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  • July 13, 2015
Feds can cut Medicare from rehab center

District judge rules against bankruptcy court which claimed it could keep Medicare and Medicaid at Rehabilitation Center of St. Petersburg.

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  • July 13, 2015
Medical device leader, homebuilder make hall of fame

Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida will induct Naples entrepreneurs Reinhold Schmieding and Brian Stock into the Business Hall of Fame in October.

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  • July 10, 2015
Tampa hotel owner expands into Mississippi, Kentucky

Liberty Group snatches three Fairfield Inn & Suites once part of a 26-hotel portfolio owned by Goldman Sachs.

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  • July 10, 2015
Ex-resort manager to begin three-year prison term

Judy Paul was convicted in July 2013 on charges of grand theft of more than $100,000.

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  • July 10, 2015
Food purveyor doubles distribution capacity

Artisan Specialty Foods acquired a distribution facility in Illinois that will help double its capacity.

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  • July 10, 2015
The master of TripAdvisor

In the hospitality business, there's probably no bigger arbiter than the online review site TripAdvisor.

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  • July 10, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Ron Wheeler CEO, Sembler Co. St. Petersburg

As the head of 50-year-old Sembler, Wheeler needs to both see and anticipate retail industry trends.

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  • July 10, 2015
On tap: More brewskies

Southwest Florida's thirst for beer isn't quenched.

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  • July 10, 2015
Canadian investor latest on multifamily bandwagon

Continuing a wave of multifamily deals throughout Florida this year, a Canadian apartment operator has spent nearly $46 million to purchase a 13-building rental community in Lakeland.

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  • July 10, 2015
Property management hits on growth

The fast rise in sales and holdings at Gulf Coast Property Management continues to impress the firm's founder and CEO, Andy Moore.

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  • July 10, 2015
Highway ignites Pasco development

A third-generation Pasco County ranch owner is ready to turn a large chunk of land northeast of Tampa into thousands of homes and more than a million square feet of commercial space.

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  • July 10, 2015
Moving up

Colliers International Tampa Bay has promoted Amanda Cooper to director of multifamily investment sales in its Tampa office.

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  • July 10, 2015
Sun shines in Jamaica

Teco Energy might be the big player locally when it comes to electricity, but Tampa's involvement in providing energy extends far beyond that.

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  • July 10, 2015
Wal-Mart's Polk center gets $12M tax break

Wal-Mart's planned distribution center for Polk County might create more than 600 jobs that pay slightly more than the annual wage there — but it will be a decade before the county government can benefit.

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  • July 10, 2015
NY apartment owner buys St. Pete's Charter House

A Brooklyn, N.Y.-based investor has acquired the 57-unit Charter House Apartments, in St. Petersburg, for $3.2 million.

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