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  • January 15, 2017
Tampa woos new headquarters, plus 150 jobs

BlueLine Associates is expected to invest $2 million in the region.

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  • January 15, 2017
Feld Entertainment: circus no longer works

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus began nearly 150 years ago.

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  • January 13, 2017
Bank raises $10M, seeks new clients

St. Petersburg-based Freedom Bank raised capital from existing shareholders.

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  • January 13, 2017
Financial planners merge firms

Gardner Sherrill and Danny Wood will offer financial planning and retirement strategies, among other services.

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  • January 13, 2017
Nonprofit grief support group expands

Valerie's House opened its first location in Fort Myers in January 2016.

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  • January 13, 2017
Suds and spark plugs

Painting, cleaning and detailing cars isn't just for the driveway, at least not in Paul Viens' world.

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  • January 13, 2017
IN MEMORIAM | Thomas Stork 1948-2017

Some of the best parts of Thom Stork's workdays were when he shared his passion for ocean life and conservation with others.

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  • January 13, 2017
Sweet site for site selectors

Life might get easier soon for business and industrial site selectors as well as real estate pros in search of development-ready locations in Tampa Bay.

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  • January 13, 2017
Master Plans

Florida, fueled partially by the Gulf Coast, continues to be a national leader in home sales within master-planned communities.

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  • January 13, 2017
Tampa apartment tower sells for $88 million

In what is believed to be the Gulf Coast's largest urban multifamily sales of the past year, a New York firm has acquired the Skyhouse Channelside tower for $88 million.

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  • January 13, 2017
Love and marriage

Stronger together is no longer just a political slogan.

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  • January 13, 2017
Cunningham launching SVN office in Fort Myers

It's not often that commercial brokers leave the company they helped launch.

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  • January 13, 2017
Business seeks to sprout

Sprouts Farmers Market has selected Sarasota and Tampa as the latest proving grounds for a so-far successful strategy of selling natural and organic foods at discount prices.

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  • January 11, 2017
Law firm bumps attorney up to stockholder

William Boltrek joined Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt in 2013.

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  • January 11, 2017
Bank promotes, adds execs to bolster growth

Executives with new roles at IberiaBank include Michael Beitzinger and Tracey Winters.

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