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  • April 18, 2017
Health care nonprofit CEO retires

Bob Simpson has been with LeeSar/Cooperative Services of Florida for 15 years.

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  • April 17, 2017
Partnership to boost manufacturing companies

FloridaMakes will help improve the productivity and technological performance of Sarasota-Manatee manufacturing companies.

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  • April 17, 2017
Magician to host business TV show

'Hidden Magic' will feature local small businesses and restaurants.

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  • April 14, 2017
Master-planned community's home sales nearly double

Sales during quarter one increased over last year in Lakewood Ranch.

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  • April 14, 2017
Marketing agency hires media director

Amy Court will work on media buys for Spiro & Associates.

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  • April 14, 2017
College chases lucrative field for new major

The University of South Florida is following industry trend lines with a personal financial planning major.

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  • April 14, 2017
Money misery

Millennials face tough time in earnings game.

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  • April 14, 2017
Commercial Real Estate Q&A

STAN LIFSEY, President, Lifsey Real Estate & Holdings Inc., Tampa

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  • April 14, 2017
Multifamily momentum multiplies

Apartment sales see surge in Q1.

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  • April 14, 2017
Naples developer proceeding with business park

Naples developer Paul Hardy is moving ahead with plans for a new 240-acre business park in Fort Myers, his second push at developing the property.

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  • April 14, 2017
Get them here, keep them here

The 'attrition rate comes from people who move here and don't get engaged with the community.'

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  • April 14, 2017
Maximum effort

Judge kills Miami Beach effort to hike minimum wage.

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  • April 14, 2017
Triple Net Gain

David Sobelman largely pioneered the now-popular triple net lease investment deal. For an encore, he's forming a company around them.

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  • April 13, 2017
Ad agency with nearly $15M in sales finds buyer

Lakewood Ranch-based Grapevine Communications was founded 2002.

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  • April 13, 2017
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