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  • April 8, 2019
Construction firm completes second project for utility

Stevens Construction teams up with Bonita Springs Utilities on new customer service building.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • April 5, 2019
Master-planned community sees 7% uptick in sales

With few exceptions, March saw sales increases for all villages and builders in Lakewood Ranch.

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  • April 5, 2019
Spring training events benefit pediatric hospital

Lee Health Foundation, Boston Red Sox team up to raise $500,000 for Golisano Children’s Hospital’s Kids’ Minds Matter fund.

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  • April 5, 2019
Medical practice, ex-doctors mired in legal dispute

Recently resigned providers allege unfair non-compete agreements. Fort Myers-based Company counters they are challenging policies they created themselves.

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  • April 5, 2019
Masterful performance from area business school

A graduate-level degree program offered by the University of Tampa’s Sykes College of Business in Tampa, Florida, has received a hearty pat on the back from CEO Magazine.

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  • April 5, 2019
Cutting-edge cop shop opens for business

St. Petersburg, Florida's finest lifted the curtain on their new home, two years in the making, March 22, and local architecture firm Harvard Jolly Architecture added another law enforcement feather to its cap.

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  • April 5, 2019
Area firm adds water damage restoration services

Above and Beyond Property Improvement and Restoration aims to serve a wide range of clients with its water damage restoration.

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  • April 5, 2019
Former NBA player joins forces with developer to help lead sustainable homes company

Dahntay Jones and Marshall Gobuty are teaming up to expand Pearl Homes' reach.

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  • April 5, 2019
HFF will fold talent, expertise and listings into JLL regionally

With HFF, JLL will strengthen its capital markets abilities in hotels, apartments and other sectors throughout Florida following the close of its $2 billion acquisition.

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  • April 5, 2019
Real estate investment trust playing a growth game

HC Government Realty Trust has received a capital injection and new management from a Charlotte, N.C.-based investment company, as part of a strategy to boost the size of its portfolio of properties occupied by federal government agencies.

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  • April 5, 2019
An Atypical Land Deal

Nancy Surak of Land Advisors Organization was awarded the Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of Realtors "Deal of the Year" for brokering the sale of 1,557 acres in a Pasco County master-planned community to Lennar Corp. for $26.54 million.

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  • April 5, 2019
Peridot Palms apartments in St. Petersburg trade for $98.25 million

UDR Inc. has invested $98.25 million to buy the luxury Peridot Palms apartments in St. Petersburg, one of the largest multifamily rental deals along the Gulf Coast over the past five years.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • April 5, 2019
Life Storage buys Tampa self-storage center to augment portfolio

Life Storage Inc. purchased a multilevel self-storage facility in Tampa in a deal brokered by SkyView Advisors' Ryan Clark to augment its existing portfolio of Tampa-area properties.

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  • April 5, 2019
Pulse check: Business confidence high despite long-term concerns

SunTrust Bank's annual Business Pulse survey produced dissonant results as company leaders feel good about their own prospects while expressing worry about a possible recession. Tim Schar, the bank's Tampa, Florida, market president, provides context.

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  • April 4, 2019
P&G exec, noted entrepreneur invest in area tech firm

Tony DiBenedetto and Jamie Egasti are now on the board of MyArea Network.

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