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  • June 28, 2019
Marketing firm owner, in prison on another scam, convicted of fraud

The owner of a Tampa, Florida, medical marketing company has been convicted in federal court for his role in a $2.2 million Medicare fraud scheme.

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  • June 28, 2019
National homebuilder to bring new community to area

Esplanade at Azario residents are expected to have access to a private 18-hole golf course.

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  • June 28, 2019
University entrepreneur program enters into exchange agreement with Israeli university

FGCU Institute of Entrepreneurship founder Sandra Kauanui links the program to a similar one at Tel Aviv University in Israel. Intellectual and venture capital are the anticipated outcomes.

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  • June 28, 2019
CRE brokers are on the move in Tampa

Commercial real estate brokerage firms are breaking with tradition and offering top agents financial incentives and better opportunities to convince them to switch alliances.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • June 28, 2019
Blackstone Group mega deal to ripple through Gulf Coast

Blackstone Group's $18.7 billion acquisition of GLP US assets, including buildings in Tampa and Lakeland, highlights how the industrial real estate business has gravitated more toward distribution than warehousing.

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  • June 28, 2019
Richman Group to develop Naples multifamily project

Richman Group, the nation's seventh-largest apartment developer, has acquired land in Naples known as Magnolia Pond to develop up to 434 apartments in a deal brokered by SVN Lotus and SVN KONA.

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  • June 28, 2019
Investcorp buys apartments in Plant City, Winter Haven

Investcorp has purchased apartment complexes in Plant City and Winter Haven as part of a $370 million portfolio deal with Equus Capital Partners.

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  • June 28, 2019
Farley White reaffirms CBRE at Fifth Third Center

Farley White Interests has reaffirmed its commitment to CBRE Group as the leasing firm for its 19-story Fifth Third Center office building at 201 E. Kennedy Blvd. in downtown Tampa amid $3 million in renovations. to the building.

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  • June 28, 2019
Mayoral forum: Jane Castor discusses Tampa's transformation

The Tampa Downtown Partnership annual meeting and luncheon, held June 19 at the Hilton Tampa Downtown Hotel in Tampa, Florida, included remarks from Tampa’s former police chief and recently elected mayor, Jane Castor.

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  • June 28, 2019
Taxing decision results in win for transportation

A Hillsborough County, Florida, judge recently upheld a voter-approved 1-cent sales tax for transportation and transit improvements, where County Commissioner Stacy White had challenged the legality of the money distribution process.

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  • June 28, 2019
Found in translation: Japanese realtor steps in to salvage deal

Using her cultural knowledge and background, Pierce Florida Realty LLC agent Sumiko Koboi, of St. Petersburg, Florida, helped salvage a deal for a commercial property owned by a Japanese businessman.

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  • June 28, 2019
Survey lists Florida’s top business advantages, including quality of life

Project Sunrise is an economic competitiveness strategy for the state of Florida.

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  • June 28, 2019
Elected official aims to turn off money-to-dead people faucet

U.S. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota wants to save the federal government some money.

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  • June 28, 2019
Startup fintech pay company raises $7 million in funding

ConnexPay will use growth capital to advance technology and expand to markets beyond online travel instant payment services.

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  • June 27, 2019
New branch part of bank's long-term growth plans

The new Regions Bank branch at 4034 S. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota does not include a traditional teller line.

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