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  • April 24, 2019
Contractor building $14 million arts facility

Stevens Construction begins work on new Big Arts center on Sanibel Island.

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  • April 23, 2019
Defendant in alleged $75M fraud bought a Maserati, houses

Federal regulators say more than $47 million of a $75 million scheme was improperly spent; the rest was lost in the market.

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  • April 23, 2019
Hospital selects new chief operating officer

Peter Hemstead was previously the assistant administrator at Brandon Regional Hospital in Brandon.

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  • April 23, 2019
Business law firm adds property expert as shareholder

Gunster, a full-service business law firm headquartered in West Palm Beach, has named Gregory Rix a shareholder at its Tampa office.

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  • April 23, 2019
Country club plans $4 million renovation project

Wildcat Run Golf & Country Club hires Humphrey Rose Architects of Naples to design expansion.

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  • April 22, 2019
Area medical company raises $5.75 million in funding round

Sarasota-based Omeza's technology is initially aimed at healing and preventing chronic leg and foot ulcers.

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  • April 22, 2019
Bank posts dramatic rise in profits

First Citrus Bancorporation continues producing strong financial results.

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  • April 22, 2019
Construction begins on condo-hotel project

SoCe Flats in downtown Naples could run buyers more than $1,000 per square foot. Building will combine street-level commercial with 18 residential units.

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  • April 19, 2019
Developer plans $30 million senior living community

The $30 million Seaside Springs Retirement Community will be the fifth Resort Lifestyle Communities location in Florida.

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  • April 19, 2019
Area boat retailer makes splashy acquisition in Texas

MarineMax, a Clearwater, Florida-based recreational boat and yacht retailer, has purchased Sail & Ski Center, a Texas boat dealership founded in 1969 that operates in Austin and San Antonio.

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  • April 19, 2019
Benefit corporation strikes saucy deal with major grocery chain

Teen-operated Taste of Immokalee awarded space in some 200 Publix stores' 'Buy Local' shelves.

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  • April 19, 2019
New Yorkers continue to flee the state for Florida

The battle between New York and Florida has shifted, for now, from bagels vs. oranges, or snow against sun, to something more tangible: people. Florida is getting them, in droves, from New York (and several other northeast states.)

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  • April 19, 2019
Architecture firm awarded city contract for recreation facility

ADG Architecture will spearhead redesign of STARS Complex in Fort Myers.

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  • April 19, 2019
Photography service opens inside area Ritz-Carlton

The Photography Concierge has locations within several Ritz-Carlton hotels.

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  • April 19, 2019
Playing to Strengths

Floridays Development Co. and its founder and CEO, Angus Rogers, have found that involving joint venture and other partners on its hotel projects add value and provide critical perspective

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