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  • February 9, 2015
Sarasota lawyer picked for state real estate group

Thomas Luzier has been an attorney for more than 20 years.

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  • February 6, 2015
Verizon sells local operations to Frontier

Total deal, covering three states, is worth $10.5 billion, and includes FiOS.

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  • February 6, 2015
Regional group hires first director

A regional economic development group formed to market five Southwest Florida counties has hired its first executive director.

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  • February 6, 2015
Roper buys two more firms for $450M

Conglomerate acquires one company in Pittsburgh and another in Vermont.

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  • February 6, 2015
Texas' LaSalle Group building Estero memory care facility

The LaSalle Group Inc. purchased 3.09 acres south of Marsh Landing Boulevard and north of Bulb Lane for $2.35 million.

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  • February 6, 2015
Trinity's first hotel comes after long wait

Just a decade ago, Trinity was not much more than a large cemetery people would see driving along State Road 54 between Wesley Chapel and New Port Richey.

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  • February 6, 2015
Lee wants to tax recovery

Shhh! Don't tell politicians and bureaucrats the recession is over. If you do, they might raise taxes on your business.

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  • February 6, 2015
Atlanta's BDB Capital buys Kimco's Southeast Plaza

BDB Capital, an Atlanta real estate acquisition firm, purchased the 129,700-square-foot Southeast Plaza for $14.3 million.

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  • February 6, 2015
Sarasota County government buys land for North Water Tower Park

Sarasota County government purchased 6.24 acres of vacant commercial land south of 47th Street and north of 46th Street for $1.2 million.

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  • February 6, 2015
Kotok is a terrified bull

Count David Kotok as a “terrified bull.”

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  • February 6, 2015
Fort Myers eyesore sells

The most hideous building in Fort Myers has finally sold.

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  • February 6, 2015
Carolyn Corp., Goff Capital Partners buy Park at Knightsbridge

A joint venture of Reuven Oded's Tampa investment group Carolyn Corp. and the private equity investment firm Goff Capital Partners LP purchased the 299-unit The Park at Knightsbridge apartments for $21.15 million.

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  • February 6, 2015
Retail construction forecast looks bright

There's some good news in a survey from the Association of Retail Environments on construction in the retail sector: Spending on new projects and renovations in North America will rise 10% in 2015, the sixth straight year of industry growth.

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  • February 6, 2015
Lennar Homes buys 65 acres west of River Bend community

Miami-based Lennar Homes purchased 65 acres south of 21st Avenue Southwest for $4.25 million.

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  • February 6, 2015
Future depends on millennials

Baby boomers are credited with trending real estate into the suburbs, but now it's millennials making the push back to urban cores.

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