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  • March 9, 2015
Arthrex named top workplace

Fortune magazine named Naples-based medical-device manufacturer Arthrex one of the top 100 companies to work for in the country.

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  • March 6, 2015
Foreclosure rate falls in Sarasota-Bradenton

The foreclosure rate was 3.08% in December, down from 6.08% in 2013.

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  • March 6, 2015
Tampa investor grabs Clearwater apartments

Blue Rock Partners will change the name of Cameron Lakes Apartments to The Park at Gibraltar.

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  • March 6, 2015
Radio operator profits on exchange

Radio-station operator Beasley Broadcast Group reported profit surged in the fourth quarter after benefiting from station swaps with CBS Radio.

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  • March 6, 2015
South Dakota family buys Ridge Gardens apartments

Three trusts controlled by the Owen family and Gary and Linda Owen of Watertown, S.D., purchased the 48-unit Ridge Gardens apartments for $2.62 million.

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  • March 6, 2015
Phoenix Realty Group buys University Club Apartments

New York City-based Phoenix Realty Group LLC purchased the 536-unit University Club Apartments for $21.8 million.

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  • March 6, 2015
Catholic Charities Family Resource Center moving to former social security office building

Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice Inc. purchased a 10,240-square-foot office building for $1.2 million.

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  • March 6, 2015
Guatemalan politician buys Burgundy Square apartments, retail

Guatemalan businessman and former politician Harold Caballeros purchased the 45,380-square-foot Burgundy Square apartments and retail space for $7.9 million.

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  • March 6, 2015
Parkland couple pays $17M, buys Tampa BJ's Wholesale Club

Real estate investors Kim and Steven Fields of Parkland purchased a 119,884-square-foot BJ's Wholesale Club for $16.9 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 6, 2015
Bank courts foreign customers

The rising dollar hasn't deterred at least one Gulf Coast bank from actively courting foreign investors.

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  • March 6, 2015
Encore Hospitality regains Westshore Tampa Hampton Inn

Encore Hospitality LLC, a subsidiary of Encore Enterprises Inc., purchased the 132-unit Westshore Tampa Hampton Inn for $12 million.

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  • March 6, 2015
Chico's CEO: Too much email

Is there such a thing as too much promotion of your brands?

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  • March 6, 2015
Realtor logs banner week

Sarasota area Realtor Nick Herron recently had an all-time week to remember: He was involved in closing four real estate transactions that surpassed $9 million from Feb. 13-20.

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  • March 6, 2015
Go blue, get some green

The marine sciences industry has big-time potential on the Gulf Coast, and one of leading nonprofits in the region aims to prove it.

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  • March 6, 2015
Polk County: Lakeland's Century Retail buys Havendale Square shopping center

Lakeland-based Century Retail purchased the 69,050-square-foot Havendale Square shopping center for $3.33 million.

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