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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

Tampa-based Givens Givens Sparks successfully sues Port St. Lucie construction and engineering company.

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DataSnapshot: Another chance

Millennials aren't really as stingy as everyone thinks.

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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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  • December 22, 2017
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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Guerrilla glue

Nine ways to boost your marketing without big bucks.

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Stay with pride

For the Spirit of Family, they take the award.

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Join the club

Gather round the Campfire for some glamping.

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  • December 22, 2017
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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  • December 22, 2017
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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  • December 22, 2017
Foodservice company names top IT exec

Michael Fabrico brings a history of C-level IT-related leadership and experience to Innovative Food Holdings.

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  • December 21, 2017
National builder announces new community

Toll Bros. will build The Isles at Lakewood Ranch.

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Community bank elevates exec to president

Rita Lowman is the new president of Pilot Bank.

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Company completes $12M radio station deal

Naples-based Beasley Broadcast Group completed the deal with Entercom Communications Corp.

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  • December 20, 2017
Attorney named chair of economic development council

Donald Thomson concentrates his practice in residential and commercial real estate.

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