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  • March 4, 2010
Economic crocuses begin to emerge

While a recovery may not be in full swing, small gains in taxable sales indicate things aren't getting worse.

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  • March 4, 2010
Gov. Crist's Ouija board budget

State Rep. Trudi Williams, R-Fort Myers, has some words of advice for Gov. Charlie Crist and his proposed $69.2 billion budget: “The first thing I would tell Gov. Crist is 'forget about it.'”

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  • March 4, 2010
Correction

A real estate brief on the Asolo Theatre buying a new production center in the Review's January 22-28 issue should have said that Kimberly Rogers is with CB Richard Ellis.

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  • March 4, 2010
TXT MSG 4 $

Interop Technologies executives didn't expect text messaging to grow as fast as it has. When it did, they rebuilt the business and landed big cell-phone customers like Metro PCS and Cox Communications. Now they're launching a $30 million expansion into Latin America.

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  • March 4, 2010
Bankers want to lend, but issues loom

As President Barack Obama pushed his latest government-funded way to get the economy rolling in a March 2 speech — this time it's the Small Business Lending Fund — a room full of bank executives in Sarasota were talking about what they say remains the real issue of the day: raising capital.

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  • March 3, 2010
Global travel firm goes local

The latest celebrity-themed vacation put together by Admiral Travel in Sarasota has a local feel.

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  • March 2, 2010
Nfinanse sings the greens

Nfinanse, the reloadable prepaid card provider just rolled out a music Web site, nFinanSeMusic.com, devoted to free downloads of up-and-coming artists.

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  • February 25, 2010
In-Rel Management buys Tampa center

Lake Worth-based commercial real estate firm In-Rel Management Inc. purchased the 134,463-square-foot Town N Country shopping center on Waters Avenue east of Hanley Road for $7.75 million.

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  • February 25, 2010
Capital Health Group buys Sunset Bay facility

Pennsylvania-based Capital Health Group LLC purchased the 77-bed Sunset Bay assisted-living community on Kai Loop near Rowan Road south of Trouble Creek Road for $5 million.

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  • February 25, 2010
Florida Living Options files Hawthorne site plan

Assisted-living facility owner and operator Florida Living Options has filed a site plan to develop its Hawthorne Manor skilled nursing facility on the five acres at the southeast corner of DeSoto Road and Honore Avenue in Sarasota.

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  • February 25, 2010
Sarasota Memorial looks at Brownfield site

Officials with Sarasota Memorial Health Care System are exchanging information with the city of Sarasota over the future of a 13-acre parcel on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way between U.S. 301 and Mango Avenue.

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  • February 25, 2010
Commercial property sales remain frozen

A recent report by Real Capital Analytics shows just how powerful the credit freeze was on commercial real estate sales in the Tampa Bay region last year.

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  • February 25, 2010
HMA sees Florida recovery

Hospital visits may not be pleasant, but patient growth is a good leading economic indicator.

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  • February 25, 2010
First Watch eats away at Oklahoma competition

First Watch, the Lakewood Ranch-based breakfast, brunch and lunch chain, has taken a bite out of the competition: An Oklahoma City-based restaurateur has sold his interest in five IHOP restaurants in order to sign a multi-unit franchise agreement with First Watch.

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  • February 25, 2010
Pulse of the market: faint, but still alive

The latest pulse of the commercial real estate market from LoopNet is much like the market itself: Not too good.

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