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Chico's chooses new board member

Deborah Kerr will fill remaining one-year term of former chairman Ross Roeder.

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  • May 1, 2017
New member appointed to airport board

Michael Lenhard will join the five-person City of Naples Airport Authority board.

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  • May 1, 2017
Developer sells 750 acres

Gopher Hill Farm purchased Myakka City land for $2.65M.

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  • May 1, 2017
Manufacturer names new CEO

Seaway Plastics Engineering has 160 employees and two locations.

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  • April 28, 2017
Prominent hospital CEO quits post

Jim Nathan requested he finish the remaining two years of his contract as a board resource.

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  • April 28, 2017
Benderson adding pair of restaurants to Landings Shopping Center in Sarasota

The additions are part of a larger rehabilitation of the 29-year-old plaza

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  • April 28, 2017
Gramercy buys Bristol-Myers' Tampa building

Gramercy Property Trust, a New York-based investment company that owns more than 325 properties nationwide, has acquired a Tampa office building housing Bristol-Myers Squibb's North American Capability Center.

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  • April 28, 2017
Thrill of the spill

Attorney secures $30 million in damages for clients after BP oil spill.

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  • April 28, 2017
Fun House

An investor with an eye for sometimes-eccentric design features hopes her seven-figure deal for waterfront properties is a winner.

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  • April 28, 2017
IN MEMORIAM | Truly Nolen 1928-2017

Truly Nolen grew his pest control business into $114.7 million global operation.

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  • April 28, 2017
Erhardt sees distant end to recovery

Talk about being bullish on Tampa Bay. Cushman & Wakefield Executive Director Bruce Erhardt, in his first quarter Land Market Overview newsletter to clients and investors, contends the region's commercial real estate recovery won't peter out anytime soon.

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  • April 28, 2017
Mr. Turnaround

A.G. Lafley helped breathe new life into Procter & Gamble and downtown Cincinnati. Can he do the same for Sarasota?

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  • April 28, 2017
Data Snapshot: Home run

Airbnb reports heavy spikes in bookings in Florida cities with Major League Baseball spring training.

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  • April 28, 2017
Way to wash

A new on-demand mobile car wash app connects customers and detailers.

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  • April 28, 2017
Rhat Pack

Veteran Patrick Walker was inspired by what he saw on the ground in Afghanistan to invent a multi-purpose bike.

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