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  • February 2, 2018
Lennar snags land in Hillsborough

Lennar Corp. invested $17.5 million late last month to acquire a 273-acre tract in southern Hillsborough County, one of the largest land deals of the past year in the Tampa and St. Petersburg submarket.

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  • February 2, 2018
What's in a name?

For St. Petersburg preservationists, everything.

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  • February 2, 2018
TerraCap awards Gateway leasing to CBRE

TerraCap Management LLC has retained commercial real estate brokerage firm CBRE Group to lease a four-building, Class A office complex in Sarasota County.

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  • February 1, 2018
Manufacturing CEO named chair of nonprofit

PGT Innovations CEO Jeff Jackson is board chair of Children First.

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  • February 1, 2018
Bell Tower Shops primed for revamp

Bell Tower Shops recently announced plans for a comprehensive redevelopment.

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  • February 1, 2018
Advertising firm hires senior VP

Joe Henson will oversee product strategy at Triad Retail Media in St. Petersburg.

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  • January 31, 2018
Company aims to sell 4 million shares, raise $250M

Sun Hydraulics plans to sell four million shares and raise about $250 million.

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  • January 31, 2018
Developer plots project with $3.5M purchase

The 104 acres in Cape Coral is one of the last remaining un-platted large tracts in the Cape.

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  • January 31, 2018
Restaurant giant adds exec in newly created role

Ramin Eivaz joins Bloomin' Brands Inc. as senior vice president of digital marketing.

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  • January 30, 2018
Tech company receives $15M in new capital

Voalte plans to accelerate growth with $15 million from Silicon Valley Bank.

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  • January 30, 2018
Broker leaves firm, launches his own company

W.T. Pearson worked for Premier Commercial for five years.

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  • January 30, 2018
Ambulance service ordered to pay $5.5M in scam

A whistleblower alerted the government to Tampa-based AmeriCare's fraudulent claims.

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  • January 29, 2018
College receives largest donation in its history

Sarasota's Ringling College of Art and Design received a $15 million donation.

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  • January 29, 2018
Investors pump $400K into germ-killing business

Vital Vio is the fourth company in which Tamiami Angel Fund III has invested.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • January 29, 2018
Firm promotes pair to partner level

Freeborn & Peters LLC has elevated Tampa lawyers Jason Stearns and Robert Stines to partner status.

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