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  • February 27, 2020
Tiger Woods-backed golf-entertainment concept to debut in region

Fort Myers-based Stevens Construction is overseeing the construction of PopStroke in Fort Myers.

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  • February 27, 2020
Banker shifts from business to academia, being named business school dean

Banker Todd Katz shifts from the business world to academia.

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  • February 26, 2020
Longtime executives buy area steel contracting firm

The new owners have already begun to expand Better Buildings.

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  • February 26, 2020
Two health systems will merge to form network of care

Tidewell Hospice is Sarasota-based Stratum’s most-recognized brand.

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  • February 26, 2020
On Fire

Gulf Coast hospitality development and investment sales have been rampant — but the upswing is far from over, a leading industry expert says.

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  • February 26, 2020
Revamped ballpark, with bank as naming rights sponsor, opens for spring training

Following extensive renovations that began last year, the Toronto Blue Jays’ spring training home in Dunedin, Florida, has been renamed TD Ballpark.

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  • February 25, 2020
Builder promotes manager to executive position

Bryan Trtan has been with DeAngelis Diamond for three years.

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  • February 25, 2020
National engineering firm names director at area office

Bruce Napier brings more than 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry to Atwell.

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  • February 25, 2020
Prominent attorney elevated to shareholder at area law firm

Jonathan “Tre” Dixon III has been promoted to shareholder at the Tampa, Florida, office of Carlton Fields, a national law firm.

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  • February 24, 2020
Charles Schwab acquires prominent area wealth management firm

Martin Wasmer founded Wasmer, Schroeder & Co. in 1987.

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  • February 24, 2020
Trade hub adds international office

The Chile office is the third for the trade hub.

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  • February 24, 2020
Locally based restaurant chain opens prototype eatery

On Monday, Beef ‘O’ Brady’s unveiled a new corporate-owned prototype restaurant at 889 E. Bloomingdale Ave., in Brandon, east of Tampa, Florida.

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  • February 24, 2020
Airport board chooses new chairman

Michael Lenhard was appointed to the board in 2017.

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  • February 21, 2020
Housing market sees increase in sales, decrease in inventory

Report from Florida Realtors shows closed sales in Sarasota and Manatee totaled 1,539 in January.

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  • February 21, 2020
Area marketing firm taps 20-year industry veteran as new president

Jennie Treby is the new president of Roger West, a Tampa-based marketing agency founded in 2007.

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