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  • December 15, 2015
Condo developer launches sales

Sales will begin this month for the first condo development in downtown Fort Myers since the recession.

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  • December 14, 2015
Burger joint beefs up in Tar Heel state

Burger 21 has more than 20 locations in development nationwide.

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  • December 14, 2015
Airport adds flights to Key West

Marco Island-based Raven Air is now the seventh airline to serve SRQ.

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  • December 14, 2015
Distributor opens Chicago facility

Innovative Food Holdings, the Bonita Springs-based distributor of specialty foods, opened a new distribution center in the Chicago area.

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  • December 11, 2015
Accountant booted from doing publicly traded work

The Securities and Exchange Commission cites “deficient audits” among other issues.

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  • December 11, 2015
Tech firm granted new patent

Sarasota-based xG Technology has more than 100 patents.

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  • December 11, 2015
Alico expands the herd

Agribusiness giant Alico says it plans to expand its cattle operations while its citrus sales jumped 51%.

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  • December 11, 2015
Real estate industry tackles obstacles

Drones, Twitter and hackers.

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  • December 11, 2015
A new opportunity buds

Sarasota area florist Art Conforti recently confronted one of an entrepreneur's greatest challenges: The exit strategy.

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  • December 11, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Nathan Lehoux | Developer, St. Petersburg

To obtain his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of South Florida a few years back, Nathan Lehoux had to complete an unpaid internship.

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  • December 11, 2015
Letter to the editor

Act preserves important natural resources

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  • December 11, 2015
Tenant optional

Increased demand from distributors and e-commerce purveyors is fueling interest in speculative industrial development in the I-4 corridor.

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  • December 11, 2015
Big-time asset goal within reach

The billion-dollar asset mark in banking is increasingly being recognized as an industry threshold: Get over it, and a bank can survive, thrive and even buy some other banks.

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  • December 11, 2015
Commercial Real Estate

Feldman holding on to tower; Tampa tower gets BOMA award

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  • December 11, 2015
Hiring spree

Looking for a job? The Cape Coral-Fort Myers area has the brightest employment outlook in the nation, according to employment firm Manpower.

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