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  • June 13, 2016
Construction firm expands downtown

Wright Construction Group, one of the largest commercial contractors based on the Gulf Coast, opened an office in downtown Fort Myers.

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  • June 10, 2016
Canadian builder buys Naples tract for $8.7M

Mattamy Homes expects to build apartments on the site.

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Ideal Image finds next president and CEO

Deborah Ellinger will join the company later this month.

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  • June 10, 2016
Banking giant names new market leader

Mike McCoy will succeed Ed Luecke as market president.

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  • June 10, 2016
Corporate report

Health business acquires 30,000 Medicaid members; Credit union names new top executive; Builder brings back former leader; Pest control firm cracks top 20; Sailing champion joins area business; Law firm adds partner

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  • June 10, 2016
Hospital expands cardiac center

Cape Coral Hospital is expanding its cardiac rehabilitation center and renamed it in honor of The Gunterberg Charitable Foundation/Culliton Family.

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  • June 10, 2016
Treasure hunt with purpose

Summer for many tourism-based organizations on the Gulf Coast can be slowdown central, where deep discounts are the usual way to draw in local residents.

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  • June 10, 2016
Newspaper cousins get cozy

The relationship between the Fort Myers News-Press and the Naples Daily News is getting tighter.

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  • June 10, 2016
The boom is back

How hot is Sarasota's housing market?

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  • June 10, 2016
Banker gets top-level gig

Margaret Callihan, who ran a division of SunTrust Banks that stretches from Collier to Manatee County for nearly a decade, has moved up to a top leadership post in the company.

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  • June 10, 2016
Chico's board battle heats up

The fight over the future of women's retailer Chico's FAS has become more contentious, with the company firing back at one of its most vocal activist investors.

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  • June 10, 2016
Subsidies cause more issues

Government subsidies in exchange for jobs — in this case there weren't nearly enough jobs — is back in the news in Sarasota.

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  • June 10, 2016
Catalog cover looks familiar

The L.L. Bean summer catalog cover photo may look familiar to Southwest Florida residents.

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  • June 10, 2016
Tech firm SiteZeus eyes big year

A Tampa technology startup behind a novel software package that helps companies pinpoint the best sites for expansion using data-driven analytics has had a stellar year.

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  • June 10, 2016
Camaraderie driven

Southwest Florida's Lee & Associates' partners wanted a firm that was entrepreneurial — and fun. They got both.

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