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  • December 12, 2017
Florida company chosen for Atlanta project

Artefact Studio will design a mixed-use project near Atlanta International Airport.

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  • December 11, 2017
IT firm taps board member as new CEO

Brian Marlier will lead Focal Point Data Risk, succeeding Yong-Gon Chon.

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  • December 11, 2017
Business leaders to form new community bank

Onetime Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida executive Dennis Murphy is the proposed president and CEO of the new bank.

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  • December 11, 2017
Retail giant seeks to aid aspiring entrepreneurs

HSN teams up with Randi Zuckerberg for American Dreams Academy.

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  • December 10, 2017
County collects extra $1.2M in bed tax

Bed tax collections are up 11.35% over October in Collier County.

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  • December 10, 2017
Brokerage maintains market dominance with lease deal

Ian Black Real Estate now handles all significant office leasing from Fruitville Road south to Bee Ridge Road

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  • December 8, 2017
Medical practice woos surgeons

Dr. John Nora and Dr. Russell Novak transitioned from private practice to First Physicians Group.

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  • December 8, 2017
Tech firm adds to executive management team

David Wirta brings more than two decades of tech leadership experience to Tampa-based Vology.

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  • December 8, 2017
Hoffmann buys more Naples buildings

St. Louis-based Hoffmann Commercial Real Estate last month acquired a pair of downtown Naples office buildings for nearly $14 million, records show.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • December 8, 2017
CREW Tampa Bay presents Excellence Awards

Commercial Real Estate Women Tampa Bay recently held its 6th annual Excellence Awards event, recognizing group members and others whose deals topped the market in the past year.

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  • December 8, 2017
Drive on through

Watch for climbing auto insurance rates.

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  • December 8, 2017
Sarasota hotel boom continues unabated

Sarasota County has added more than 500 hotel rooms in the past 18 months, and another 720 rooms are under construction — more than replacing the keys lost to condominium development a decade ago.

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  • December 8, 2017
Economy looks good - mostly

76% say the economy should continue to improve next year.

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  • December 8, 2017
Old as New

Strategic renovations can bring new life to older properties and greater profits to savvy landlords willing to shoulder risk.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • December 8, 2017
Are rich people different?

'It came down to two competing versions of what happened.'

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