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  • June 26, 2015
Ford's Garage drives growth to Pasco

The young restaurant chain plans a location near the new Tampa Premium Outlets, after opening a Brandon location in March.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • June 26, 2015
New beginnings

Downtown Sarasota's Ellis building receives a boost after nabbing the headquarters of one of the area's largest real estate firms.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • June 26, 2015
Quay future gelling

The new owner of the vacant Sarasota Quay tract in downtown Sarasota has retained an Orlando and Tampa architectural firm and hired a seasoned real estate veteran to help push plans for the 15-acre, waterfront site forward.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 26, 2015
Soothe Pharmacy owners buy former Sam Snead's building

The owners of Bradenton's Soothe Pharmacy Inc., Brad Long and Frank DeStefano, purchased a 14,043-square-foot retail building for $4.1 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 25, 2015
IT firm on global expansion mission names new CFO

Chris Hourigan leaves an accounting firm he started to help Global Convergence grow internationally.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • June 25, 2015
Sports gear chain scores new concept

Bradenton-based Champs Sports plans a store-within-a-store.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 25, 2015
Prices of Naples upper-end homes cool

The median price of Naples existing homes costing more than $300,000 fell in May after several years of fast growth.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • June 24, 2015
Collier names growth management chief

Collier County named longtime Naples engineer David Wilkison head of the growth management department.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • June 24, 2015
Tampa health company gives Nevada autism help

Advanzeon Solutions signs agreement with Southwest Autism & Behavioral Solutions, expanding western-moving footprint.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • June 24, 2015
Gloomy report doesn't cloud Sun Hydraulics

Sarasota-based firm's share price rises, despite Wall Street downgrade.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 23, 2015
Manatee biz takes lead in underwater beacons

Dukane Seacom created a new underwater locator device.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 23, 2015
Major renovations could spark new life in Tampa mall

RD Management, the owner of University Mall in North Tampa, is converting a long-vacant former J.C. Penney store into space for two new anchors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • June 23, 2015
Hertz subsidiary picks new COO

Hertz Equipment Rental, the subsidiary the car rental giant plans to spin off, has named Bruce Dressel chief operating officer.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • June 22, 2015
Marshals make arrest in debt collection scam

The Florida Office of Financial Regulation says U.S. Marshals have arrested the former president of a debt collection agency in Lee County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • June 22, 2015
$712M Medicare fraud busts include local execs

The national case included 243 people, and more than $712 million in false billing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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