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Airport traffic rebounds sharply

After a slow summer, passenger traffic at the Fort Myers airport rebounded more than 10% in September compared with the same month a year ago.

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Synthetic human maker hires new exec

Tampa-based SynDaver Labs has more than 100 employees.

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Family business navigates expansion

Hiring a top executive for a family-run business — someone outside the family — can be an excruciatingly difficult decision.

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Pretty in Pink, Tampa style

The Tampa skyline is turning Pink in October, part of a movement to promote breast cancer awareness.

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SVN agent among top nationwide; Colliers prez weighs in on GE

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A boost for builders

Take that, tourism and hospitality.

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Gaining an edge

As office vacancy shrinks regionwide, landlords are undertaking improvements to keep or add tenants.

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Don't ask about football

Wilson Bradshaw wants to talk about the 15,000 students at Florida Gulf Coast University and all the exciting programs at the fast-growing university in Fort Myers.

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Not gone for long

Count hospitality industry veterans Al Clarizia and Terri Noyes as the latest people on the Gulf Coast to not really get the whole retirement thing.

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  • October 15, 2015
International fugitive arrested in $2.6M fraud

Ubert Guillermo Rodriguez was picked up in Miami.

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Manufacturer plans $5M expansion

Somero Enterprises will spend $5 million to build a new corporate headquarters facility in Fort Myers.

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Manatee swims with top fiscal counties in Florida

Manatee County's credit ratings are basically “as good as it gets,” says an analyst.

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Architecture firm names principal

A Tampa-based architectural design firm promotes Angela Hendershot.

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Mobile marketing business expands board

A Sarasota-based firm added a software entrepreneur to its board of directors.

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Developer adds senior apartments

American House started construction of 88 senior-living apartments in the third phase of a development in Bonita Springs.

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