010
Business survey brings good news

A slight majority of American business owners say 2010 won't be so bad after all, according to a recent survey commissioned by Grant Thornton International, a global accounting firm.

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  • January 23, 2010
Short sales suggest more price drops

There's a lot of important trend numbers to follow in the current residential foreclosure spike, but Peter Murphy, president of Tampa-based Home Encounter, sees one number as most important — 71%.

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  • January 22, 2010
Office business takes major hit

The moribund office furniture business in the Sarasota-Bradenton market could be on its last legs.

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  • January 22, 2010
Reading foreclosure tea leaves

Last year's foreclosure activity on the Gulf Coast suggests that any real estate recovery this year will be uneven.

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  • January 22, 2010
No slam dunk for Thrasher

The five week race to head the Republican Party of Florida looks like a two-man, one-woman race now, and the early favorite is facing criticism from a powerful Senate Democrat.

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  • January 22, 2010
Economic Snapshot: Car Sales Rebound

Every area of the Gulf Coast exceeded the modest statewide 1.3% increase in sales of autos and related accessories in October.

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  • January 22, 2010
Banker confirms downturn's severity

Most people agree that today's market is unique. But most people don't have nearly a half-century of professional banking experience to use for comparison.

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  • January 22, 2010
Lee County plummet drives up sales

If you thought the residential real estate boom years were crazy busy in the Fort Myers area, 2009 was even more frenetic.

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  • January 22, 2010
Investment Adviser Tainted by Nadel Scandal Seeks a New Home

Coffee Talk hears that Chris Moody, a onetime business partner of jailed Sarasota financier Arthur Nadel, is officially leaving town.

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  • January 22, 2010
Bill Bradley's truth: Savings, taxes must rise

Former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley was known for big plays during his time with the NBA's New York Knicks in the '60s and '70s.

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  • January 22, 2010
Maybe folks really don't want high speed rail

When the Bradenton Herald gave Tampa Bay Partnership CEO Stuart Rogel an opportunity to answer a few questions for a story about high speed rail, they got a digital earful.

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