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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 17, 2018
Pair of Lakeland projects show strength of Polk County industrial market

New distribution center projects planned by Swedish furniture retailer Ikea and Dallas developer Xebec Holdings show that Lakeland and Polk County continues to be sought-after location for distributors.

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  • August 17, 2018
In Memoriam, Steve Seidensticker, 1953-2018

Steve Seidensticker died Tuesday, Aug. 14, after battling cancer for several months. He was 65 years old.

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  • August 16, 2018
Nonprofit names area president

Sue Wetzel, the new Sarasota area president for United Way Suncoast, spent more than 10 years as an executive with Johnson & Johnson.

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  • August 16, 2018
Florida law firm adds three new partners

Shutts & Bowen bolsters Tampa office business litigation, real estate and IP practice groups.

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  • August 16, 2018
Contractor awarded surgery center contract

Stevens Construction building Performance Health Surgery Center in Fort Myers. Completion is scheduled for this winter.

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  • August 15, 2018
Foundation names new board members, elects officers

Nancy Harris, Kent Hayes and Anne Rollings will serve three-year terms on the board of directors of the Education Foundation of Sarasota County.

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  • August 15, 2018
Bank lands senior executive

Former SunTrust president and CEO Allen Brinkman joins Seacoast Banking Corp. He will lead commercial banking for its new Tampa market.

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  • August 14, 2018
Manufacturer acquires distributor for $26 million

Helios Technologies acquired Custom Fluidpower, an Australian distributor that serves mining, material handling, agriculture, construction, energy/oil and gas markets.

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  • August 14, 2018
Preeminent producer joins rival realty firm

Don Winkler leaves John R. Wood Properties for Premier Sotheby’s in Naples, takes his $1 billion in sales volume skills with him.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • August 14, 2018
Airport surpasses benchmark for passenger service

Punta Gorda Airport surpasses 1 million passengers in 2018, six million since 2007

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • August 14, 2018
Lawyer who helped recover Madoff's billions named firm's local partner

Quarles & Brady adds Mark Kornfeld to Tampa office, worked on liquidation and recovery of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities

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  • August 13, 2018
Budget airline to start flights out of airport

Frontier Airlines will fly out of Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport starting Dec. 10.

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  • August 13, 2018
Loan officer gets 18 months in $700K mortgage scam

Daniel Cardenas, 37, of Tampa, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for his role in a wire fraud scheme dating back to the early days of the housing bust that cost mortgage lenders up to $710,000 in losses.

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  • August 13, 2018
Attorney named chairman of Big Brothers Big Sisters chapter

ttorney Michael Lehnert Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt chairman of Lee County Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Suncoast

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • August 10, 2018
Health care group lures Arizona executive for leadership post

Lee/Sar and Cooperative Services of Florida hire Jeremy Owens vice president of supply chain logistics

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