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Nonprofit merger leads to $3.7M fund

A new fund was established at Manatee Community Foundation after United Way of Manatee County and United Way Suncoast merged.

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Lawyers win $30M verdict in pedestrian injury case

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DataSnapshot: Another chance

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Click here to buy a car

Online auto shopping Carvana.com expands into our area of Florida.

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Brookwood buys Southwest Florida portfolio

Brookwood Financial Partners LLC, a Beverly, Mass.-based private equity firm with a total capitalization of $2.4 billion, has purchased a portfolio of more than a dozen office buildings in Fort Myers and Bonita Springs.

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Buy Side

A Chicago firm has bought more than a dozen Naples commercial properties in the past three years, and has more in its sights.

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Brixmor adds Venice center to portfolio

Brixmor Property Group, a New York-based retail property owner that controls roughly a dozen Gulf Coast centers, has acquired a Sarasota County shopping center for $33.5 million.

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Foodservice company names top IT exec

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National builder announces new community

Toll Bros. will build The Isles at Lakewood Ranch.

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