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  • August 29, 2018
Marketing company breaks ground on $3 million headquarters

RSP USA's new headquarters in Bradenton is expected to be finished in spring 2019.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 29, 2018
Tampa Bay Bucs executive buys iconic area hotel

Tampa Bay Bucs executive buys famed Vinoy Renaissance resort in St. Petersburg, the latest in a string of high-profile lodging deals.

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  • August 29, 2018
Health care giant promotes data-focused executive

Lee Health names Marcelo Zottolo named vice president of data analytics and continuous improvement.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • August 28, 2018
Airport announces new flights to Philadelphia

Twice-weekly flights to Philadelphia International Airport from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport begin on Dec. 10.

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  • August 28, 2018
Hospital strikes naming-rights deal with NFL team

Florida Hospital and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers unveiled a new name and logo for the NFL team’s Tampa, Florida-based training facility and business offices, which will be known as AdventHealth Training Center.

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  • August 28, 2018
Chamber of Commerce CEO wins national fellowship

Tiffany Esposito of Bonita Springs Area Chamber will spend a year studying talent development and workforce retention.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • August 27, 2018
Nonprofit receives $100K grant for business accelerator, cowork space

Michael Meerman will head up the Emerging Initiatives Grant awarded to CareerSource Suncoast with a business accelerator and cowork space.

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  • August 27, 2018
Biotech firm advances skin cancer treatment program

Morphogenesis Inc., a Tampa, Florida-based biotech company, will embark on the first human clinical study of its immunotherapeutic vaccine designed to treat melanoma.

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  • August 27, 2018
Multibillion-dollar builder makes regional promotions

Suffolk appoints three executives to leadership positions to facilitate further expansion in the state.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • August 25, 2018
CEO steps down, company announces successor

Brian Jellison has decided to step down from his role as Sarasota-based Roper Technologies president and CEO to focus on his health.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 24, 2018
Restaurant supply company to bring 300 jobs to region

WebstaurantStore Inc., an online restaurant supply company, will invest $1 million in a new location in Tampa, Florida, and hire more than 300 IT and customer solutions staff members over the next five years.

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  • August 24, 2018
Dermatology center opens six Mohs surgery suites

Florida Skin Center opens six Mohs surgery suites in Punta Gorda office

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 24, 2018
MacFarlane Barney Development hopes Prima Luce will be a source of light

MacFarlane Barney Development expects to start construction on Prime Luce, a 220-unit condo project, by the end of this year, but competition among high-end developments for buyers in Fort Myers could slow its work.

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  • August 24, 2018
Pair of Fort Myers, Estero apartments fetch $100 million in sales

A pair of Lee County apartment complexes trade for $100 million, a further sign that investor demand for multifamily rental projects in Fort Myers and Estero remain in demand

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • August 24, 2018
McKibbon Hospitality ramping up hotel development

McKibbon Hospitality hires industry veteran Rod Radcliff as vice president of development to finish Hotel Arras project in North Carolina and to beef up the company's third-party development services division, spun off in January.

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