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  • March 5, 2019
Developer fully leases new student housing

Mixed-use University Village continues to build out as second phase of The Residences for FGCU students nears completion.

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  • March 4, 2019
Area community, Harvard teaching hospital join forces on brain study

One of the largest master-planned communities in the region, Lakewood Ranch, recently announced a partnership with several prominent medical entities, including a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital, on a pioneering brain study.

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  • March 4, 2019
Health care firm shutters suddenly, lays off all 500 employees

Tampa, Florida-based Laser Spine Institute announced on Friday that it has gone out of business, effective immediately, after an attempt to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings failed.

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  • March 4, 2019
New town announces retail center

Babcock Ranch will build 85,000-square-foot center and a new entrance.

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  • March 3, 2019
Area cybersecurity firm, after investment, valued at $800M

KnowBe4 is off to a stellar start in 2019.

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  • March 3, 2019
The Business Observer Top 500: Get on the list

Deadline is April 12 for the Business Observer's 2019 Top 500 publication.

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  • March 2, 2019
Popular restaurant chain serves up new catering venue

Gecko’s Hospitality Group, one of the largest restaurant companies in the Sarasota-Bradenton region, plans to open a catering and event venue in Sarasota later in March.

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  • March 1, 2019
National law firm names partner in charge of local office

New Orleans-based law firm Adams and Reese has appointed Andrew McBride partner in charge of its St. Petersburg, Florida, office.

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  • March 1, 2019
The robots are coming to Florida's west coast — for these jobs

According to a January report from the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institute, four of the top 25 and eight of the top 50 metro area most vulnerable to losing jobs to automation are on or next to Florida’s West Coast. No. 3 is Lakeland-Win

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  • March 1, 2019
To Renovate or Sell?

Developers & Associates Corp. of California has been planning to renovate the Baymont Inn & Suites in Sarasota as part of a conversion to the Four Points by Sheraton brand, but the company now is considering selling the property to focus on other projects

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  • March 1, 2019
Solutions for the Future

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Land Solutions Inc. is expanding its services and installing a second-generation leader to carry the 20-year-old firm forward

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  • March 1, 2019
LandQwest Commercial adding Naples office to its fold

LandQwest Commercial Realty Services is adding a fourth office in Naples to better serve clients and beef up its property management portfolio

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  • March 1, 2019
David Weekley begins Sarasota townhome, villa project

David Weekley Homes has broken ground on Payne Park Village, a 135-unit residential community in Sarasota that will be the company's first ground-up community development in the city.

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  • March 1, 2019
Austin Center's value largely flat from 2015 purchase

Ally Capital's $28.96 million deal for the five-building Austin Center office project in Tampa's Westshore district was just 1.8% more than previous owner Redstone Commercial paid for the property in 2015

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  • March 1, 2019
Pour house: Beer flows but profits slow

Largo, Florida-based WingHouse discovered unacceptable losses stemming from its primary source of sales: draft beer. It contracted a company to help monitor the situation and the results have been impressive.

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