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  • August 30, 2016
Roofing firm spurned in Sarasota lands in Tampa

North American Roofing Co. plans to move its corporate headquarters from North Carolina to Tampa.

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  • August 30, 2016
Airline adds nonstop flights to Austin

Allegiant Air will also introduce seasonal service to New Hampshire from the St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport.

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  • August 30, 2016
Global auto parts firm revs up in Fort Myers

Liftmatic leased space in the Daniels Road Showroom Warehouse.

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  • August 29, 2016
Manufacturer to hire 185, build $30M plant

Mettler Toledo expects the project to be complete by the fall of 2017.

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  • August 29, 2016
Sarasota targets $350K in failed incentives project

Sarasota County plans to institute collection proceedings against Sanborn Studios.

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  • August 29, 2016
Sailing school expands programs

America's Cup and Olympic sailor Steve Colgate founded Offshore Sailing School in 1964.

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  • August 26, 2016
Naples man faked being an exec, stole $2.2M

Jeffrey Ihm plead guilty to impersonating executives.

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  • August 26, 2016
You want fries with that?

Lino Maldonado, in his executive position at Wyndham Vacation Rentals, is always on the lookout for great front desk employees — the frontline stars who are the first people guests see.

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  • August 26, 2016
Tampa student housing sells for $45 million

A New York-based investment firm has acquired the 4050 Lofts complex in Tampa for $45 million, the latest in a wave of institutional student housing deals nationwide.

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  • August 26, 2016
Create a tribe

A core theme of the 2016 Florida Working Women Conference, one of the more prominent Tampa annual events for women executives and entrepreneurs, is overcoming self-imposed limits.

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  • August 26, 2016
Not done yet

World War II veteran Chuck Palmeri has been a salesman, from shoes to condos to commercial real estate, for nearly 70 years. It's a long lifetime of lessons learned.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 26, 2016
Bounce back

Like many developers, Chris Deveso suffered through the recession last decade. But he also learned a valuable lesson about the value of timing and good customer service.

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  • August 26, 2016
Significant project moves forward

The city of Fort Myers, amid an already robust recovery in downtown projects, took a big step forward Aug. 22: The city council approved lease terms with a Tampa development firm behind a new proposed hotel next to the Harborside Event Center.

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  • August 26, 2016
A moving tale

During a two-year search, Coast to Coast Moving & Storage had three deals fall apart before finding the right fit for its headquarters.

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  • August 26, 2016
Herald-Tribune's move a short one

Talk about staying close. After more than a decade in its iconic downtown Sarasota headquarters, the Herald-Tribune Media Group will relocate less than 50 yards away from its current digs early next year, following a lease signing late last week.

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