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  • September 19, 2018
Homebuilder opens new 107-house community

Homes in Rivo Lakes start in the mid-$400,000s.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 19, 2018
Developer unveils first office renderings from mixed-use project

Bromley Companies has revealed renderings of what the first of three new Class A office towers will look like when its $500 million, 22-acre Midtown Tampa neighborhood development is complete in 2020.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • September 19, 2018
Cancer surgery center earns top ranking

Shipley Cardiothoracic Center only facility in Florida and one of six in the U.S. to earn 3-star rating.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • September 18, 2018
Master-planned community sees 86 home sales

So far in 2018, 838 homes have been sold in West Villages Florida.

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  • September 18, 2018
Consulting firm on the rise names new president

Stonehill, a Tampa, Florida-based management consulting firm, has appointed Troy Atlas, formerly of Raymond James, as its new president.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 18, 2018
The Francis in downtown Sarasota set to close this fall

Tableside restaurant Group decidedes to close the popular Francis meeting and event space at 1289 N. Palm Ave. in downtown Sarasota to focus on its restaurants, including Louies Modern.

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  • September 18, 2018
Homebuilder elected to high-ranking state association seat

Ryan Benson, co-owner of A. Vernon Allen Builder of Naples, is vice-chairman of the Florida Home Builders Association’s Local Presidents’ Council.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • September 17, 2018
Law firm’s local office adds lauded attorney

Gunster, a West Palm Beach, Florida-based law firm, has strengthened its private wealth services team in Tampa with the addition of Brian Sparks.

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  • September 17, 2018
Communications provider wins major university contract

RF Connect will create and install wireless systems for largest university in Michigan.

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  • September 14, 2018
Contractors raise the roof on revenues, profits

The labor shortage has done little to damage an upward growth pattern in the U.S. roofing industry — a sector in its fourth consecutive year of improved profitability and double-digit percentage increases in sales.

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  • September 14, 2018
Ad agency takes novel approach to branding job

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Paradise Advertising has taken a unique, restrained approach to its creative work for the Amelia Island Convention and Visitors Bureau.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • September 14, 2018
Kolter Group begins work on Ritz-Carlton Residences in Sarasota

The Kolter Group has begun construction on an 18-story, 73-unit condominium tower in downtown Sarasota to be known as the Ritz-Carlton Residences, the result of its affiliation with the Marriott-branded resort next door.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • September 14, 2018
Wire manufacturer acquires hot product line

Pelican Wire takes over fellow manufacturer’s high-temperature wire designs and equipment.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • September 14, 2018
Leader's bull run ends with logo debate

The University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, unveiled a new logo just days before the institution's longtime president, Judy Genshaft, announced her impending retirement.

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  • September 14, 2018
Water Street Tampa poised for a trio of new office offerings

Strategic Property Partners, after focusing on hotels, restaurants and residences the past two years, is preparing to develop a trio of new office buildings as part of its $3 billion downtown Tampa project

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