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  • April 10, 2015
Firkins Automotive Group buys Gettel's Pre-owned Supercenter

Bradenton-based Firkins Automotive Group purchased the Gettel Pre-owned Supercenter location on First Street for $1.5 million.

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  • April 10, 2015
Manatee Fruit Co. transfers $40M in land

As part of its plan to create a master-planned, mixed-use community, farming company Manatee Fruit Co. transferred 1,640 acres in western Manatee County to three entities it owns for a total of $40.18 million.

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  • April 10, 2015
New class of Florida inventors honored

Paul Sanberg is on his way to the hall of fame.

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  • April 10, 2015
Lawyer fights against wage ordinance

The St. Petersburg City Council will give a new localized wage theft ordinance a second reading April 16, but one attorney hopes to stop it.

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  • April 10, 2015
Viera at Westchase apartments sell for $52.75M

Glendale, Colo.-based Forum Real Estate Group purchased the 330-unit Viera at Westchase apartments for $52.8 million.

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  • April 10, 2015
Save your sand dollars for this trip

Heading to Marco Island for a fun weekend? Be sure to bring your beach towel, suntan lotion and a stack of cash.

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  • April 10, 2015
Confidence rises, doubts loom

Small business owners' confidence is on the rise, according to a new survey, yet the “cautious optimism” cliche lingers.

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  • April 10, 2015
One decade, 20 minutes

Longtime husband-and-wife franchise entrepreneurs Virginia Phillips and Al Roach took a big risk with a fitness business they opened a decade ago.

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  • April 10, 2015
Northeast investors buy two Oldsmar hotels

Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm Excel Group and Connecticut investment management company Westport Capital Partners LLC purchased two Oldsmar hotels.

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  • April 10, 2015
Money comes to those who wait

There's patient money, and then there's really patient money.

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  • April 9, 2015
NASA, Vology sign potential $20B deal

The 10-year agreement will give the Oldsmar company first crack at providing information technology services to the federal government.

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  • April 9, 2015
Pasco state leader in rental profits

New report gives Tampa's bedroom community high marks when it comes to cash buyers turning homes into rental properties.

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  • April 9, 2015
Collier foundation hands out $2.4 million

The Community Foundation of Collier County handed out $2.4 million in the first three months of this year, nearly double the amount it distributed in the same period last year.

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  • April 9, 2015
Sarasota tape maker makes acquisition of $18M firm

Intertape Polymer Group buys a 98-year-old Connecticut-based company.

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  • April 8, 2015
Residential brokerage pounces on growth

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate Florida parent firm acquires 60 new offices.

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