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  • August 19, 2016
Lending firm looks for leg up

Shares of Tampa-based mortgage origination and servicing firm Walter Investment Management Corp., hovering around its 52-week low in early August, scored a bump in the middle of the month.

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  • August 19, 2016
Shift that Space

A group of Gulf Coast technology entrepreneurs and a top commercial restate broker have teamed up to launch SpaceShifter.com, an online marketing platform to share commercial real estate information and present listings.

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  • August 19, 2016
Lessons in real estate

Three Florida ZIP codes, including two on the Gulf Coast, made the top 10 in a study of neighborhoods with at least one good school that represents the best home buying bargains nationwide.

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  • August 19, 2016
CBC Saunders forms auction division

Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate, a Lakeland-based commercial real estate brokerage firm, has formed a new division to auction commercial and residential properties.

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  • August 19, 2016
Full circle

J. Mark Stroud has worked with some of the top developers in the region. Now, he's back working mainly for himself.

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  • August 19, 2016
Move it on over

Take that, Mickey.

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  • August 19, 2016
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFILE: ADAM PALMER

Adam Palmer has been with LandQwest Commercial, one of Southwest Florida's leading commercial real estate brokerages, since 2009, following a career in the software industry.

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  • August 18, 2016
Former star exec at Chico's lands in NYC

Miki Racine Beradelli ran the digital commerce division at Chico's FAS for two years.

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  • August 18, 2016
Herald-Tribune seeks to move Sarasota offices - next door

The newspaper publisher has signed a letter of intent to move its headquarters from 1741 Main St. in downtown Sarasota.

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  • August 18, 2016
Sarasota daily newspaper staffers seek to join union

The NewsGuild-CWA would represent about 40 people in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune newsroom.

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  • August 18, 2016
Urologist to pay $250K in false claims case

Prosecutor says “doctors should not be able to escape personal liability for health care fraud.”

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  • August 18, 2016
Raymond James faces sexual harassment charges

Employee says she was she was subjected to a “college fraternity atmosphere.”

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  • August 17, 2016
Builder gets big boost from surging client

Dan Creighton and Brent Evans founded Creighton Construction in 2007.

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  • August 17, 2016
Leading architect opens new office in Seattle

Michael Carlson founded Sarasota-based Carlson Studio Architecture in 1997.

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  • August 16, 2016
NY firm buys St. Pete apartment complex for $93M

It's one of the largest multifamily transactions in the region over the past decade.

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