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  • August 31, 2015
Junior Achievement names new president

Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida has named Angela Fisher as president of the organization that promotes entrepreneurship.

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  • August 31, 2015
Giant logistics firm wins $300K in subsidies

Sarasota County officials award $60,000 to undisclosed company.

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  • August 28, 2015
Chinese firm, backed by billionaire, buys Ironman

Dalian Wanda Group acquires World Triathlon Corp. for $650 million.

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  • August 28, 2015
Manatee County resident faces tax fraud charges

Ledale Johnson of Manatee County is also charged with identity theft.

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  • August 28, 2015
New hospital for super-sick ready to go

Stevens Construction has completed the construction of the 50-bed Landmark Hospital of Southwest Florida in Naples.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 28, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Lee Delieto Sr., Broker, Sarasota

Lee DeLieto Sr. began selling and leasing commercial real estate in Sarasota in the early 1980s, when Maas Bros. still operated what it called “the largest department store between Tampa and Miami” on the city's Main Street.

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  • August 28, 2015
Builders blow back on fiery proposal

The Lee County town of Estero, Florida's newest municipality, has wasted no time letting everyone know it's one of the most difficult places to do business.

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  • August 28, 2015
Commercial Real Estate

Sarasota's Main Plaza deal dies; Deloitte shifting Tampa offices

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  • August 28, 2015
Marathon family trust buys Parkview Apartments

The Brinker Family Living Trust of Marathon purchased the 100-unit Parkview Apartments for $4.63 million.

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  • August 28, 2015
Minneapolis' Holden Properties buys Forum Corporate Park II

Holden Properties purchased the 60,777-square-foot Forum Corporate Park II office building for $10.17 million.

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  • August 28, 2015
The butler did it

Sarasota entrepreneur Bill Merritt recently found success in front of an unusual audience for his low-tech product — a cup holder that attaches to a laptop computer, called the Laptop Butler.

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  • Jean Gruss
  • August 28, 2015
Open the gate

Development groups are forming as the commercial real estate vacancies decline and rents begin to rise. Seagate Development Group is one such company scouting for opportunities in Southwest Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • August 28, 2015
Sarasota Flats developers buy vacant Fruitville land

An affiliate of Tampa-based Forge Capital Partners purchased 2.8 acres of vacant land west of Lemon Avenue for $5.77 million.

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  • August 28, 2015
Income gains on the horizon

Median household incomes are on the way up in the Tampa and Sarasota-Bradenton regions, according to a new report from PNC Financial Services Group.

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  • August 28, 2015
Housing remains on track

Recent concerns about an economic slowdown haven't hurt new-home construction in the Lee-Collier area.

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