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  • November 6, 2017
Two new members appointed to university board

William Mariotti and Frederick Piccolo will serve on the USF Sarasota-Manatee Campus Board.

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  • November 6, 2017
Firm plans $25M expansion, 430 hires

Insurance, benefits firm to invest $25M in Tampa base.

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  • November 6, 2017
Massive community posts big sales day

Babcock Ranch plans to hold a grand opening in March.

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  • November 3, 2017
Institutional Magnet

The pending sales effort for Urban Centre is expected to generate interest from large, institutional real estate players.

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  • November 3, 2017
Sasaki tapped for Sarasota bayfront design work

Sasaki Associates Inc. has been picked to lead design and planning work for a 42-acre, municipally owned cultural tract just outside downtown Sarasota.

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  • November 3, 2017
Mainsail awarded top Marriott prize

Mainsail Lodging & Development has received the Partnership Circle Award from Marriott International, the highest accolade presented to the hotel operator and lodging industry behemoth's property owners and franchisors.

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  • November 3, 2017
Senator gets elevated role

If he wins re-election, Galvano will be the next Senate president.

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  • November 3, 2017
Banker gets new opportunity

He's now a VP at St. Petersburg-based Freedom Bank.

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  • November 3, 2017
Strength in numbers

Chico's FAS shows the power of women in business.

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  • November 3, 2017
Floating Hope

Hope Healthcare plans to integrate medical uses and commercial space in 46-acre development in Fort Myers.

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  • November 3, 2017
DataSnapshot: School days

Cape Coral struggles in Thumbtack survey of small businesses.

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  • November 3, 2017
Brennan lands Pepsico division at Centerstate

In what is believed to be among the largest industrial leases in the Interstate 4 corridor between Tampa and Orlando in the past three years, a division of food conglomerate Pepsico has committed to occupy the entire first building at Centerstate Logistics Park, in Lakeland.

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  • November 3, 2017
Like Pandora, but for beer-lovers

ALEgorithm helps you explore the brew at World of Beer.

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  • November 3, 2017
Seafood and craft beer spot debuts in region

An Atlantic Beer & Oyster restaurant is opening in downtown Sarasota.

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  • November 2, 2017
Area biotech firm, fighting cancer, wins big award

Moffitt Cancer Center-linked Interpares Biomedicine wins statewide competition

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