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Sarasota-Manatee home prices post monthly surge

The 7.4% gain in prices last month matched statewide jump.

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Economic development group names new officers

The business group has elected leaders for this year.

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Lender targets growth in Puerto Rico

It's the second office for Sarasota-based Lendacy.

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Hotel trades Hulk Hogan for South Beach

Oxford Capital Group has completed phase one of the Bay Harbor Hotel renovation project.

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Developer breaks ground on $95M senior living project

Avida Senior Living will be Quadrum Global's first U.S. senior residence project

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  • February 4, 2017
Design firm expands market presence

The deal gives Haneke entry into Sarasota and Bradenton

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Manufacturing CEO to take leave of absence

Jim Fredlake hopes to return later this year

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  • February 3, 2017
Medical system promotes physician to new leadership role

The promotion is part of a push to improve patient care.

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  • February 3, 2017
Back from the brink

An Illinois developer has plans to revitalize a Tampa eyesore.

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  • February 3, 2017
Some runway left

Signs of a CRE bubble are emerging elsewhere. But Southwest Florida seems primed for future growth.

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Tampa area brokerages shake up

A trio of top Tampa commercial real estate brokerages have kicked off 2017 with some high-level personnel moves.

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Maryland firm buys Lee site for apartments

One of the Baltimore area's best-known development firms has acquired a 37.6-acre tract in Fort Myers, where it plans an “upscale” apartment community.

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  • February 3, 2017
Mr. Russell goes to Washington

Sarasota Housing Authority Executive Director William Russell headed to Washington, D.C., a few days before Inauguration Day — but not for the parties or the protests.

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IN MEMORIAM | Wendel Kent 1924-2017

A trio of well-connected Sarasota business executives, over lunch one day in 1982, decided they could no longer stay quiet against what they considered an unfriendly business environment. They specifically geared up to contest a proposed two-year moratorium on new construction.

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Make it real

Babcock Ranch now has an official “first family.”

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