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  • June 22, 2015
Bradenton firm admits to $1.5M health care scheme

Suncoast Brace & Limb faces a $500,000 fine, plus restitution payment.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • June 19, 2015
Moving up

Paul Rutledge, first vice president with CBRE's retail brokerage group in Tampa, was elected to serve as the International Council of Shopping Centers' Florida State Operations chairman for 2015-2016.

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  • June 19, 2015
Fort Myers Beach marina site sells for $2.1M

A former owner returns to a property he lost during the real estate collapse.

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  • June 19, 2015
Olympic-caliber park rows for new operations exec

Nicole Rissler was named COO of The Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center.

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  • June 19, 2015
Barbecue owner convicted of fencing checks

Charvester Anthony could spend the next 50 years in federal prison if a judge hands down the maximum sentence.

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  • June 19, 2015
Melting Pot thaws Alaska with discount

Alaska is not exactly the first state many people think about when it comes to something melting.

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  • June 19, 2015
USF among top patented schools

A lot of innovation is happening at the University of South Florida — so much that two intellectual property groups say the school is among the world's elite for the fifth year in a row.

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  • June 19, 2015
Taco time on the Gulf Coast

The future for Fuzzy's Taco Shop, a Texas based chain of funky Baja-style Mexican restaurants that serves breakfast all days, is clear: The Gulf Coast is key to its expansion strategy.

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  • June 19, 2015
Store Capital fund buys AnazaoHealth building

An affiliated fund of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Store Capital purchased the 45,284-square-foot AnazaoHealth building for $7.65 million.

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  • June 19, 2015
Cruises, cars and rum: Brands look good

Car rental giant Hertz, with a temporary corporate headquarters in Naples, has taken some hits in the financial press for its underperforming stock and leadership struggles.

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  • June 19, 2015
Tampa leaders look to Panama

It's 48 miles long, connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and takes more than a day to traverse.

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  • June 19, 2015
What can I do to put you in this app?

A Naples startup with a focus on software apps for ecommerce, from cars to used EBay goods, has received a $6.5 million angel investment.

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  • June 19, 2015
LaPlaya Beach Resort sells for $182.3 million

The Pebblebrook Hotel Trust purchased the real estate for the 189-room LaPlaya Beach Resort & Club in Naples for $182.3 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • June 19, 2015
Commercial real estate profile: Ray Sandelli managing partner, CRE Consultants, Fort Myers

When Ray Sandelli got into the commercial real estate business after years as a pilot for the U.S. Navy and the famed Blue Angels, he found sales, especially cold calling potential clients, to be especially hard.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • June 19, 2015
Turning up the heat

New energy rules will add efficiency — and costs — to building.

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