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  • October 24, 2016
Waterfront hotel overhaul gets new leader

Chicago-based Oxford Capital Group bought the Bay Harbor Best Western hotel in October 2015.

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  • October 24, 2016
Premier Sotheby's hires former Coldwell Banker CEO

Budge Huskey has spent some of his executive career in Florida.

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  • October 21, 2016
Sunshine overcomes gold

Florida beats New York and California when it comes to small business owners who believe less is more with government.

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  • October 21, 2016
Tech company invests $16M in new business

Vislink Plc specializes in hardware products for broadcast media and the safety and surveillance markets.

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  • October 21, 2016
Naples area home inventory surges 40%

Official says the rise could be the completion of a cycle that began in 2013.

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  • October 21, 2016
Hospital board increases regional heft

Officials with Tampa General Hospital and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center will help guide the Florida Hospital Association.

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  • October 21, 2016
Ghastly site lurks on highway

What's scarier than the Clinton-Trump presidential election?

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  • October 21, 2016
City climbs higher

It's been nearly eight years since the New York Times shredded Leigh Acres, east of Fort Myers, as the “American dream in high reverse” for its sky-high foreclosure rate and job losses.

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  • October 21, 2016
Like a Boss

Be careful bosses. Millennials say they want your job.

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  • October 21, 2016
Sarasota/Manatee Retail Market

Despite a plethora of wealthy retirees and a robust tourist trade, Sarasota and Manatee counties' retail market has mirrored much of the Gulf Coast region since the end of the economic recession.

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  • October 21, 2016
Whole project gets going

Construction has begun on University Station, a controversial plaza anchored by a Whole Foods Market in north Sarasota, on the border of Manatee County.

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  • October 21, 2016
Piece of the Puzzle

Michael Saunders & Co.'s recent move into more than 16,000 square feet in the 13-story Ellis Building in downtown Sarasota marked a new chapter in the 40-year history of the region's largest locally based residential real estate brokerage firm.

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  • October 21, 2016
Fort Myers multifamily complex sells for $95 million

In what is believed to the largest multifamily complex sale along the Gulf Coast in at least the past decade, a 936-unit apartment community in Fort Myers sold for $95.2 million.

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  • October 21, 2016
Mayor Bill goes incognito

Mayors, by the nature of their office, normally covet the spotlight.

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  • October 21, 2016
Centauri HQ deal tops in 2016

Centauri Insurance's decision to push ahead with development of a 30,000-square-foot building in Lakewood Ranch isn't just a move to accommodate future company growth.

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