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  • April 1, 2016
Football league cancels 2016 season

The league plans to kickoff its opening season in 2017.

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  • April 1, 2016
Printer eyes Sarasota, Tampa

Naples-based Intech Printing & Direct Mail has seen its business grow 10% annually since the end of the recession, a reflection of improving business conditions.

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  • April 1, 2016
Trak deal shows lack of flex availability

Trak Microwave Corp. looked at roughly a half-dozen sites before deciding this month to renew and extend its commitment to its Tampa headquarters, a sign that available “flex” and manufacturing space is in short supply along the Gulf Coast.

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  • April 1, 2016
Tampa feels like 'value stock'

Tampa was recently showered with some love from CNBC, in a 1,200-word article on the positive attributes of the city and region.

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  • April 1, 2016
The eagle hasn't landed - yet

All eyes are on Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers.

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  • April 1, 2016
Wheels up for fitness

The national craze of indoor cycling gyms, with high-tech theater-like spaces for stationary rides, has pedaled into the Gulf Coast in a big way.

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  • April 1, 2016
Downtown Tampa Office Market

Tampa's downtown office market surged in the final half of 2015, the result of shrinking vacancy, a dearth of new construction and improved leasing activity, an analysis of CoStar Group data shows.

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  • April 1, 2016
Incubator gets $2 million

A Naples business incubator avoided the governor's veto pen and will receive $2 million from the state.

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  • April 1, 2016
Business pulse beats faster - sort of

The SunTrust Banks Business Pulse Survey is the latest example of a rebounding economy.

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  • April 1, 2016
Bowden No. 1 SVN agent in Florida

Gail Bowden is breaking the mold at brokerage firm Sperry Van Ness International Corp.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 1, 2016
Penney's manager stays in lane

Vincent Joy is a living example of his last name these days — and a reminder for executives to remember a valuable lesson: Don't fret about things out of your control.

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  • April 1, 2016
The fix is in

Florida, it turns out, is more than oranges, tourists and condo booms and busts.

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  • April 1, 2016
Tampa office space crosses $30 PSF threshold

Amid continued demand and an ever-shrinking supply, especially for top-level, Class A space, some Tampa office landlords are now commanding rents of $30 per square foot from new tenants.

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  • April 1, 2016
Naples: dead last for rental returns

RealtyTrac analyzed single-family rental returns in 6,551 zip codes nationwide.

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  • March 31, 2016
Bank raises $4.6M

The offering was limited to existing shareholders of the bank.

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