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  • January 15, 2016
High-end Tampa complex sold for $46M

The mixed-use complex features 239 apartment units and retail space.

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  • January 15, 2016
Boat club opens new location

Freedom Boat Club opened a second location in Fort Myers.

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  • January 15, 2016
Connecticut connection

The hot Naples residential real estate market is getting national attention. New competitors like Connecticut-based William Raveis Real Estate are planning big moves there and across Florida.

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  • January 15, 2016
Commercial Real Estate Q&A: Lee Arnold

Continuing a trend toward corporate consolidation in the region's commercial real estate industry, Colliers International Tampa Bay, Central & Southwest Florida — a firm whose roots trace back to 1974, when CEO Lee Arnold founded his first brokerage operation — announced earlier this month that it has been acquired by Colliers International Group Inc., a publicly held company with more than 500 offices worldwide.

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  • January 14, 2016
Calculated risk

Larry Feldman and Tower Realty Partners plan to push forward this year on Riverwalk Tower, which would be Tampa's tallest building and its first mixed-use project.

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  • January 14, 2016
$100 million spec project coming to Lakeland

Amid a growing buzz about the need for additional distribution product in the Interstate 4 corridor between Tampa and Orlando to meet demand, an Illinois-based company is planning to construct the largest speculative industrial park in Lakeland in more than a decade.

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  • January 14, 2016
Food fusion

Tampa-based World of Beer is going digital.

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  • January 14, 2016
Lawyers add layers

With nearly 100 mergers, the past year was a benchmark for law firm acquisitions and partnerships, according to a report from Altman Weil, a law practice consulting firm.

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  • January 14, 2016
British invasion

A Sarasota tourism official headed across the pond earlier this month, to spread a little sunshine in London.

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  • January 14, 2016
C1 drew interest, concern

A recent securities filing shows there was substantial interest when C1 Financial informed rivals it was for sale — but just two entities ended up bidding on the St. Petersburg-based parent of C1 Bank.

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  • January 14, 2016
Hotel plans show promise

Plans for a downtown convention center hotel in Fort Myers remain on track for a groundbreaking later this year.

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  • January 14, 2016
Pro athletes swing hammers

Habitat for Humanity of Collier County is bringing some big hammers for a kickoff party to start a new home for a needy family.

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  • January 14, 2016
Banker takes on Sarasota

Louisiana-based IberiaBank has made big inroads into Southwest Florida since it entered the market in 2009.

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  • January 14, 2016
Best to go it alone

Hotel flags and established names, for real estate developers, are often the easiest and fastest way to get a solid return, given the built-in brand.

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  • January 14, 2016
Senior living firm promotes executive

Rebecca Lingold Townsend has more than 25 years of experience with senior living centers.

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