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  • February 16, 2017
Real estate broker pleads guilty in mortgage scam

Osbel Sanchez, 45, of Tampa, is one of two Florida real estate professionals to admit to the charges.

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  • February 16, 2017
Opening set for $79M senior living facility

Gulf Coast Village is now accepting reservations for Palmview.

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  • February 16, 2017
Teacher-turned-lobbyist gets Hall of Fame nod

Longtime campground industry lobbyist and consultant David Gorin lives part of the year on Longboat Key.

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  • February 15, 2017
Giant community busts through major sales milestone

Lakewood Ranch was founded in 1995.

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  • February 15, 2017
Film and TV studio doubles in size

ITZ Studios recently opened a new 8,000-square-foot studio in Naples.

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  • February 14, 2017
Tampa City attorney joins large law firm

Julia Mandell had worked for Tampa for 14 years.

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  • February 14, 2017
Miami area company puts heart on Naples

KW Property Management & Consulting added four Naples communities to its portfolio.

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  • February 13, 2017
Marketing firm names new CEO

The marketing firm hires a Distribution Audio & Video Inc. executive for its top job

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  • February 13, 2017
Sarasota-Bradenton area housing starts spike 20%

Metrostudy expects strong residential performance to continue as a result of positive momentum in the final months of 2016

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  • February 12, 2017
Top Hertz executive out after two years

Previous CEO John Tague recruited Jeffrey Foland.

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  • February 11, 2017
Bucs lineman preps for sweet post-NFL life

Demar Dotson has played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers since 2009.

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  • February 11, 2017
Sarasota tries to outdo Manatee, others in quest to woo firm

Under the codename Project Panther, Sarasota County commissioners will consider $60,000 in incentives for an IT company to relocate from New Jersey.

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  • February 10, 2017
Q&A | Ron Wheeler

Ron Wheeler is the chief executive officer of Sembler Co., a firm that over the course of its more than 50-year history has developed more than 325 projects containing more than 27 million square feet of mostly retail real estate throughout the southeastern U.S. and Puerto Rico.

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  • February 10, 2017
Taking shape

Massive Gulf Coast real estate developments are gelling thanks to population growth and demographic shifts.

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  • February 10, 2017
Sarasota hotel to have two flags

There are roughly 1,000 new hotel rooms under construction in downtown Sarasota and Sarasota County — and another 400 or so keys on the drawing board — but those numbers aren't dissuading TDR Land Holdings.

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