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  • February 27, 2015
Polk County: Daytona developers buy Without Walls Lakeland mega church

A company led by Daytona Beach-area developers Douglas Cook and George Anderson purchased the former Carpenters Home mega-church property for $3.75 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 27, 2015
Catch the real estate rebound

Southwest Florida's real estate market is either red hot or down in the dumps.

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  • February 27, 2015
Good assist

Omega Communities plans to build as many as a dozen assisted-living communities from Tampa and Orlando to Naples by using creative financing and operational strategies.

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  • February 27, 2015
Devonshire REIT buys Twelve Oaks Shopping Center

Devonshire REIT Inc., a Whitehouse, Ohio-based private real estate investment trust, purchased the Twelve Oaks Shopping Center for $10.8 million.

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  • February 27, 2015
Lender Elliott Management takes ownership of Carlyle at Waters

Elliott Management Corp. acquired the 392-unit Carlyle at Waters apartment complex in exchange for $26.19 million in mortgage debit.

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  • February 27, 2015
The view looks good

The much-hyped resurgence in the downtown Sarasota condo market has some validation, at least from one project: The Vue Sarasota Bay has 50% of its residences under contract, which equals $85 million in advance sales.

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  • February 27, 2015
The next generation

The hot North Naples residential market will see a $1.3 billion condo development called Kalea Bay. There's been no new condo construction in the area for years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • February 27, 2015
Fort Lauderdale developer buys land for Estero Oaks apartments

Fort Lauderdale-based Royal Palm Cos. purchased 18.14 acres in the Estero Oaks mixed-use community for $3.4 million.

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  • February 27, 2015
Publix employees want more overtime

Publix Super Markets, which has spent 17 years as one of Fortune's best companies to work for, isn't getting a lot of praise from employees in Tennessee.

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  • February 27, 2015
A banker walks into a bar...

Bankers can have fun. Really.

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  • February 27, 2015
The future's past

Adaptive reuse is not just a real estate novelty. It could be a huge sign of what's to come.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 27, 2015
Peanuts, Cracker Jack...and ribs

Spring training baseball season is starting soon, so get ready to munch on peanuts, Cracker Jack and ribs.

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  • February 27, 2015
A good harvest in Naples

The Naples Winter Wine Festival raised more than $12.5 million for children's charities in Collier County and the committee that oversees the grants has awarded the first $3.8 million.Among the winners:

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  • February 27, 2015
Sun Dome joins busy bunch

Amalie Arena, the former Tampa Bay Times Forum, might get all the accolades when it comes to event ticket sales. But it's not the only game in town.

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  • February 26, 2015
Former Bradenton housing official admits to theft

Stephany West faces up to 10 years in prison, in addition to a $250,000 fine.

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