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Arizona restaurant chain set to expand in area, hire 130 people

Arizona restaurant chain True Food Kitchen is set to expand to Tampa, Florida.

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  • January 18, 2022
Denver company acquires $510M advisory firm

Cordasco Financial Network was founded in 2011.

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  • January 18, 2022
Area law firm names new president after 23 years

Telese Zuberer joined Icard Merrill as a shareholder in 2017.

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  • January 18, 2022
Area resident gets federal prison for $800K COVID-19 relief fraud

Louis Thornton III applied for federal relief funds in the names of defunct companies

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  • January 18, 2022
New York firm buys HVAC company's facility for $8.1 million

Seagate Development has sold the Conditioned Air warehouse in Fort Myers; company's lease runs through 2030

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  • January 18, 2022
University launches business administration doctoral program

Applications are being accepted for the new University of Tampa PhD program in business administration, set to debut in the fall 2022 semester.

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  • January 17, 2022
Area hospital, in rare $315M project, relocates trauma center

Expansion adds nearly 270 beds.

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  • January 17, 2022
Wealth management firm grows by two

There is over 25 years of experience between the two new team members.

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  • January 17, 2022
Arizona company buys mobile home park for $363 million

Cove Communities pays near record price for Fort Myers manufactured home community.

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  • January 17, 2022
Medical device firm names new president, CEO

Carl O’Connell has worked for several medical device companies

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  • January 17, 2022
Water treatment firm brings on new president

Andrea d’Agostini has been named president and chief strategic officer at Clearwater, Florida-based OriginClear.

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  • January 15, 2022
Sarasota tennis club sold — again — for $15.3 million

New developers plan to move forward on mixed-use project.

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  • January 14, 2022
Competing tech companies complete merger

The move is said to nearly double the size of the combined company.

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  • January 14, 2022
Miami-based laundry provider sells six facilities — two on Gulf Coast — for almost $62 million

Crown Linen sells properties in Bradenton and Fort Myers along with three others in Florida and one in Georgia

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  • January 14, 2022
Chef critically injured in garage accident continues recovery

Brian Roland has been in a hospital since Dec. 4

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