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  • September 23, 2016
Investors flip over home sales

Gulf Coast cities led the nation in the second quarter in home flips, according to a new report from Attom Data Solutions, the new parent company of real estate researcher RealtyTrac.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2016
Developer wins in long-term play

September marks six years since The Ronto Group, partnering with a New York investment firm, bought TwinEagles, a 1,115-acre master-planned community in Naples where home sales stalled in the downturn.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2016
Bank looks for marketing boost

Kara LeComte's boss at USAmeriBank, president and CEO Joe Chillura, gave her a tough task when she was promoted late last year to oversee marketing of the bank's wide retail branch network.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 23, 2016
Earth mover

EHC Inc. shifted gears to survive, then thrive.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 23, 2016
Hotel deals flourish on Gulf Coast

Last week in this space we addressed the seemingly endless appetite investors and developers appear to have for apartments along the Gulf Coast.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2016
Purchase Power

A dollar in Florida isn't just a dollar.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 23, 2016
A beautiful day in these neighborhoods

To stroll through the most walking-friendly neighborhoods in Florida head to cluttered Miami Beach — or Sarasota.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2016
Architecture firm grows by being bold, curious

Sweet Sparkman was recently selected to design a new Venice Public Library for Sarasota County.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2016
Luxury builder goes from bankruptcy to $643M sale

Deal is culmination of a turnaround from bankruptcy for WCI Communities.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2016
Tampa-St. Pete market gets ready for the ferry

An inaugural launch trip is planned for early November for the Cross-Bay Ferry.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 22, 2016
Ad agency triples its office space

Naples-based Wilson Creative Group was founded in 2007.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2016
Former Bucs surgeon joins another NFL team

Bradenton area physician Dr. Daniel Lamar was an orthopedic surgeon for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for 10 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2016
College moves ahead on flagship $25M student center

The three-story project at St. Petersburg College includes the renovation of an existing administration building.

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    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2016
Neglected parcel for major mixed-use project sells for $5.15M

Former Page Mobile Village will be part of the much-anticipated Grand Central mixed-use development in Fort Myers.

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 20, 2016
College's online degree program earns high praise

State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota started to offer health administration bachelor's degrees online in 2011.

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