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MARKET SPOTLIGHT: Sarasota/Bradenton office market

The Sarasota and Bradenton office market has been marked by shrinking vacancy over the past 18 months, and select sales of assets — including the four-building Gateway Professional Center, which sold for $37.1 million in May 2015 — have spurred investor interest.

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Billionaire buys Naples tract

A partnership tied to billionaire Palm Beach investor Jeff Greene has acquired a more than 2,500-acre tract in North Naples for $38.5 million, the largest land sale of the past year in that swath of Southwest Florida involving an ongoing agricultural and mining operation.

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  • June 3, 2016
It takes a village

The Villages, a large senior community about 100 miles north of Tampa, has another claim to fame: It helps make Sumter County the best place in Florida to get the most out of U.S. Social Security benefits.

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Firm hired to aid Herald-Tribune in HQ search

Newspaper has been in downtown building since 2005.

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  • June 2, 2016
College launches private pilot ground school

It will be the second private pilot ground school offered by the college this year.

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  • June 2, 2016
Broker pleads guilty to mortgage scheme

He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years imprisonment.

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  • June 2, 2016
Sailing champ to help run Fort Myers company

Offshore Sailing School named sailing champion Robert Brooks as its director of operations to oversee the company's seven locations.

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  • June 1, 2016
Community foundation brings in new board members

The board brought in three new members and elected four officers.

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  • June 1, 2016
Web search firm targets growth

Web-search firm Yippy says it plans to acquire Michael Cizmar & Associates to attract customers who have been using Google Search Appliance.

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  • June 1, 2016
Health firm makes fourth acquisition in eight months

The acquisition will give the firm a regional office in Las Vegas.

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  • May 31, 2016
Builder brings back former VP of construction

Jack Williams previously worked for the firm from 1994 to 2005.

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  • May 31, 2016
Auto dealer takes high-tech device nationwide

Auto dealer Dennis Hampton plans to sell an inventory management system he developed for auto, boat and motorcycle dealers around the nation.

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  • May 31, 2016
Credit union names new top executive

Brian Best has been with the credit union since 2010.

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  • May 27, 2016
Insurance firm shakes up executive team

A new CFO is just one of the changes at the company.

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  • May 27, 2016
Foreclosure rates continue to dip

The Sarasota-Manatee foreclosure rate has been dropping since the beginning of 2015.

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